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| HISTORY |
TRUCKIN� COWBOYS STARTED AS A SIMPLE THOUGHT BROUGHT ON BY AN ALMOST TRAGIC ACCIDENT. MICHAEL K. O�NEILL; FOUNDER; FATHER OF FOUR CHILDREN WAS TRYING TO GET A SMALL BUSINESS GOING WHEN HIS ;THEN 8 YEAR OLD; SON WAS PLAYING AND GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT IN THE GUIDE WHEEL OF AN AUTOMATIC GATE FOR THE PLACE WHERE HIS BUSINESS WAS LOCATED. IF NOT FOR HIM AND HIS BROTHER PULLING AGAINST THE GATE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM WHICH IT WAS STILL BEING PULLED BY THE ELECTRIC MOTOR WHICH HAS NO SAFETY FEATURES TO PREVENT ANYTHING LIKE THIS FROM HAPPENING HIS SON WOULD HAVE LOST HIS HAND WITH NO POSSIBILITY OF REATTACHMENT DUE TO THE DESTRUCTION CAUSED FROM THE GUIDE WHEEL. THIS GOT MICHAEL TO THINKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS AS WELL THAT ARE JUST AS DAMAGING LIKE TERMINAL ILLNESSES: LIKE CANCER, HEART DISEASE, AND THE SUCH. DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT MICHAEL ABANDONED HIS GO OF HIS SMALL BUSINESS TO PURSUE MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT IN ORDER TO SECURE INSURANCE FOR HIS FAMILY JUST IN CASE. MICHAEL WENT TO TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL, GRADUATED IN THE TOP 5% OF HIS CLASS AND WENT TO WORK DRIVING TRUCKS. DURING HIS TIME AWAY FROM HOME GAVE HIM TIME TO MULL OVER WHAT HE WOULD DO IF ONE OF HIS CHILDREN OR HIS WIFE; OF 14 YEARS NOW; WERE STRUCK DOWN WITH CANCER OR THE SUCH. HE JUST STARTED THIS NEW TYPE OF WORK AND NOT MAKING A WHOLE LOT DUE TO HIS INEXPERIENCE, HIS WORLD AS HE KNOWS IT WOULD COME TO AN END. ALL THIS THINKING BROUGHT TWO THOUGHTS TO MIND: 1) TRUCK DRIVERS ARE FAMILY PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT PEOPLE AND TRY TO HELP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE 2) COWBOYS ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TAUGHT AT A VERY YOUNG AGE NEVER TO QUIT BECAUSE EVERYTHING CAN BE OVER COME MICHAEL BEING RAISED ON A SMALL FARM IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND BEING TAUGHT THE WAY OF THE COWBOY AND NOW BEING A TRUCK DRIVER DECIDED HE WOULD OVER COME ALL OF THESE THOUGHTS BY DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT STRIKE DOWN CHILDREN BEFORE THEY HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO ENJOY LIFE. ALL OF THESE THOUGHTS SPROUTED THIS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED TRUCKIN� COWBOYS COMBINING THE TWO TO FORM ONE BODY TO HELP CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. NO CHILD SHOULD HAVE TO SUFFER NO MATTER WHAT THE REASON! | ||||||||||||||||
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TRUCKIN� COWBOYS IS A NON-PROFIT ORGINIZATION THAT RELYS ON DONATIONS AND EVENTS THAT WE PLAN TO HELP RAISE MONEY FOR CHILDRENS CHARITIES. THE THINGS WE ARE PLANNING TO HELP RAISE MONEY ARE: � A CATTLE DRIVE TO MARKET THE CATTLE WITH PROCEEDS TO GO TO A CHILDRENS CHARITY. � DONATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC � IN THE FUTURE A SUMMER CAMP FOR THE CHILDREN � IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE YOU CAN DO SO BY SENDING YOUR DONATIONS TO: � TRUCKIN� COWBOYS C\O MICHAEL K. O�NEILL � P.O. BOX 742 WELLSTON, OKLAHOMA 74881 � ANY COMENTS VIA E-MAIL CAN BE SENT TO DSLJKY @ AOL.COM | MISSION | ||||||||||||||||
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