SerCo supporters on the left side of the thermometer at RBC Bank are Kim Fritz of CommunityOne Bank, Deanna Byrd of Sun Hut, SerCo member Darrell Bullock, Sabrina Williford of RBC Bank, Jeanie Jones of Kmart, Gail Cuthbertson of BB&T, SerCo members Linda Johnson, Phil Skaggs and Stan Byrd Jr. of Stan Byrd Realtors. On the right side from left are Mary Brown of First Citizens, Linda Tuttle of Jetty Tuttle Body Shop, Linda Lee of NewBridge Bank, Stan Byrd Sr., Ken Swanner of High Point Bank, Nickie Stout of Bank of North Carolina and Steve Foley of First Bank.
He handed SerCo Santa a thank you note. “I can’t believe you brought me what I wanted,” he wrote. It was a small toy airplane.
While SerCo Club members work year-round to help those in need, it’s moments like this that define the purpose of the Archdale-Trinity Cheer Fund, said SerCo Santa, aka Stan Byrd Jr. It’s also a moment when SerCo members recommit themselves to help families who need food, shelter, heat and sometimes medical care.
SerCo Santa will make his usual appearance at Stan Byrd Realtors at the corner of Main Street and Laura Avenue from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 19. All children are welcome. After that hour, the troops head to some of the poorer areas of Archdale and Trinity to give away food and toys.
Some of the families who do not ask for help need it more than those who do ask for help, Byrd said. “It blows your mind.”
SerCo Santa has been a community tradition for about 20 years and the joy has multiplied every year — even when Santa did a backflip in the box truck because an elf braked a little too hard. Forget the white beard, Byrd said, boots and butt tumbled across the truck floor.
Even with a few bruises, aches and pains, SerCo Club members know this with certainty: It’s all worth the hug from a little boy who got his Christmas wish of a toy airplane.
Contributors have several options to help the club meet its $25,000 goal. Donations are tax deductible. Checks should be made payable to the Archdale-Trinity Cheer Fund and may be mailed to P.O. Box 4956, Archdale, NC 27263, or dropped off at Stan Byrd Realtors, 10468 N. Main St., Suite B, at Archdale Drug or given to a SerCo Club member.
For more information about the Cheer Fund or SerCo Club, call 442-1268.
Contributors to the Cheer Fund are published weekly in the Archdale-Trinity News. If an error is found, call the above number and a correction will be made.
Here’s a list of recent contributors:
James & Joni Whittington $75
Carlton & Juanita Boyles $100
John & Sara Todd $100
Donald & Lynne Tuggle $25
Ann S. Cecil & Lynette C Bowers $25
Ann G. Baile $50
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Wiley $100
James & Sandra Norman $100
Anonymous $25
W. Roland Albertson $20
James V. White $25
Elizabeth Aldridge $100
In memory of Bill Aldridge
Buddy & Jane. $50
In memory of Casey
Anonymous $21
Barbara & Cletus Spencer $50
Sumiko M. Robinson $50
Joe & Glenda Cook $30
Amy & Dwight Rooker $50
Thomas & Sandy Smith $20
Jimmie A. Pegram $100
Larry Walker & Sons Body Shop Inc $200
Susan L. Curtis $20
Acme Samples $200
In honor of the employees of AcmeSamples/ASB Graphics
Johnny & Anna Lee Edwards $20
Curtis & Betty Madden Jr. $25
Martha & Marion Shepherd $100
In memory of Ruth & Bennie Riddlehoover, Vernon Dobbins, Kenneth Rush & Verna Holbrook
Keith & Tanya Lambeth $100
H.L. Reddeck $10
L. Tyronne & Penny Townsend $50
Sabrina Ferguson Williford $20
Donna Kennon $40
Robert & Florence Plummer $50
In memory of Bill Fritz
Ruby E. Hunt & Mildred Ray $100
In memory of Roby Exton Frazier & Vera Mae Frazier
Catherine, Dennis & Gary Cole $25
Wanda L Clodfelter $25
In honor of Betty & Charles Allen
L. Joseph & Sharon Hoover $25
Total To Date $5,766
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