( happy music, piano and sleigh bells)
Santa doesn’t care about the elements.
This is,
This is Santa's booties for today.
( happy music, piano and sleigh bells)
Santa!
We're just below the I-90 bridge
on the west side of Mercer Island.
We're gonna go across to Seattle and back, along the I-90 floating bridge.
- Facing traffic, waving to those who care.
- It's all about the honks.
- With any luck, yeah, if we hear a honk,
paddles are in the air. - That's what we want to hear.
- With any luck?
There's a bit of a smile that'll creep across some of the people's faces
as they’re driving, doing their normal commute.
- Trying to raise some money for families going through cancer.
( happy music, piano )
- It's got to be 12 years or so into this. - Yep.
- And it's, it's a great thing where every penny that is earned goes
to individuals, families, whomever fighting cancer.
cash in an envelope.
And, you know, the people are thinking about your kind of situation.
- I had AML,
and most of these guys,
put on a race, to help support me
doing the same thing, trying to raise money for people with cancer.
You know, paying it back.
- When my wife was diagnosed
and luckily she made it through and she's paddling today with us.
You think, like your world's coming down around you,
and I think what we're trying to do is let people know who are in that space,
that there are people who care.
Here's a little something,
If it gives you money to go out and get pizza and spaghetti one night,
if it just changes it up a little bit, knowing that a bunch of people cared,
that's the sole motivation.
That's why we're out there having fun with our friends.
(music ends)