6th Annual Float For Life

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This is part of my article from last year and the links are also last year's float. We are gearing up for another year. Check out the videos.

http://www.ky3.com/news/local/35621044.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch...

Five years ago on Decem­ber 4th of 2004, three local men whose lives had been touched by Hos­pice of the Ozarks set out on a jour­ney. The jour­ney led them 418 miles down the White River from Bull Shoals Dam all the way to the Mis­sis­sippi River. They endured 5 days and 4 nights of freez­ing rain, snow, and bit­ter cold. Though weather con­di­tions were harsh, the date had spe­cial mean­ing to one man, Fred ‘Sonny’ Grue­ber. Hos­pice had made it pos­si­ble for Sonny to keep a promise to his wife, Sheila, that she might stay at home dur­ing her ill­ness. Sheila passed away Decem­ber 4th, 1998.
Ray Novak and Rob­bie Banasiak shared Sonny’s goal of rais­ing enough money to endow a room at Hos­pice House, which was then still in the plan­ning. Together their dream was real­ized with three more suc­cess­ful adven­tures for Hos­pice.

This year on Decem­ber 4th, the same three men will once again set forth on a jour­ney, but this time only two men will return. Sonny passed away last Christ­mas Day in peace at Hos­pice House in the room that his float spon­sored. Sonny, who had been a White River guide for over 17 years, was 70 years old. On this, his final jour­ney, his wish will be ful­filled. As he requested, his ashes will be spread into the Mis­sis­sippi and he will for­ever con­tinue his dream of the Float For Life.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch...

another Float For Life video