- Gene Simmons Helps Raise Funds For Sask. Childrens Hospital KISS frontman and organizer Tom Foster, of Saskatoon, hope charity auction will bring in $1M A rock star, Saskatchewans premier and one fantastic customized truck will come together for a good cause in Arizona tonight. A Saskatoon company has rebuilt and modified a 1956 F-100 Ford pickup truck, with a V8 engine from a 2012 Shelby Mustang muscle car, to be sold at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Ariz., Friday night. Premier Brad Wall has flown down for the event. Also involved are KISS frontman Gene Simmons and his wife, Shannon Tweed, who was born in Newfoundland but went to school in Saskatoon. Every dollar raised will go to help build a childrens hospital in Saskatchewan, one of the few provinces in Canada that doesnt have a pediatric hospital. Its the brainchild of Tom Foster, whos the president of Industrial Machines and Manufacturing, a customer manufacturing company in Saskatoon. Foster explained that his daughter required special medical care in the first few weeks of her life and that the doctors and nurses he met in Saskatoon described how a childrens hospital could provide better care. There were complications at birth and she had to spend some difficult first two weeks of her life at RUH, and at that time, the doctors and nurses we were dealing with were constantly saying a childrens hospital would sure help, he said. He came up with the idea, but a lot of other local companies pitched in, including Saskatchewan Ford dealers. Its very humbling, he said. It just goes to show the strength of the community we have and the recognition of the need for the hospital. Simmons says hell do anything Simmons, meanwhile, is playing an active role in the auction. Im looking for a million dollars, he said. If you want me to sign it, come over to your house, cook dinner for you, whatever you need, lap dance. Wall, a vintage vehicle enthusiast, joked he hoped it didnt come to that. I think once it reaches that threshold — the lap dance threshold — I might move to the other side of the stage and cheer heartily from there, he said. Source: cbc.ca
Posted on: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 22:08:20 +0000
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