Submitted by Mary Jane Farmer
It’s time once again for the Po Boys Picnic, the event that, twice yearly, brings family fun to Texoma while raising funds for a deserving family or individual who needs some help with medical expenses.
Saturday, April 11, Po Boys Picnic VIII will kick off at the newly-remodeled RWR Arena, (formerly the Texas Quarter Horse Arena) at 2218 Knight Road, Denison. That’s off Texoma Parkway. Gates will open at 11 a.m.
All proceeds from this eighth Po Boys Picnic will go to help 7-year-old Bentley Seymour of Durant, who was born with short-bowel syndrome and who has spent much of his young life recovering from seven major surgeries and receiving more than 80 blood transfusions. His mother, Michelle Roberson that Bentley tries to live as normal a life as he can with his brother, Nicholas. To also help, the Texoma Regional Blood Center will have its bloodmobile at the Po Boys Picnic for blood donations.
This Picnic will again feature the popular and challenging Little Britches Rodeo, which will start about 12:30 p.m., and again, for the adults, a horseshoe tournament, which will start around 2 p.m.; and live music will be provided during the horseshoe tournament by Tommy & The Dee Wops and by Russ Lowry.
There will be bounce houses, a dunking booth, and numerous games for children of all ages, including dummy roping, a pig scramble, mutton busting, a flag race, a boot scramble, and even stick-horse races. Prizes and/or trophies for all events.
Also, to help with fundraising, there will be a multi-item silent auction table, and a live auction during the afternoon, which includes an acoustic guitar donated and signed by Red Dirt music legend Stoney LaRue. There will be a new rifle raffled off.
There is an entry fee to the event, and minimal fees for some of the competitions. All proceeds go to the cause.
Family fun, the kind that has survived through generations, banded together to raise funds for a deserving family.
For more information, go onto the Po Boys Picnic Facebook page or Websitewww.poboyspicnic.com.
