Benefit for Baby Trevor
The Ruston Chapter of the Confederates MC, along with
Southern Santa and Rebel Moon held a benefit on March 19th,
2016 at M&S Grinding in Simsboro. The benefit was to help raise
money for gas for doctor appointments and medical expenses for
one of the cutest babies ever. Baby Trevor was born premature on
December 9, 2015 weighing just 1 pound, 6 ounces. On March
16th, he was finally released from the hospital after 3 months,
1 week, and weighed a healthy 6 pounds, 1 ounce. He was
welcomed home not only by his parents Robbie and Courtney
Balance, but also by big sisters Crystal 8, Autumn 7, Jessyka 5,
Trinity 4, Olivia 3; as well as, Amanda and Jeff (paternal great
aunt and uncle), Cinda (paternal great grandma), and Scarlet
(maternal grandma)
Confederate Prospect Charles Payne, who is famous around
these parts for his cooking, started the night before cooking
pulled pork. Now let me tell you something! That man couldn’t
mess up any cooking even if he tried to! He could throw dirt
on the food and it would somehow still come out melting in
your mouth and tasting good! There was a 50/50, silent auction
items, plus Southern Santa and Rebel Moon gave a percentage of
their store sales to Baby Trevor. There was also music and great
comradery with a total of approximately 60-80 people showing
up throughout the day and night!
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Vicki “Rebel Moon” Trent had this to say, “After SS (Southern
Santa) proposed last summer and we were planning our
wedding, we had posted that winter is a tough time for us. On
Facebook we asked for donations for auction to help us build our
inventory; we also said we needed funds for Lil P’s vet. Courtney
Balance ordered a couple of rebel items by mail; we had never
met them, just Facebook friends. She sent the money for her
purchase and an additional $50 for Lil P. So when we saw her
post after baby Trevor was born and needing help because he
was so tiny, we wanted to repay the favor by putting together a
benefit. SS asked the Confederates for help and then it was all
put together. We had never met them in person until a couple of
days before the benefit when we went to the hospital.”
Baby Trevor will learn he has an awful lot of aunts and uncles
who will always carry him in their hearts because we all became
attached to not just him, but his whole family. Much love to you
and I know I speak for the majority of us all when I say we look
forward to seeing you grow bigger and older.
***PS: I would like to add that I am only including the picture
of me holding Baby Trevor because if I do not, SS has already
told me he’s going to be mad. The good thing is I’m holding that
precious baby so I won’t protest too much.
by Stacey “Snoopy” Conly