Angels for Sam

01/14/2026

Please share in our condolences to the family of Steve Blumenthal. Steve was a wonderful man and huge supporter of Angels for Sam in our fundraising efforts when we were raising funds to help local families. He donated his time, his heart, his woodworking skills and his hard earned money at each event. If you were lucky enough to be the winning bidder for his handmade woodworking items at our events, you know how special they are! He was always willing to help be a "blocker" to get our riders safely from stop to stop and you could tell how much he loved helping others!

He would visit with us about his wife, Pam, their children and grandchildren. You could feel the love and pride he had for his family. He was very easy to talk to and was a great listener, asking questions and just genuinely interested in meeting and getting to know people. He did not know a stranger.

Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers. He was a great man and will be missed! If you would like to show support for the family, see attached obituary for details of his Celebration of Life to be held January 24th.

Rest in peace, dear friend. You were an angel here and now you have officially earned your wings.

View Steven Blumenthal's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

07/07/2023

Please consider supporting this benefit on July 15th! I know they are looking for donations for raffle items if you could donate something, it would be greatly appreciated. This group partnered and supported Angels for Sam for several years in providing the blocking for our route. One of their own needs help now. Let’s see what we can do!

As some of you know on June 26 while at work, Dave collapsed due to injuries brought on by a brain… Rasmin Keco needs your support for Dave Stanton Fundraiser

07/21/2022

This is what 9,355 boxes of crayons/markers looks like!! Two pickup trucks full.

THANK YOU to everyone that donated! And THANK YOU to the amazing employees at Blank Children's Hospital who unloaded them all for us at the dock this morning.

We are so proud of our last collection of crayons as this will keep the hospital supplied for a couple of years. WE DID GOOD - and by WE, I mean ALL OF YOU!!!!

Special thank you to, Laurie Pruitt, who has been our angel crayon for a few years. She labels them all, counts them all, and boxes them all up so pretty! What a big job and it has been so very appreciated!

07/01/2022

Thank you to Brian and Kelli Stoaks and all the generous people that sent crayons to the post office box. There wasn’t any names on them so I can’t personally thank you but WOW!! I was so surprised when I went to check the mail and they had a whole cart full of packages of crayons for us! We will get to 10,000! We will get to 10,000!!

06/17/2022

Update on the Crayon Raffle. So, it doesn't look like we have collected 10,000 crayons/markers . . . YET!! I would like to see if maybe we could get a few more donations so am asking for your help!

First, I want to congratulate, Tonya Snider, on winning the cooler and all the goodies inside on Sunday. She was very excited to receive her prize this evening!

Second, I want to tell you about the origin of the crayon raffle and how it came to be. Camryn Storbeck was a little tiny girl when we first met her. Her parents, Jen and Paul, also had twins a little younger than Camryn. When visiting with Jen one day, she was getting in her purse for something and pulled out a ziploc baggie full of crayons. She said she carried those with her because when they went to all of Camryn's appointments, the doctor's office and hospital would give all three children a box of crayons to keep them occupied while waiting. Since the crayons can't be re-used because of germs, Jen felt bad taking new crayons each time so she carried a bag of used crayons around with her. Well, we knew that she had so much more to worry about than that and told her we would get the hospital crayons! That was the start of the Crayon Raffle.

The photo with Camryn's dad and brother from Sunday's ride shows a pair of little pink sneakers on the seat of Camryn's dads bike and photo of Camryn. There is a very unique non-profit called Peach's Neet Feet that sends custom, hand-painted sneakers to sick children. The pink sneakers for Camryn arrived the week after Camryn passed away.

So, I think we can do better and gather more crayons/markers in memory of sweet Camryn! You can order them online and have them shipped to our PO Box 185, Carlisle, IA 50047 or drop them off with any of the Angels for Sam board members. We could also possibly arrange a pick up or alternate drop off site if you private message us.

Please share this post with your friends, family and co-workers and let's get to the 10,000 mark! Thank you so very much!

06/16/2022

The donations keep coming! Last night we received a check for $500 from Chris and Jennifer Schwienebart for Angels for Sam. Many know these two from the memorial ride, Sydney's Wish, that they put on in memory of Chris' daughter, Sydney. Their ride was always amazing and well run and always had a huge turnout. We are truly honored that they continue to pay forward to help others and chose Angels for Sam for this donation.