Showing a matching sense of responsibility was pro break-dancer Byron
McIntyre, who confided, "Usually when I'm bowling I'm drinking. They have
kids here, and parents, so I decided to put the beer down."
It's easy to joke about Hollywood types as role models, butthere's no
question thatthey set a good example here. Daytime drama star and musician
Donn Swaby summed up the prevailing attitude by saying "I am really glad
to be able to help," although on the bowling side he noted that "I am
not a professional.... I have fun doing it, but me and the gutters
have become really good friends."
Fellow
soap star and Melt veteran Eric Martsolf, taking a moment away from his
admiring female fans, had a similarly laid-back approach. "It's fun and
it's for a good cause," he said. "Sunday afternoon you either sit out
in the sun or you go spend money somewhere, so I thought bowling is a
good alternative."
Sean Kanan stays very
active when it comes to charity fundraising. "I have done a lot of fundraisers."
Kanan states. "This is the first one in a while and its great to be back.
However, I'm a horrible bowler,but I just had my all time high bowling
game, 147.The highest I ever bowled! I 'm really happy about that."
While John D'Aquino
has done equally as well on the bowling end, "I'm not doing too badly
considering I came in second. Cory Feldman beat me by about 10 points."
It is contributions to the community that are truly notable. "Most of
the organizations I'm involved with are for kids. Now, I also want to
be involved with geriatrics. They tend to be forgotten. To go and talk
to them, hang out and listen to their stories is so wonderful."
Actress Patrika Darbo,
another fundraising veteran, struck a serious note. "AIDS has been a back
burner sort of thing," she noted. "People think it's been cured or it's
on the way out, and it's important that all of us who have some sort of
celebrity do something to keep this up."
And keep it up they
did, until the final game was bowled and the scores were tallied. The
results showed that baseball player turned actor Scott Egan and soap star
Arianne Zuker were the celeb first-placers, with Robert Woodman topping
the youth category. In the patron division, Ryan Blad and Mary Rietta
were the top dogs. So they took home their trophies, The Foothill AIDS
Project made a nice chunk of change, everybody involved could feel satisfied
that they had done a good deed......and the losers could start plotting
their revenge for next year's event. Sure, it's all in fun- but they don't
call it Balls O'Fire for nothing.
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