B&E 2010

Several years ago, UST Logistical Systems started a charity event called UST's Breaking and Entering Christmas. Our concept is to anonymously reach out to families with small children that are enduring especially tough hardships and provide the family a Christmas experience that without our help would not be possible. We also try to help them address some of the things that are causing their hardship.  Once we find the right family, we partner with someone who knows the family personally. This family contact gets us information about the family's situation, collects Dear Santa letters from the children and creates a way to get the family away from their home on the actual day of the "B&E" so we can sneak into the house undetected.

Once we have the information, we get the UST family and our clients involved raising money to buy gifts from the Santa lists, decorations for the house, a Christmas tree, Christmas dinner as well as help the family in other ways. Then a few days before Christmas, the family contact takes the family somewhere away for the home for a few hours so the B&E Team consisting of UST volunteers, can sneak in and set everything up. As soon as we are finished, we sneak back out again before the family arrives home.  The UST family has done some tremendous things through this program including furnishing a stay free hotel for a St Jude hospital and providing a new house for a sick elderly grandmother caring for her 5 grandchildren.

This year our family of 5 was having a real hard time because Robyn, age 3 and the youngest of three girls had been diagnosed with Kabuki Syndrome and Type III Chiari Malformation two years before. These conditions cause heart defects, hearing loss, skeletal abnormalities and structural defects in the brain and spinal cord. This had undergone numerous life threatening brain surgeries and related operations while doctors attempted to treat her. The nearest hospital capable of offering these operations was 300 miles away. As a result, the parents had been unable to work regularly and provide for their family.  Their mortgage had fallen behind as did their other bills. A needed repair to their roof and their heater went unaddressed making their home unfit to bring their daughter home from the hospital once she recovered.

We wanted to send out a Thank You to the following people for their participation in the UST B&E Christmas - 2010

UST Staff:
Alan Tishman
Angie Kann
Beth Putman
Bryan Loudy
Calvin Buchanan
Carlos Torres
Clint Shook
Dolores Grijalva
Frank Lewis
Jason Coman
Janis Kenemer
Jeff Fenbert
Jim Johnston
Joey Hudgins
John Clay
Kevin Brophy
Liz Chick
Richard Kann
Ryan Doeberling
Sherman Grant
Tim Myers
Team Atlanta
Team Batavia
Team Greensboro
Team Indianapolis
Team Jacksonville
UST Logistical Systems

Client Staff:
Case Smart (hhgregg - Asheville, NC)
Jackie Hammer (hhgregg - Corporate)
Mike Schuman (hhgregg - Corporate)
Rick Benner (hhgregg - Indianapolis)
Ryan Doeberling (hhgregg - Erie, PA)
Therese Benefield (Ashley Furniture HomeStore - Asheville, NC)

Others:
Angela Leatham
Jackson Ramsey
Maddison Ramsey
Raegan Ramsey
Taylor Ramsey

Donated Services:
Isaac Kannar and K&K Construction
Jason Parks and Gentry Heating and Cooling
Chris Gault and Lowe's Home Improvement Stores

Credits:
Jason Coman, Chief Organizer
Angela Leatham, Family Contact
Richard Kann, Video Production

Volunteers:
Jodi Coman
Jay Tipton
Frank Lewis
Janis Kenemer
Bryan Loudy
Taylor Ramsey
Raegan Ramsey

A Special Thanks for their exceptional generosity in financial and/or volunteer support:
Angela Leatham
Carlos Torres
Frank Lewis
Janis Kenemer
Jason Coman
Jim Johnston
Richard Kann
Sherman Grant