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JCCF FUNDRAISING

process. Team roping competition raises $18,800 for JCCF Giving Back Photo courtesy George Aros George Aros and Mel Potter are all smiles after being able to donate $18,800 to the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund. The money was raised through the Mike Cervi Jr. Memorial Pro Classic. The event has raised more than $290,000 for the JCCF since its inception in 2002. Thus, the Mike Cervi Jr. Memorial

BY TRACY RENCK M el Potter began his journey in the Rodeo Cowboys Association, the precursor to the PRCA. So, Potter knows how rough the rodeo world can get when injuries happen, and paychecks stop for ailing cowboys. When Mike Cervi Jr., the son of ProRodeo Hall of Fame stock contractor Mike Cervi and husband of World Champion Barrel Racer Sherry Cervi, died in a private plane crash on Sept. 29, 2001, near the Marshfield (Wis.) Municipal Airport at the age of 30, Potter wanted to do something to memorialize his late son-in-law and help other cowboys in the

Pro Classic was born. The event has raised more than $290,000 for the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund since its inaugural event in 2002. Cervi Jr. finished 16th in the world standings in 1999 while heading for Kory Koontz. “I thought it would be nice to have a roping in Mike’s memory and have it help a worthy cause,” Potter said. “Helping the JCCF is something I like to do, and I’m happy that we have been able to put that kind of money in the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund to help the guys out who get hurt. It’s something they need.”

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