Northern California's Hassle Free Barbell Club - a powerhouse in school age weightlifting - held a fundraiser last night, and guess who was in town and was part of the festivities?


Tommy Kono enjoys a joke at the fundraising dinner for Hassle Free Barbell Club last night. IronMind® | Randall J. Strossen, Ph.D. photo.

Hassle Free Barbell Club (named after a trucking and moving company that sponsors it) reflects Kevin and Paul Doherty's focus on helping "at risk inner city high school kids," and some of their lifters, from Lincoln High School in San Francisco and Sacramento High School in the Golden State's capitol, are on their way to the the school age Pans Ams in St. Louis this summer, and the purpose of this dinner - which featured really good Italian food - was to help support this trip.


Pacific Weightlifting Association Vice President Don Weideman designed this commemorative card for last night's dinner at Palermo Ristorante Italiano in Elk Grove, California. IronMind® |