Fundraiser takes Bushwacker shower at Tacky Jacks for ALS

Fundraiser takes Bushwacker shower at Tacky Jacks for ALS

“I’m not going to lie. After that horrible gumbo in New Orleans, I’m glad that I’m having a bushwacker.’’ That was the immediate response from Larry Kaplan after he and his wife Jill were doused with several pitchers of the local chocolate flavored liquor delight on Aug. 26 at Tacky Jacks in a spin-off of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that swept the country in 2014.
Kaplan was in Gulf Shores on day 26 and state 43 of Larry’s 50In30 Challenge to raise funds for ALS. During each of his stops, Larry is drenched with liquids local to each state. In previous stops on his journey, which started in Delaware, sponsors splashed Kaplan with maple syrup, salmon heads, Wisconsin cheese, watermelon, cherries, sunflower seeds, pizza ingrediants, chocolate, chile and a mix of algae & powered sugar. He was scheduled to get drenched with orange juice in Florida after leaving Tacky Jacks.
Kaplan took a month vacation to undertake his fundraiser. “I get to go back to my normal life after this,’’ he said. “If you have ALS, you and your family don’t go back to your normal life.”
Kaplan will end up driving more than 20,000 miles and flying to Alaska and Hawaii during his one month fundraiser. A 20 year volunteer with the Greater Philadelphia ALS Association, Kaplan said he hopes to raise awareness of ALS as well as funds to fight the disease. Alabama ALS Executive Director Lisa Holmon, local resident Cheryl Lanning and Tiffany Feld and Bryan Hart from Tacky Jacks had the pleasure of drenching the Kaplans with bushwhackers. For more info or to donate to Larry’s fund, visit 50in30.org