One Heart Source Event
My Husband and I started to watch Sons of Anarchy seven seasons ago. I was pregnant with my oldest daughter making the first episode hard to stomach but 6 years later we are still watching every week. A few months ago I got the opportunity to meet Kim Coates from Sons of Anarchy and his family. I was standing out front waiting for them to arrive when Kim rolled down his window and popped his head out. Since I don’t meet famous people very often all I could think is, “Wow, he looks just like he does on TV!” Since he is in such an amazing show I thought that he wouldn’t talk to me much. To my surprise they are the most amazing and gracious people and they made me feel like we had been friends for years.
Kim Coates
Kyla Coates, Kim’s daughter is the educational Programs Manager for One Heart Source, “a non-profit organization designed to empower young people through education, and to provide high quality education and care for vulnerable children in Tanzania and South Africa.” She said she went to Tanzania with school and just was amazed by what she saw. Kim Coates and his wife Diana visited Kyla while she was in Tanzania and that was when they came up with the idea for the “Hogs for Hearts” fundraiser.
I attended One Heart Source’s charity event on October 11th and meet the cast of Sons of Anarchy for the 3rd Annual Hogs for Heart fundraising event. The event was very limited in the amount of people that could attend so it gave everyone the opportunity to meet the cast. We got to take pictures and meet Charlie Hunnam, Kim Coates, Tommy Flanagan, Mark Boone Jr., Theo Rossi, Emilio Rivera, Drea de Matteo, Dayton Callie, Michael Ornstein, Niko Nicotera, and Jimmy Smits.
Group at One Heart Source
We got involved with the charity because my husband has a ring company called Speakeasy Original and he made an Anarchy ring for Kim Coates. Kim asked that he make two rings. One ring for Kim to keep and one ring that will be raffled off to a lucky fan at the end of the Sons of Anarchy season finally. 100% of the money that is raised for that ring is going to be donated to One Heart Source.
Anarchy ring for Kim Coates
Speakeasy Original is a small business that we have been growing out of our garage. Speakeasy Original specialize in custom handcrafted jewelry made right here in the USA. He cast, molds and creates custom wedding bands, necklaces, and special orders.
