Pass the BBQ, buckets: County helps support Dake family through fundraisers

  • Miss Oglethorpe Princess Lilah Trejo, holds bucket for donations to support Jacob Dake, Oglethorpe County high school, Sept. 29, 2022. Dake was in a motorcycle accident on Sept. 15, and has had extensive surgeries since. (Aisha Shulz/The Oglethorpe Echo)
    Miss Oglethorpe Princess Lilah Trejo, holds bucket for donations to support Jacob Dake, Oglethorpe County high school, Sept. 29, 2022. Dake was in a motorcycle accident on Sept. 15, and has had extensive surgeries since. (Aisha Shulz/The Oglethorpe Echo)
  • Winners of the Miss Oglethorpe Pageant and OCHS cheerleaders hold buckets for donations to support Jacob Dake, Oglethorpe County high school, Sept. 29, 2022. Dake was in a motorcycle accident on Sept. 15, and has had extensive surgeries since. (Aisha Shulz/The Oglethorpe Echo)
    Winners of the Miss Oglethorpe Pageant and OCHS cheerleaders hold buckets for donations to support Jacob Dake, Oglethorpe County high school, Sept. 29, 2022. Dake was in a motorcycle accident on Sept. 15, and has had extensive surgeries since. (Aisha Shulz/The Oglethorpe Echo)
  • OCHS cheerleader Khali McCormack wears Jacob Dake’s initials painted on her cheek for the second football game in a row since his accident, Oglethorpe County high school, Sept. 29, 2022. (Aisha Shulz/The Oglethorpe Echo)
    OCHS cheerleader Khali McCormack wears Jacob Dake’s initials painted on her cheek for the second football game in a row since his accident, Oglethorpe County high school, Sept. 29, 2022. (Aisha Shulz/The Oglethorpe Echo)
  • The Jacob Dake Chicken Barbecue Fundraiser takes place in the Bell’s parking lot, Crawford, GA, Oct. 1, 2022. The fundraiser occurred from 11-3pm and raised over $3,700 for the Dake family. (Aisha Shulz/The Oglethorpe Echo)
    The Jacob Dake Chicken Barbecue Fundraiser takes place in the Bell’s parking lot, Crawford, GA, Oct. 1, 2022. The fundraiser occurred from 11-3pm and raised over $3,700 for the Dake family. (Aisha Shulz/The Oglethorpe Echo)
  • Volunteers organize plates at the Jacob Dake Chicken Barbecue Fundraiser, Crawford, GA, Oct. 1, 2022. Over the course of the fundraiser, the group sold 310 plates for $12 each. (Aisha Shulz/The Oglethorpe Echo)
    Volunteers organize plates at the Jacob Dake Chicken Barbecue Fundraiser, Crawford, GA, Oct. 1, 2022. Over the course of the fundraiser, the group sold 310 plates for $12 each. (Aisha Shulz/The Oglethorpe Echo)
  • Rhett Webb (6) and Willow Paulk (5) help fundraise for Jacob Dake by selling lemonade for 50¢ a cup. Jacob Dake Chicken Barbecue Fundraiser, Crawford, GA, Oct. 1, 2022. (Aisha Shulz/The Oglethorpe Echo)
    Rhett Webb (6) and Willow Paulk (5) help fundraise for Jacob Dake by selling lemonade for 50¢ a cup. Jacob Dake Chicken Barbecue Fundraiser, Crawford, GA, Oct. 1, 2022. (Aisha Shulz/The Oglethorpe Echo)

    When local business owner Hazel Sanders heard about Jacob Dake’s accident, she knew she had to do something. 

     

    “He’s my customer, and I’ve been taking care of him for years,” said Sanders, of…