🚗🎗️🎃 Hit-and-Run, Hope & Halloween Plans | What’s Up Big Rapids Ep. 39 (10-8-25)This week’s episode of What’s Up Big Rapids has a little of everything — drama, gratitude, and community spirit. 🙏🚗 Chris narrowly avoids disaster after a hit-and-run accident that lands him in the hospital (he’s okay 💪).🎗️ We’re joined by Mandy Kilpatrick, Director of Mecosta County vs Cancer, who shares her personal journey, the group’s inspiring mission, and details on this weekend’s Crawl for Cancer 🍻.🎃 Plus: fall events galore — Skeleton Skurry 5K, Fall Fest, Trunk or Treat, Celebrity Pumpkin Roll, and Light Up the Night.Add in Michigan sports talk, pickleball medals, and a special shout-out to FatBelly’s Benefit for lifting up a local family — it’s a full hour of heart, humor, and hometown pride. ❤️0:00 – Intro & Welcome 👋1:12 – Chris’s hit-and-run story → hospitalized but healing 🚗💥4:10 – If you have leads, let us know 🙏6:45 – Federal shutdown affects ArtPrize, but it’s still worth the trip 🎨8:20 – Pat’s weekend = remodeling + Michigan sports 🏈🏀⚾10:07 – Uplifting Moment: FatBelly’s Benefit for a local family ❤️11:45 – Shavon’s pickleball team wins silver 🥈 and 5K medal talk 🏃‍♂️13:11 – Next up: Skeleton Skurry 5K (Oct 25) 👻14:30 – Chris playing Morley Halloween Bash 🎸🎃15:05 – Fall Fest (Oct 25): Trunk or Treat + Celebrity Pumpkin Roll 🎃16:30 – Angels of Action expands to Osceola County 📚17:30 – Light Up the Night (Nov 7 at Canadian Lakes Castle) ✨20:20 – Royal View Assisted Living seeking vendors & crafters 🧵20:55 – Seussical the Musical (Nov 6-9 by BR Drama) 🎭22:14 – Mecosta County vs Cancer Bar Crawl this Saturday 🍺23:00 – Guest: Mandy Kilpatrick joins the show 🎙️24:55 – Mandy’s cancer story & how the organization began 🎗️27:15 – Vision for the future 💡28:16 – How to get involved 🤝29:08 – Early success story that kept her going ❤️32:00 – Crawl for Cancer timeline & route 🍻34:28 – What’s next for Mecosta vs Cancer 🚀37:00 – Thanks to Mandy Kilpatrick 🙌39:18 – Dom’s Corrections: Chris misnames a pizza place 🍕 and learns crash stats 🚨41:08 – The Mitten State Santa season begins 🎅41:53 – Outro & Goodbyes – Excelsior! 💫Big Rapids podcast, Chris Jane accident, Big Rapids hit and run, Mandy Kilpatrick interview, Mecosta County vs Cancer, Crawl for Cancer Big Rapids, FatBelly’s Benefit, Angels of Action Osceola County, Light Up the Night Canadian Lakes, Skeleton Skurry 5K, Fall Fest Big Rapids 2025, Seussical the Musical BR Drama, Morley Halloween Bash#WhatsUpBigRapids #BigRapidsMI #MecostaCountyVsCancer #CrawlForCancer #AngelsOfAction #LightUpTheNight #SkeletonSkurry #FallFest #SeussicalTheMusical #MorleyHalloweenBash #FatBellysBenefit #BigRapidsEvents #CommunityPodcast #MichiganPodcast

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