On Saturday we marched for babies with the March of Dimes in our local walk. Last year we were so sad to have the walk cancelled because of thunderstorms but this year we had the most gorgeous day to walk! There had been some threat of rain so I was thinking it would at least be cloudy. We ended up with the best blue skies and it turned out hot!
As well as walk and fundraise, I help plan the entire walk day activities. I’m the chairman of the committee actually. We have been planning this walk since January and I think it was the best one I’ve ever walked in. I really think all of our meetings really paid off. We had great performances before the walk, a great walk, and then great performances after the walk. I think my favorites things were the zumba warm-up and we had African drummers welcoming people as they came back into the walk. They were awesome! We had some characters who made appearances and were big hits with our kids. DJ Lance Rock, Captain Jack Sparrow and our local baseball mascot, Bolt, were all there. Lindy talked to all of them. She was shocked to see DJ Lance Rock and she told the pirate that she was a pirate on Halloween. Will got his picture taken with DJ Lance Rock but didn’t want to with the pirate and Bolt.
Once again our team did an awesome job raising money for the March of Dimes. As of right now, we’ve raised $5305! Awesomeness! I do know of more money coming in as well though. I believe I (well, Drew and I) was the top fundraising person with over $4000. We did get beat this year on the top team though. We came in 2nd. It’s hard to be too upset though. We still raised a bunch of money and I’m really happy with that! Another fun and surprising award I got was a new volunteer extraordinaire award for my hard work in planning the walk. I have worked really hard but I enjoy it!
We appreciate everyone who donated money to us and we appreciate those who joined our team and walked with us. We had the old standbys, Bob (Suzette was sick), Lynn, Ed and Jamie, and then we had some new folks walk with us. We had some folks from our new church and then some new friends we’ve made in the past year. It was lots of fun having everyone there with us, helping save babies!!
We are thankful for the March of Dimes and the lifesaving medicines they supported that did in fact save Lindy and Will’s lives. Had Adam have had more amniotic fluid in the womb, it could have saved his life. Unfortunately his lungs could not develop without amniotic fluid. Therefore we support an organization that tries to prevent prematurity and infant mortality. We walked for our miracle preemies and their brother, Adam, who we miss dearly.
Our first time having the walk at Corpening Plaza in downtown WS. It was a perfect and beautiful day!
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