First I want to say THANK YOU, to everyone who supported us! We raised $395. Gavin, Georgia, and I were very excited to watch the donation thermometer raise with all of the donations! The team that I was on had a team goal of $3000. To date the team has raised $3,598. We have until April 1st so that number could raise! AMAZING!!
What a fabulous day we had. The festivites for the walk started at 8am. We left our house at 7.15 to meet our friends and teammates. The walk was being held downtown Des Moines, in the Skywalk system that connects all the downtown buildings. I was excited to see this part of Des Moines, because I have driven under them and walked in a small stretch of the skywalk, but I had never explored them all. We had breakfast, the kids got their face painted, tattoos, hair painted, and jumped in some bounce houses. After our team picture we were off!! It was a 2 mile walk in the skywalk system (that was just one lap)...it was cool!!
The walk had over 8000 participants and raised over $1.5 million. This year we joined the team "Rebecca's Rock Stars". Rebecca is an 8 year old who was diagnosed with the disease at the age of 6. The Wittmer's are friends with Rebecca and her family. Next year, Andrew will have his own team. Who is in for next year??
Meet Andrew: Here is the link to an news interview about Andrew - There is an article and a video. www.kcci.com/health/18864644/detail.html (if the link does't work, copy and paste it into your web browser).
A special THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart to all of those who supported us and who donated:
Steve and Jamie Adams
Gina Blaskovich
Kelly Crabtree
Law firm of Coppola, McConville, Coppola, Hockenberg, & Scalise
Sarah Hendricks
Trish Hobbs
Dixie Hymel
Annette Jenkens
Kim Magdaleno
Zannyha Martellmata
Carolyn Montez
Ken Morris
Liz Morris
Maria/Dina Moseley
Jennifer Rose
Melissa Shiflett
Blythe Stanfel
Sharon Thompson
Paula Underfer
Jason and Katie Wittmer
You all make a difference in my life and together we helped make a difference in Andrew's life and the lives of everyone who deal with this disease everyday!
Here are some pictures of our day:
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