Walk for a Cure: JDRF
Saturday morning the city of Plano hosted a 5K walk to raise awareness and to raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The hospital I work for participated in this event. I would venture to guess we had over 500 employees, family and friends participating. There were many other organizations represented. The number of people participating was phenomenal.
For the past several weeks our hospital has been hosting many events to raise funds to support JDRF, from bake sales to dunking booths. In preparation for the walk each department was encouraged to design a flag. I was elected and volunteered for this challenge. For weeks I avoided designing the flag. We are always busy here in my home and this task seemed to keep getting knocked to the bottom of the priority list. It came down to the wire so I had to get it done. My kids pitched in and helped me. They had a blast designing the flag and I think it turned out nicely. Alan really enjoyed getting his feet painted and putting his mark on the flag. Erica helped to paint and design the flag. She painted her hand and placed her mark upon the flag as well.
We participated in the walk. It started at nine in the morning and my daughter had to be to work at ten. She could have opted out of the walk but she didn’t. She supported me and she supported the effort. She walked her three miles and then went on to work. My son, when he woke up he didn’t want to go anywhere and in fact was a little upset for the mere suggestion of getting out and doing anything. When I explained he was helping to make sick children better. He was all for it. My kids amaze me sometimes. They are very compassionate, generous and caring individuals. Wow… I have done something right! One of my friends from the hospital helped me to get Alan’s wheelchair to the walk. Without his help we would not have been able to participate. A big Thank you to him. A couple of the ladies from my office and one’s husband walked with us. We enjoyed the outing and my point-walker. ;) Thanks for clearing the path for us.
Many people from our hospital showed up for this event. One of the gentlemen at the registration tent said our numbers amazed them. We all wore yellow shirts and he said when he looked up when the walk started he saw a ‘sea of yellow shirts!’ It is nice to be a part of such a caring and involved community.
Sharon
Saturday morning the city of Plano hosted a 5K walk to raise awareness and to raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The hospital I work for participated in this event. I would venture to guess we had over 500 employees, family and friends participating. There were many other organizations represented. The number of people participating was phenomenal.
For the past several weeks our hospital has been hosting many events to raise funds to support JDRF, from bake sales to dunking booths. In preparation for the walk each department was encouraged to design a flag. I was elected and volunteered for this challenge. For weeks I avoided designing the flag. We are always busy here in my home and this task seemed to keep getting knocked to the bottom of the priority list. It came down to the wire so I had to get it done. My kids pitched in and helped me. They had a blast designing the flag and I think it turned out nicely. Alan really enjoyed getting his feet painted and putting his mark on the flag. Erica helped to paint and design the flag. She painted her hand and placed her mark upon the flag as well.
We participated in the walk. It started at nine in the morning and my daughter had to be to work at ten. She could have opted out of the walk but she didn’t. She supported me and she supported the effort. She walked her three miles and then went on to work. My son, when he woke up he didn’t want to go anywhere and in fact was a little upset for the mere suggestion of getting out and doing anything. When I explained he was helping to make sick children better. He was all for it. My kids amaze me sometimes. They are very compassionate, generous and caring individuals. Wow… I have done something right! One of my friends from the hospital helped me to get Alan’s wheelchair to the walk. Without his help we would not have been able to participate. A big Thank you to him. A couple of the ladies from my office and one’s husband walked with us. We enjoyed the outing and my point-walker. ;) Thanks for clearing the path for us.
Many people from our hospital showed up for this event. One of the gentlemen at the registration tent said our numbers amazed them. We all wore yellow shirts and he said when he looked up when the walk started he saw a ‘sea of yellow shirts!’ It is nice to be a part of such a caring and involved community.
Sharon
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