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When a
teammate's mother passed away from cancer, we organized a
team to join the Fenton area's
Relay For Life. This is a 24 hour event where money is
raised for the National Cancer Society. By
raising more than $900 we not only honored our teammate's
mother, we also honored many of our community's cancer
survivors and hope-to-be survivors.
We encourage
all teams to participate in their regional Relay
for Life. We had a tremendous amount of fun. Listening to
Joe sing Karaoke at 2:00 a.m. was a big highlight of the
day. Trivia games, side walk chalk drawings and several
members *cough cough Ryan* being thrown into jail is also
memorable.
__________________________________________ Like all
papers around the world, our local paper contains a
"hotline". When several people in our community complained
about US 23 being covered in debris and litter, we sprang
into action. Over the long summer weekend we picked up over
100 bags of garbage. By adopting this portion of the highway
and planning on keeping it clean, we have a ongoing
community services for years to come. |
Walkathon
Walk For Cancer
Bowlathon
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Lego League!
How much fun is that? It is hard for us to turn away kids
who want to learn and have fun. Even though the limit is ten
kids, we have twenty overly excited-sugar-hyped-up-eager
kids on our Lego League Team. We taught them programming,
teamwork, timelines, science, math and (of course) the
wonderful opportunity to meet and make a new friend.
We also want
the world to know about Josh! Josh is seventeen and is a
member of our community. When he was just a few months old
he became very ill. As a result of that illness Josh became
a triple amputee. After recently reading about the plight
of Josh and his home in our newspaper we did our best to
help them out. One of Josh's biggest problems was that his
wheelchair would not fit through his bedroom door. He hasn't
slept in his bed for many years. Josh's house is also filled
with black mold causing the floor to start caving in under
the weight of his chair. We had to do something! So we
organized a benefit called "Kids Helping Kids". We
organized our own version of Extreme Home Makeover and
succeeded in having Josh built a new home.
* We want to
thank Sky Way Wheels for helping Josh get new wheels for his
wheelchair. Sky Way Wheels rocks!
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