That paragraph doesn’t do the day justice but the feeling of
complete and abounding love isn’t that easy to express in writing. We are blessed, not only with our amazing
children but by a God who is unconditionally loving and taking care of us and
by a community of people that have made our cause their’s too.
We are forever grateful for the help in raising over $8,500
from the Chillin’ & Grillin’ event and almost $30,000 this year. The awareness is still out there and we are
continuing to hit people and receive donations, which is AWESOME.
When I think back to last Saturday, an oldie keep popping into my
head:
It's the Eye
of the Tiger
It's the
thrill of the fight Rising up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor
Stalks his prey in the night
And he's watching us all
With the Eye of the Tiger
This song
holds such great memories of a great win, a triumph over the odds, a long
shot. That is exactly how I feel about
CF. It will end ok, we just have to
fight, fight, fight to get there. Dean
loves his life, he loved his “party” and he doesn’t even know what CF is, let’s
keep fighting so we can keep it that way.
Check out
the awesome slideshow a friend made, capturing the events of the 2013 Chillin' & Grillin': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ73FvIV9-o&feature=player_detailpage
With much
love and unending gratefulness,
Jim &
Erin
STILL WANT TO HELP THIS YEAR?
1.
If you didn’t get a chance to get in on our
raffles, we do have one left for the year:
Our Each day in July 2013, we will post the winning numbers from the
Illinois Lottery Pick 3 EVENING drawing. If your raffle ticket number is the
winning number for that day, you win $50. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. Email
if you’d like to get in on this!
3.
Sign up for a 25 or 65 mile bike with us on
September 7th in Geneva, Illinois as we Cycle for Life.
4.
Sign up to climb on November 10th in
Chicago, Illinois as Candy leads a team for us up flights of stairs at 300 N.
LaSalle as she Climbs for Life.
5.
Try out your Tae Kwon Do skills at Frankfort
Black Belt Academy who will donate back to us for every summer program
enrollment.
6.
Raise money for us as you take on your next
challenge (marathon, bike, swim, run, etc).
7.
Be an organ donor: In the past few weeks, you may have read
about the plight of a few families trying to save theirs childrens lives. They are young ones, 10 and 11 in desperate
need for a new set of lungs as a result of damage caused by Cystic
Fibrosis. Legalities currently stand in
the way and the families are fighting hard to do what they can. Whether or not they change the laws to allow
these youngsters to get adult lungs based on the severity of their disease (as
opposed to their age) remains to be seen, HOWEVER, in this case, there is a bit
of a simpler solution…register to be an organ donor. The more people that register, the smaller
the issue will be in the future.
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| Pig Daddy's taste submission |
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| Pig Daddy - Tom won Best Ribs! |
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| A view from Frankfort's Tower Ladder Truck |
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| Dem Bones Dem Bones - People's Choice 2nd year in a row! |
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| Yummy Dean Cupcakes |
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| Grampa's Sweet Ribs |
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| A sample of the raffle baskets |
Thank you Jason Inc, Assembled Products, Ozinga, Poochamungas, Cannonball, Cross Technology, Peace Community Preschool, Tomlinson Law Office, Frankfort Black Belt Academy, Avid Printers, Hawkinson Nissan, Hawkinson Kia, Portable John, Inc., Treasured Smiles for your support.
