Two of our favorite people caused our family to re-arrange our Saturday routine last weekend. And believe me- they were worthy causes!
The First Annual Tiger Run was organized in Shelby County at Triton Central High School (Fairland, Indiana) in honor of Rodney Monhollen class of 1984 (our cousin) who is living with ALS (or Lou Gehrig's disease). Over a hundred folks showed up to walk or run 5 miles or to do the family walk of one mile. All proceeds were benefiting the ALS portion of MDS. Just under $6,000 was raised!
Bless Rod and his wife Nicole, but they made it out onto the high school track to participate in the opening prayer and shot gun start! How inspiring and moving to see their children, baseball teams, friends and family, and Class of '84 alums all walking or running in honor of Rodney! A great morning...
...after our family finished our family walk we hopped into the car and drove back to Avon because our goddaughter Grace along with her friend Macei hosted the First Annual Give Back Softball Tournament.
Gracie and Macei were co-recipents of a Make A Wish in November of 2010. This spring the girls and their familes wanted to give back... so they hosted and organized a 24 team softball tournament along with a silent auction in order to send other children on their Make A Wish wish.
There was Grace running from one field to another as a designated hitter for any team that needed a run! Both she and Macei are inspiring not just in how they live with their health issues, but in how they practice generosity at a young age. Their event raised almost $11,000!
What Saturday of community support, generosity, love and compassion in action, and inspiration! Thank you Rodney and Grace for leading us all into a deeper way of living life to it's fullest!
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