4.22.2015

Love for Lily


A neighbor of ours who has a niece with leukemia put together a benefit to help the family with expenses that insurance doesn't cover. It was at a bowling alley on Sunday and was an absolutely amazing thing to witness. I've said it before but this community we live in is the best. Pretty much every company around the area donated a gift or service and there was TONS to auction and raffle off. I even donated a mini photography session which helped raise some money for Lily! I'm not sure how old she is but I'm guessing probably 6-8ish. Regardless, it breaks your heart to see someone so young go through this. She was able to come for a bit but due to all the germs they had to cut her trip short. 

Drew's absolute favorite part was spotting spiderman and superman walking around! There was a good 10 characters or so including those as well as batman, tigger, catwoman, elsa, ironman and more who normally visit sick children in the hospital. It was awesome of these people to do that for all the kids. 


Ady did great hanging out in her stroller watching all the action but loved all the attention while we 'bowled' with her. 



Lily is truly an inspiration to us all!




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6 comments:

  1. JennyApril 23, 2015 at 5:02 AM

    What an awesome community and a great fundraiser! Looks like everyone got to have fun while helping someone -- always a winning combo. I love the photo of Drew walking away from the lane where he's just like "brushing off his shoulder" he looks so grown up and super confident (watch out for the teen years mama!).

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  2. StephanieApril 23, 2015 at 8:21 AM

    Oh sweet girl. That is wonderful that the community rallied together for her. As you know, my friend Mary from high school is living out this nightmare with her own daughter and I can't help but think of their family multiple times a day wishing there was something more I could do to help. The idea of a fundraiser is great...I might throw that out there to some other ladies to see if it's a possibility.

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  3. ShannonApril 23, 2015 at 3:12 PM

    So so so incredible. I love hearing stories about communities coming together to help families in need!

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  4. StephanieApril 23, 2015 at 6:49 PM

    What an awesome event, and so great that your community came together to support her!

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  5. Desiree MackeApril 24, 2015 at 8:46 AM

    Wow - your community is so awesome. It's really rare to have that kind of support.
    Love that you were able to contribute to the raffle. You rock. (Can you please come take our pics?!!)

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  6. JenApril 24, 2015 at 8:49 PM

    How awesome is this!

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