MS Walk FINAL update! (For Now!)

This weekend, our team, "Daly Miracles" participated in the Cleveland MS Walk. The forecast called for storms all day-but that didn't stop us! We all met up in Cleveland, checked in, got our team photo taken and got ready to walk! The grand total raised by our team was $1,145!! I can't believe that I had set a team goal at $250!! Consider this:
Pete raised $225!
Lou & I raised $200 each!
Steve raised $160!
April raised $135!
Brett raised $130!
Becky raised $75-and ran a 10K the following day!
Jesse & Leann donated $20 and had a trooper of a son (Connor) who walked the entire walk with us through gale force winds!

So many of us got so close to meeting the TEAM goal!! :) I'm excited that I have an entire year to plan for next year. I have some goals already a'brewin in my mind:
*Set a much higher team goal. I would love to make it into the top 20 for $ raised!
*Hold some sort of fundraising "event" during the year
*Inform others & expand our team!
*Plan much better and follow through with the "super fun activity" I had promised. I'm really kicking myself for not planning this better. Although-after the walk, I was pretty wiped out but next year I'll have an 18 month old--not 6 month old! haha!

On behalf of my mother, I thank you, every.single.one. of you who had some part in this. It was very emotional, inspirational & amazing to SEE what we worked so hard for. There was a man with two canes-making it up an incline, a woman being pushed in a wheelchair, hundreds of people walking for loved ones--one man, walked the 4 mile trek BAREFOOT! Just amazing. I had a great time, the weather (despite the winds) worked out nicely and it was a great time! :) Now-on to the pictures!! <--they all uploaded backwards but that's ok!

My mom & her best friend,Diane

Brett's sticker-"I'm walking for Mom"

The boys walking!

Connor & Jesse

Dominic, conked out after a long morning, all wrapped up in his MS t-shirt

Louie & I

Me, my mom & brother

Brett & Bomber-who walked the entire walk! For an 11 year old dog, that's a great feat!

Pete & April-so cute!

Steve

Dom, at the beginning of the walk. He couldn't walk with us because it was much too windy for him

Dominic & Mommy

Uncle Pete & Aunt April w/Dominic before the walk

Me & Becky-my best friend

Our AWESOME team-Daly Miracles!!

Again, thank you soooo much! I look forward to having another special day with you all next year!

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Thank you to those who have donated already. For those who would like to, there's still time!

http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/OHAWalkEvents?pg=team&fr_id=9572&team_id=164305

Monday MS Walk Update..

It's been a busy day-so please forgive the late post. The MS walk is THIS Saturday so this will be my last Monday update! I'll of course, post about the walk itself with the final numbers. Last week we had raised $985--as of today we have raised..$1,045!! Thank you all!

I wanted to share some comments that I got last week on our update post:

MiMi said...
I came to see your living room from Kelly's Korner. Now I'm reading through the rest of your posts. I also have MS. There isn't enough awareness about it, even though it is pretty prevelant. My mom has it and her mom had it, so I'm 3rd generation. Thank you for doing the walk and raising money! It helps all of us fighting this thing every day. You rock!Macey

B.E.A said...
I came to visit your blog through Kelly's Korner. I work for the National MS Society and we appreciate all that you and your team are doing to create a world free of MS! Keep up the great work!

THIS is why we are walking, why we have raised an AMAZING amount of money....I'm so proud of my team and grateful to everyone who has helped us make a difference! My mother has graciously volunteered to buy tee shirts for our WHOLE team as a "thank you". Thanks Mom! :)As usual--here is our team's link! http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR?team_id=164305&fr_id=9572&pg=team

BIG NEWS:

Louie will now be taking over the Blog every Tuesday, starting TOMORROW....check in to read what's on his mind!