The walk itself was great. The kids and I walked the 2mi together (I mistakenly called it a 2K earlier). Cole, who had just beat a virus he had for the three days prior, walked about a half mile and then wanted in the stroller. Mason, dragged a little in the middle, but then got really excited at the end and couldn’t wait to cross the line. I was so proud of her. Lori was already at the finish line waiting for us and helped see us through!
Lori enjoyed the 10K run, and it turns out it proved to be her fastest yet. Several of the middle miles were under 10 minutes for her, so she achieved a pretty major milestone during the run. She never ceases to amaze me.
We really wanted this to be a memorable event in memory of my mother so we designed shirts that you can see in the photos. They had the heart graphic you see here which we put on the back, it says “Stepping Out In Loving Memory Of Betty Harsch”. On the front they say “Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma May, 16 2010”. I really feel we did a good thing to help those struggling with this horrid disease. Scleroderma, being a rare disease has not received much public support, which means your contributions were direly needed. There were a lot of things we learned about doing fund raisers, and you can bet that next year we will be back at it.
The Chile Enchiladas auction was a big hit. As it turned out we had a three way tie for the Red Chile dish, so we've decided to make a third. So, in total the Red Chile dish brough in $150 and the Green Chile brought in $81.12!
This really was a growing experience for us all and we were very happy to be a part of the event. See you next year!
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