Friday, June 22, 2012

Walk this way.

I can't say that I appreciate epilepsy, or that I can see any real good in the label, but what I can appreciate is the paths in life it takes you down. We again created a team for the NW Epilepsy walk around Greenlake, and again Gabby was unable to attend. This year though, we had a wonderful support and the team marched on in honor of our precious Gabby. Gabby's Purple Warriors consisted of her dad Greg, his fiance Beth, her Grandma Terry and her friend Larry, her Uncle Nick and cousins Carmen and Alex.They donned their purple shirts, special buttons, and walking shoes to raise money and awareness for families like ours. 

"Looks like the donation total of the team right now is about $2100 and the total donation’s are just over 80K! Amazing. The walk was great, it was a sea of purple and they handed out balloons as we started which was really cute. There were even dogs wearing purple t-shirts. :) We just did once around the lake, it was super windy but the rain stayed away." -Beth



Not only was family out in force for Gabby, some very special friends supported us as well. Sally and her friend Jill did a team "Hear and Sole" in which Gabby's name is on their team shirts. And a long time friend of Greg and family, Kristi, walked as "Gabby's guys and gals". We are also touched to thank the Sounder FC for their donation, what an amazing feeling to see all the support. There are no amount of thank yous that can express our gratitude for everyone's love for Gabby and support for a CURE. With every step around the lake, we are one step closer to health!

 

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