Healthytilnow's Cancer Blog
Beyond Grateful
A fundraiser was held last Friday night to benefit little old me. I was overwhelmed by the number of people who donated items, money and their valuable time to make this event such a success. I think my mother made sure the whole town was there and had all types of people ready and willing to volunteer. So many people approached me just to tell me how much they love my mother; Ditto.
There were so many who wanted to help there was not enough work to go around. My Aunt Marie made sure the event went smoothly from start to finish and generously gave the biggest prize of the evening—a powerful gas grill with side burners. My aunt’s two daughters, cousins Bridget and Maureen, spent countless hours helping to organize the event and even donated items themselves. Then there is my sister Ruth; I call her the natural born sales person. She modeled a necklace that was donated by her friend Kelly and made sure each and every woman saw it. Ruth was in charge of the selling raffle tickets for the 50, 50 raffle and, because so many tickets were sold, tension was high by the end of the night when the winning ticket was drawn. Oh-and did I mention-my gorgeous sister also donated a Keurig complete with a fully stocked carousel of coffees, teas, and hot cocoa.
There are so many people to thank I do not believe it will be possible for me to name everyone. There was my Uncle Frank and his wife Cyndi who always send me lovely cards wishing me well. They donated toward the highly coveted 42’’ flat screen color television.
People I had never even met before were there helping in every way they could. Stephanie told me her own personal cancer survivor story and proudly showed me the pink ribbon tattoo on her ankle. Ann made a beautifully crafted oversized card with pink ribbons on it and many people wrote well wishes and signed it.
My uncle Jim was behind the scenes cooking up some of the tastiest meatballs and ziti ever eaten. My brother Randy helped donate the aforementioned television. Family, friends and people I have never even met turned out to this fundraiser in droves. The money raised will pay off the bulk of my remaining hospital and medical bills. This event lifted my family in every way imaginable. The spirit and good will of the people who were there raised my spirits and touched my soul. I will never be able to repay all these wonderful, kind and generous people.
God is great, life is good, and I am so thankful.
Wow! How great to see a family and community come together for such a great cause! Congratulations on the success!
Posted on Wonderful! Sounds so exciting. What a great family you have :)
xoxo
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