Thursday, November 3, 2011

Just two more days....

          In just a couple of days, we will be participating in marathoning for miracles. A sweet, sweet lady named Wendy and her coworker Robyn, approached me after chapel on a day that I was really struggling. I sat there trying to sing songs of praise, but I just could not stop the tears that flowed down my face. She came to me after, told me that she loved me and thinks about me all the time, and then began to tell me about Marathoning for Miracles. It's a race to raise money for Hendrick Children's Hospital to help children right here in Abilene.
         So, she set up a facebook page and set a goal of 2 relay teams for the race. Invitations to the event were sent out, and those people sent the invitation on to others, and soon, we had 4 teams of five and 2 running a half marathon. That is 22 people walking/running for Hank. Just amazing....
One of Wendy's student workers, Garrett, who had not even met me at the time, designed some amazing t-shirts for us. Don't I work with a wonderful group of people?? Here are the shirts!








          The verse is Luke 18:16 "These children are the Kingdom's pride and Joy."The pictures don't do them justice. My photo taking skills are....well, awful. Don't worry though, I have an awesome photographer friend that will be taking pictures at the event on Saturday so I will have some great pictures to show you. Her name is Cindy Gravitt of Gravitt productions and she's the best! Oh, and she works with me at ACU too. I know, I'm a lucky girl to work with such amazing people.


          The registration fees for our teams and individual runners totaled $1,260, all going to Hendrick Children's Hospital. That amount is awesome! But my sweet sister wanted to do more. She set a goal to raise $1,000 to make an extra donation in Hank's name. She sent out fliers to who knows how many people, sent them out on facebook, and propositioned friends. 


And guess what???


We are almost there!


$775 donated by friends, family, and even strangers.


       So, when we reach our goal, we will have a total of....  $2,260 being donated in Hank's name! I am so proud, and so, so thankful! This money will go to help children in Abilene, TX who need medical care.
       So, I just wanted to say THANK YOU! To everyone who is helping or supporting us in any way. I can't tell you how much it means to me. It is so awesome to know that the money raised in memory of my baby boy will go to help other children right here in our very town.
        Praise God for good friends who do good things in His name and to help honor and remember my sweet Hank.

2 comments:

Nan said...

Where do I donate, Marsha? Love you!
-- Nan

Marsha said...

If you would like to donate, I am collecting checks made out to Hendrick Children's Hospital and I will be delivering them sometime next week! Thank you Nan, Love you too!