A lot has happened in the past few weeks. We sponsored our first volunteer event called "Pedal for a Purpose" to benefit Echoing Ridge and buying a bus for them. It was so much fun. I personally thank all of our friends who came especially Lisa who brought Hallie and Shannon and Alan who brought Logan, Lauren & Chloe. Oh, also Remington our little kindergarten player on Corey's flag team. We helped them raise $7,000 towards their goal. I want to thank the 10 Northwest football players who came also. I'm telling you, these are the nicest, most polite high school kids you will ever meet. They have every reason to have inflated egos (we're #1 in the State!) but they are really down to earth. I laughed so hard at Danny Beers #20 chasing little 7 year old cheerleader Hallie with a cooler of water. (He didn't catch her but ran the ball 30 times last night so we know he's a good runner) Luke was hitting the guys with whipped cream pies square in the face from 5 feet away.
Last night we handed out our pom poms at the football game w/ our website on the handle. Thanks so much to Jose, Jenni, Andrew & Ryan, Mrs. Holl, Lisa, Hallie, Mandy, Rich & Michelle G. I also had a board up with all the photos of the players who volunteered at Pedal for a Purpose & our elementary dance the night before. I'll put some up on the site too. We were introduced at halftime and Andrew & Ryan Trewin went out with us also. It was awesome. We were wondering if people were really listening but then when they announced how much we raised for Echoing Ridge, people started clapping so it made me feel so great. Then they asked for prayers and support for Ryan who is battling cancer and is a first grader at the elem school. He really wanted to walk out there & I was so lucky to be able to stand with him. I could feel the love and support from the stands to him. It was so special & made me tear up a little. Mostly because I really had no idea how Jacob's Gift would be received in the community and to be standing there with Ryan after starting all of this in March it was truly better than I could have ever expected. Ryan has his picture taken with all of the cheerleaders and he had the biggest smile on his face. It makes me smile just thinking about it. (Luke & Andrew's little heads were in there too - it was too cute). It makes me so motivated to continue on and do good things with Jacob's Gift.
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