Fundraising Flamingos Filched!

Can you believe it? Our feathered friends have been filched from right under our beaks! 

We were using these brightly colored lawn ornaments to raise money for the American Cancer Society.  For a donation of $25.00 our Relay for Life team, CSI-The Cure,  has been going around placing approximately 20 of the pink-plumed birds in people's yards with the hope that the recipients will 'pay it forward'.  

But now our plumages have been pilfered!  It's as though our pledges have been purloined! Simply preposterous! 

Who could have formulated such a feat?  Will our flamingos remain forever in flight?  

Seriously, although it's upsetting to have the flamingos taken, the reality is that the donations raised from this fundraiser would have gone towards Cancer research and other wonderful programs provided by the American Cancer Society.  Hopefully, the pranksters will return the flamingos to their rightful owners who can then continue to 'Flock for a Cure'.  (Click to read last year's post).

A Parent's Worst Nightmare

One windy morning in late December my friend's daughter was driving down the road probably thinking about all the things she was going to do that day.....like where she was going to meet her sister for lunch and will her boyfriend be surprised when he sees his birthday present? What she probably wasn't thinking was about how her boyfriend would keep calling and calling her on that fateful day or about how her father would be waiting in a hallway day in and day out during her recovery, or about how her sister was going to become one of her biggest advocates or about how her mother was going to receive the news her youngest daughter was in an accident .

A parent's worst nightmare!

This lovely young lady was involved in a 2 car accident when her car hit black ice and collided with an oncoming car. She lays in a hospital bed in a trauma unit with her family so very nearby her side praying and waiting for her to wake up.

A parent's worst nightmare!

So many lives changed in the blink of an eye. Worrying and hoping for their daughter's recovery. Tending not only to their daughters, but to their families' and friends' concerns as well.

A parent's worst nightmare!

Wanting their child to hear their words, "We love you and always have. We have been proud of your hard work and perseverance."

A parent's worst nightmare!

Please pray for these parents, their daughters, their families and ALL those who love dear Ally!


If you would like to donate to help with medical donate to:
The Alexandra Smith Foundation
P.O. Box 383
Walpole, MA 02081

OR attend Rally for Ally
Finnegan's Wake
February 12th from 4-10 p.m.
Cost $20.00