Below is a t-shirt quilt that I made for my friend, Shirley. Her husband was Jeff, also one of my good friends. Jeff died from ALS, (Lou Gehrig's disease) in 2006. For many years while Jeff was still living we participated in the ALS Association's walks to help raise money for research and those living with ALS. We still walk each year in memory of Jeff, and for those that are still battling ALS. I used as many of our "TEAM MCCLOUD" t-shirts as I could find from past years to make this quilt for Shirley.
We walked in the Emporia ALS Walk last Saturday morning. My dad co-chairs the walk with Gary Ace. It was a nice morning, sunny and warm.
We had a little spot set up for "Team McCloud" to gather....
Lots of people showed up to walk in honor and in memory of friends and loved ones....
Phoebe wanted Daddy to carry her most of the 2 miles.... Sarah walked almost the whole 2 miles, and got a short 50 yard ride from Daddy near the end of the walk.
My Dad and Gary worked very hard to gather many items from the community for a silent auction. It was very successful! There were food vouchers and coupons from local restaurants, Starbucks coffee and tea baskets, tools, Royals tickets, handmade items like birdhouses and bird feeders, pies, a t-shirt quilt that I made, and a quilted table runner, Clint Bowyer autographed shirts, a Danny Manning autographed shirt, and a George Brett autographed baseball.
The walk participants and the silent auction combined raised approx $30,000 for the ALS Association. Great job to all who helped out in any way before, during or after the walk!
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