Thank you, Thank you!

Hey everyone,

I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone who participated, pledged and supported Team Natalie in any way! With your help, we raised....are you ready for this.....drum roll please..... $5272.11. This is the most Team Natalie has ever raised! I haven't gotten a chance to sign on lately and update, Michelle has been helping with the blogspot to post updates and pictures! Thanks Michelle!!!!!
Team Natalie did it again, we Walked and Ran in memory of Natalie in the Time to Fly event put on by Children's Cancer Research Fund. CCRF is an amazing organization that is funding the leading research going on at the University of Minnesota for childhood cancer. They are working so hard to find a cure, and it has to be just around the corner! I just keep praying that it is!
Where do I start with the walk this year.... Well we were honored and blessed to have Natalie's twin sister and her Mom join us on the walk. That was awesome! For those of you who do not know the connection, Natalie and Daniella(her sister) were students of mine (a few years ago now) at Eastside Kindergarten. I also sang in a swing choir with their dad. Natalie and her 2 sisters are 3 of the most beautiful girls I know, inside and out. They have caring hearts and love for everyone, which is definitely a family trait passed on from their parents and other family members.
I am so proud and excited to see Team Natalie show up every year. We may change in shape and size, but the reason we are all there stays the same, so no one else has to suffer from this horrible disease! I love that Team Natalie has kids who are thinking about others and wanting to help people they do not even know! That's what its all about. I get so excited when I hear that Michael and Isabella went door to door asking for donations saying every dollar helps. They are right! And I had tears in my eyes when Jack ran across the finish line knowing he is running for those who might not be able to run it themselves.
I feel so honored and blessed to have such great friends and family, who are willing to come out and support me and this very worthy cause every year. Most of them did not have the chance to meet Natalie but she has forever changed their life, just as she did mine! Shortly after the walk this year I received an e-mail from Natalie's mom saying "Natalie would be proud!" I know she is right, Natalie would not want to see anyone suffer, she would help in any way she could, and I see Natalie in all those who help out with the Time to Fly event. The volunteers, the walkers, runners, the kids and their big smiles as they cross that finish line. I know she is just as proud of Team Natalie as I am. And with our help CCRF can continue their run of the race to find a cure! I'm proud of all of Team Natalie, Adults and Kids! Great Job Team Natalie! I love you all and can't wait till next years walk!
Love,
Amy