Treatment may have ended for Katie, but the battle is far from over.

Please say a prayer for all the children who continue to fight childhood cancer day after day.
Pray for their strength, resilience and healing.



TO MY DEDICATED BLOG READERS:

YUP, I AM BEHIND AGAIN....



Saturday, September 25, 2010

Katie's Lemonade Stand

Today was a GREAT day for lemonade at Katie's Lemonade Stand!!! Again this year, we set up "Katie's Lemonade Stand" at the Spirit of Shrewsbury, Oak Street Expo and it was a HUGE success. The weather was downright HOT and the lemonade was delicious!!! This year, we raised money to support the UMass Walk to Cure Cancer. UMass is near and dear to our hearts because, well...they saved Katie's life! The pediatric oncology staff at UMass is incredible. There are no words to express the gratitude we feel for them.

Katie was happy to serve the very first customer of the day, but she was soon distracted by the 3 bouncy houses that were set up directly across from us. He grandparents showed up shortly after 10am to bring her over there for some jumping! Katie came back every once in a while for a rest and she did help out quite a bit with serving the lemonade too! I love that this year at her lemonade stand, she has PIGTAILS!


This year, we added DoDo the clown to our Lemonade Stand and he was HIT! He spent the whole 7 hours making balloon animals for the kiddos. He raised $94 on his own!!! Awesome job, DoDo...You are the best clown EVER! And the man underneath the make-up is pretty amazing too :-) Eileen was DoDo's assistant for the day!!!


Katie's buddies, Maggie & Rachel are truly amazing young ladies. It is wonderful having these two girls participate in such a great cause. They are truly an inspiration to their generation!

We were lucky to be so busy, but I have to tell you...I did not sit down ALL DAY and I was exhausted by the end of the day! But, it was completely worth it!!!
Mary & Shelly, aka Frick & Frack...Without them this event would not have been possible!

DoDo!!!!
Katie's Lemonade Stand generated $1064 for the UMass Walk to Cure Cancer.

Thank you SO MUCH to everyone that made today such a HUGE SUCCESS!!! We hope that the money raised will someday help to find a cure for this horrendous disease. There are just too many people touched by this disease and it breaks my heart.

We really appreciate your support as we continue the fight against cancer!!!

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