Well where do we start! There are so many people who came together to help make our 2nd Annual Whitemouth ALS Walk a success despite the wet and cold weather! Thankfully the snow flurries held off till later on that day.Special thanks to Jennifer Staerk from Whitemouth School for her tireless work in making this all happen. Thanks to all the teachers
and students from Whitemouth & Beausejour for their enthusiastic support. It was quite an experience to see the students walking in the rain, never complaining and so committed to the cause.
Special thanks to Diana, Sharon and Brian from ALS MB who helped so much with the walk and showed up with tshirts for all the participants. We laughed that the sea of white shirts in the auditorium reminded us of the old Wpg. jets days.We were honoured to have my mom and dad who were able to attend this year. My sister Shirley was also able to fly out from Chatham to join us for the walk this year along with so many other family and friends. Your support means the world to us.
This year's walk was particularily poignant for my family as my Uncle Keith's wife- Aunt Christine lost her battle with ALS a few months ago. We were walking in her honour as well in memory of Louise Lamaga a former Whitemouth teacher. Her daughter Lorraine initiated the first Whitemouth Walk last year.
"Team Rick" was out in force again. With the wet spring and the fact that the walk is held on a week day made it tough for a lot of folks to make it in person. We want to thank our friends and family who were thinking of us during the walk. We felt you there in spirit.The local Lions Club along with the 4 H Club BQued and served nearly 500 hot dogs! Thanks to all of the sponsors for their generous donations of money and prizes and food and water.
Whitemouth Hotel, First Stop Grocers, Beausejour Coop, CJ's Service, Blainey Enterprises, Whitemouth Home Hardware, DunRite Foods, and all the retail outlets that put out donation boxes. We apologize if we have missed anyone.This year once again was so emotional for us. We are humbled by the outpouring of support, care and compassion that we have personally received and for all the support to ALS Society of MB.
We will never find a cure for this disease if we don't raise the money for the research of this horrible disease. Thank you everyone!!!!
