Saturday morning was spent with Six Flags Great America for the 3rd Annual "A Walk in the Park" to Cure Kids Cancer event. This event raises funds for pediatric cancers, benefiting Children's Memorial Hospital right here in Illinois. Walkers were treated to VIP time with characters from the park, music, goodie-bags and breakfast along with free day passes for reaching support goals!
This was my second walk with Great America, and it was great to get some returnees as well as meet some new ones! One I would like to highlight is Miss Rosie, a 5year old I got to meet today (as well as her very sweet family), and actually helped them pass out fliers for Rosie's cause, raising money in the fight against brain tumors. Rosie has neurofibromitosis, an inoperable brain tumor, and a lot of other things that have caused her to be on chemotherapy since age 3! But she is a spitfire, and determined not only to not let cancer beat her but help others in the process. She worked the walking crowd passing out her fliers as well to raise even more money at this event. Such a trooper!
You can help Rosie by going to:
www.firstgiving.com/2010RidingForRosie and can read more about Rosie at:
To learn more and support Children's Memorial, go to:
And to further the cause through Six Flags Great America, visit:
Special thanks to Meredith Kelleher and Jennifer Dugan for contacting and arranging this event for me, to Kyle for taking photos throughout the event, to Jim and Terri - great to see you again, along with many others of the Great America Family. Thank you to Mr. Salemi of Six Flags for hosting "A Walk in the Park" again, and, of course, thank you to the many walkers and supporters of this event. Over 34,000 was raised just at this morning's event!
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