~*Helping Others*~

Hello Dear Friends! It is with great joy that I tell you about my morning.

I'm sure you have heard, 'helping others is a great way to help ourselves.' The other day, Trinity had a dentist appointment. While I was waiting for him to have his teeth cleaned, I noticed a sign~up for a quilt raffle, several quilts actually. Next to the raffle was information about an ALS walk. The quilts that was being donated were beautiful, but I was more interested in the walk. My first thought was, "I've been walking a lot lately, It would be fun, maybe, to walk with a big bunch of people for a good cause." I didn't have any idea what ALS was and haven't ever walked in a group event such as this. After reading the paperwork about the walk, I learned ALS is more commonly known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease" and that there is a sweet woman in our community, Kellie Johnson, that is currently suffering from this illness. After reading the materials, Trinity came out of the office with clean teeth and no cavities ~ time to go, but I held on to the registration information for the walk.

A few weeks passed and the date for the walk was approaching. I noticed the registration on the coffee table (one of my many catch-all spots) and I thought to myself, "I really should think more about walking, but don't want to go all alone." The friends and family members that I talked to about it were all busy or just unable to walk.

Last night, I decided I would walk ~ I would have the courage to go alone and walk for a good cause. I will donate some money and buy some raffle tickets too.



I am so thrilled that I went! There were probably 100 kind souls there ~ mostly set up as fund raising 'teams', but all were smiling and cheerful. The host of the walk, Dr. Ace, was the dentist that shares the office with our family dentist. After the walk, he noticed that I was there alone & came up to greet me. He asked if I had a connection with ALS. Well, I didn't other than I share the same community with these folks who were walking to support Ms. Johnson and friends/family that have had the disease. He told me that today's walk and quilt raffle raised over $31,000 for the local ALS chapter. They exceeded last year's walk & had a fabulous turn out. I left with a warm heart & a wonderful feeling. While I was scared to go alone & not really sure what I was doing... in the end, I did a small part to help someone else. That is a GREAT feeling!

For more information about ALS ~ click here

I'm not sure who won the quilts, but those folks will surely love them. I tried to snap a picture of the board showing the information ~



I've walked 3 miles today, my house is clean enough... tonight I'm crafting on something. I've got to figure out what, but then I'll be lost in craftin' concentration! I've got a few finishes from others to share with you & hope to update my blog again in the morning. So keep an eye open!

Warm smiles to you all...

Betty