ABC Run #167, for Adopt-A-Family

ABC Run #167, for Adopt-A-Family 



November 7 was a wonderful day for the ABC run at Underwood Park. Great temps, great fall foliage, great company, and great food. Thanks to the 40 participants plus four others that send
a donation, $2,170 was donated to Adopt-A-Family! This is enough to provide a great Christmas for our assigned family plus at least one additional family. Those that submit their donations to their corporate matching gift program will help even more. Thanks so much to everyone for your support and thanks to Lisa Sparks for doing a great job hosting. 

Our assigned family is a family of five. Mom & Dad have three children: two boys (3, 1) and a baby girl! Dad just started a new full time job. Mom is home with the kids. They have been trying to save money so they can buy a home. The oldest just started preschool and Mom is doing developmental activities at home. Mom & Dad do their best to meet their family’s needs but rarely have enough for more than that. This family and other families will greatly benefit from the Adopt-A-Family program. 

For more information on the Adopt-A-Family program, go to: http://www.childrenshomeandaid.org/holidaygiftdrive-central 

Although the venue was outside, we had a great variety of goodies Rebecca Africano kept the “Meg’s coffee cake” tradition alive by making coffee cake cupcake. Rebecca also brought two varieties of individually wrapped cookies. Lisa Sparks brought fruit, chocolate milk, and orange juice.
Kevin Fahling brought chocolate chip cookies, Laurel Schumacher brought delish Danish, Mike Laffey was our photographer and brought doughnuts, Dawn Dieckgrafe brought bananas, and more (that’s all I remember). Thanks so much everyone! 

Twelve of the ABC runs were for Adopt-A-Family, for which we have generated $14,405. Think of all the people in our community that have been impacted. What a great act of kindness as they work toward being a more thriving, stable family. We have completed seventeen years of ABC runs and had a record year ($22,517 for the eight runs this year). The total for all 167 ABC runs is $189,063. 

Thanks a million to everyone for your kindness and generosity!

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