Thank You!

The spaghetti feed was a great success, it far exceeded my highest expectation. I really didn't know what to expect, as of 5 days prior to the feed I had only received 4 RSVP's. We decided to be on the safe side and plan to feed 300, however I was worried if we would even get 50 ...enough to pay for food. By the weeks end we had gotten about 40 RSVP's, I was able to have peace of mind we would at least make our money back. It's funny how things work out, it's almost as if God planted a seed in my head ...plan for 300, even though I truly didn't expect more than 80 to 100, I still planned on having 300. I'm happy to say that over the course of the 4 hours we had at least 300 and maybe a little over. The day went so smooth, the food was spectacular thanks to Steve Carlson, trust me if I had cooked it some of you may have requested a refund, lol. The music was fabulous, thanks to the band the LEFTOVERS and Kelsy Brose, you guys were amazing!!! Thank you to everyone who helped with set up, clean up, serving, cooking, guardians of the door and a huge THANK YOU to all who came to support us. We raised just over $10,000, which brings me to my next question...Why is it when your shocked your mouth drops open? After getting the final tally, I don't think I could close my mouth for at least 30 seconds, lol. This community is so caring, supportive and generous, I am truly blessed to call this place home.

 Below is a thank you that I posted to facebook, I thought I would post it here as well for those that helped but don't have facebook.....

I want to thank each and every one of you that have contributed to making our fundraising efforts successful.We have promoted the gofundme donation page, the spaghetti feed, sponsorship letters and the blog. To those that supported us in helping circulate through facebook by liking and sharing once or till you were blue in the face I THANK YOU! To those that donated money be it friend, family, acquaintance or complete stranger, I THANK YOU! To all those that came to the spaghetti feed to donate and show support, I THANK YOU! To all those that volunteered their time to help make the spaghetti feed a success, I THANK YOU! To Sharon and Donna, for lighting the fire under my butt, keeping me motivated, and the countless hours you put in to all of this, I THANK YOU!

Four years ago when Jerry broke his neck we set out to take him overseas for stem cell therapy, a goal was set to raise $40,000 to get Jerry treatment. The fundraising efforts of 2009 raised enough money to cover some of Jerry's equipment needs, his functional electrical stem bike, aggressive physical therapy, modifications to the home and a handicap van. I was able to save $10,000 of that money for stem cell treatment. We set out a few months ago determined to raise the remaining $30,000 needed for Jerry to receive treatment. I am happy to report that to date we have raised $20,000. So to ALL of you that have helped in anyway I am grateful and I THANK YOU!!!!