What a wonderful event yesterday! Ashley's best friend, Cindy, held a Bake Sale Fundraiser to help in our fight against SMA at her family's business,
Flying Colors Comics. We had SO MUCH FOOD!!!!! It was amazing. So many wonderful people donated home made goodies. And Cindy was brilliant. On the drive down, I was thinking MAYBE we would make $300 --- and Cindy said her goal was to make $500 - but we made $2,034.00!!!!!
Each penny is going to
Sophia's Cure, which is a wonderful foundation set up by Vinny and Catherine Gaynor, who have a daughter, Sophia, with SMA just like our Charleston. They will donate it directly to Ohio State University/Dr. Brian Kaspar, who is leading the fight against SMA with Gene Therapy. We're so excited that the fundraiser was such a success.
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| Joe, Cindy and Ashton Field - the organizers of the event! |
I want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart that was involved - Cindy, her parents, her little boy Ashton....thank you for loving us like you do and for organizing the event and making it possible!!!! To all my friends that showed up to help and with baked goods.......AND WITH MONEY!!!!!! I love you all. And to the wonderful Flying Colors customers and people that came by because they "heard" about it - every single penny added up to over $2,000.00!!!!! I have a happy heart. With people like this, SMA doesn't have a chance - we WILL win.
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| Debbie Black (my first ever friend), Dean Parrish (my mom's best friend), and Lisa Caldurulo (Debbie's daughter) |
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| Shauna Maffei and her son, Vincent |
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| Cash's Uncle Graham |
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| The Allen's - Carl, Jonathan (aka Little Dood), Ashley & Donna |
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| Wonderful family friends - Shane and Linda Moldovan. |
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| More Moldovans! Linda, Mandy, Warren & Daniel. |
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| One of the tables of goodies. |
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| Adam & Claire |
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| Charleston's godparents, Tiffany & Travis Vandevoir |
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| Greg White, a friend of Ashley & Cameron's from high school |
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| Mrs. White, Greg's mom |
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| Amanda Paustian, another friend from high school! |
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| Amazing Mickey Mouse cupcakes |
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| Mickey Mouse pants!!!! |
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| RJ Bisaha and his sweet girlfriend (he's another friend from high school) |
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| Libby Field keeping Ashton occupied - what a great grandma! |
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| Deena & Mike Zeidler |
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| Mickey Mouse cake!!!! |
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| Dan French, a guy that used to work with my son, BJ, who has become a member of our family! |
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| Grandpa "GiGi" Goeppert |
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| Guy & Karen Golightly (their daughter, Kam, is a friend of Ashley's from grammar school!) |
