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2014 Columbus Buddy Walk

The big day finally arrived, and Team Alex celebrated our 11th Columbus Buddy Walk with beautiful weather, great food, and tons of fantastic supporters.

We ended up with over 100 people registered for our team, and raised more than $10,400! Amazing. If you walked with Team Alex, or another team, thank you. If you donated money, thank you. If you donated your time, thank you. If you sent positive thoughts and prayers (especially about today’s forecast!), thank you. I know I can say that the entire DSACO community is grateful for your support.

I’ll have more to say about the Buddy Walk later this week. Right now, I’m in “recovery mode”, and planning to enjoy the “time off” between the Buddy Walk and Girl Scout Cookie time. 😉

Have a great week!

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Amazing

We did it.

Nearly six months ago, Team Alex set out to raise $7500 by September 5th. It seemed like a huge goal, but we went for it with our typical determination and gusto.

We did countless $10 Tuesdays. We played kickball. We smashed pies in friends’ faces. Little by little, with a ton of help from amazing family and friends, we added to our fundraising total.

And we did it.

With about 24 hours left until the fundraising deadline, we have exceeded our $7500 goal. I can’t believe it.

I will be happy dancing all along the walk route. Thank you, so much, to everyone for your support…and for tolerating my endless posts on Facebook. 😉

You still have time to register and/or donate, though! Please check out our fundraising page here to join the fun.

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Two Weeks!

The 2014 Columbus Buddy Walk is less than one month away! The deadline to register and receive a Team Alex t-shirt is only two weeks away! If you plan to walk with Team Alex and want a shirt, please register here by 9/5!

We’re so excited for this year’s walk! We hope that you will join us! Please register, donate, and invite your family and friends ASAP!

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Announcing: Team Alex’s City BBQ Fundraiser!

It’s time to focus on the next fundraiser for Team Alex! On Monday, 8/4, we are partnering with City BBQ to raise money for Team Alex; we will get 25% of our purchases!

If you are local and can join us, we would love to see you there. If you are not local, or can’t participate, we’d love it if you could help us spread the word. Be sure to bring this flyer:

The 2014 Columbus Buddy Walk will be here before we know it! Thanks so much for your continued support of Team Alex!

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#WhyWeBuddyWalk

The foundation for which I work is hosting a video contest, #WhyWeBuddyWalk, to illustrate the reasons families like mine are inspired to participate in Buddy Walks across the country.

I never realized how difficult film making can be! There is definitely a reason I am a writer. I had ten years’ worth of Buddy Walk photos, plus three video clips, to sort through to create a 30 second submission for the contest. Yikes! Although two friends (and great Team Alex supporters!) contributed video clips for our video, we decided to only use a clip filmed in my backyard in order to stay within the 30 second parameter of the video-maker-thingy. (See what I mean? Totally a writer.)

Anyway, this can only begin to illustrate #WhyWeBuddyWalk, but I hope you’ll enjoy our video.

Team Alex – #WhyWeBuddyWalk

To donate to Team Alex and the 2014 Columbus Buddy Walk, please visit our team page here.

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2014 Columbus Buddy Walk

Amazing

Two Weeks!

Announcing: Team Alex’s City BBQ Fundraiser!

#WhyWeBuddyWalk