My heart swells with gratitude to our Heavenly Father for
the love & tender hearts of my grandson, Jacob, and his buddies from the
neighborhood. One of their friends,
McKenzie Crawford, has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Duchenne effects boys, usually before the age
of 5, and they usually don’t live beyond their 20’s. McKenzie is 13.
One day he was at Jacob’s house playing in their family room
which is upstairs. When he got ready to
go home, his legs collapsed and he fell down the stairs. He burst his lip and fractured his arm. He has been falling more lately. After McKenzie got home and Jacob had settled
down (needless to say this upset the whole family) he told his Mom he wanted to
do something to help them find a cure for McKenzie’s illness. He was ready to go right then and sit out in
front of Wal-Mart and ask for donations.
Donna is a great organizer of events so they put their heads together
and came up with a bike-a-thon. It will
take place in their neighborhood around McKenzie’s house on October 19th. All of Jacob’s and McKenzie’s buddies loved
the idea. They’re all busy trying to
make everyone aware. I don’t know what
all they have planned but I’m sure McKenzie will see how much he is loved.
Donna contacted CureDuchenne and they sent the boys hats
& tee shirts to wear for the ride.
They have set up a website for McKenzie so people can donate to CureDuchenne. The boys can look at it & see who has
donated. If you can donate, the link is http://support.cureduchenne.
I just want to say again how proud I am of these boys for
showing that kids these days still show concern for someone other than
themselves. They want so much to bring
awareness to this crippling & debilitating disease.
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Thank you for allowing me to tell you about this great group of kids. If you can donate, you will be helping a worthy cause. God Bless You!!! Peggy
What a wonderful post! What terrific guys and I'm so very proud of them too. I agree it's a pleasure (and a blessing) when we have young people who care so about others. Thanks for sharing -- we need to hear more stories like this!
ReplyDeleteTruly fabulous kids!
ReplyDeleteyes - all of you can stand proud. I immediately went to the site and donated. How beautiful and blessed all of you are.
ReplyDeleteGod Bless you McKenzie. I'll be waiting to hear about the results of the bike a thon.
Maureen
That's so sweet. Bless you all. Best of luck in your bike-a-thon!
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