Walk-A-Marathon approaching

In two weeks, Graham and Graham will walk third Walk-A-Marathon to support the North Liberty Community Pantry. They will walk a loop starting and ending at our house with a goal to raise $4000 and awareness of the needs of our local community. Please consider supporting them/the pantry with a gift or stop along their walk on July 13!

Note: they cannot reset the fundraising website so they started at the $5,218 this year (the total from 2020 and 2021 combined) and are working toward $9,218!

https://secure.givelively.org/donate/north-liberty-community-pantry/graham-beckman?fbclid=IwAR15ZmLved5Ofsq7g4EGcCwRNSVrGZveVKBCJzF2t2uJcgiH4Fin6pMLCjc

G&G receiving the 2021 North Liberty's Community Hall of Fame Award

 

Liberty High Difference Makers

Max served on the leadership team for Liberty High School Difference Makers Dance for a Differnece this year. I saw him put in time and effort that often made me pause. He gave his heart to the event. This team was impressive and on Sunday, May 1, they reaised $22,618.22 for kids and their familes battling life threating diseases. Some proud parent moments, like this, stand out more than others. Congrats to all involved and thanks to all who supported the effort. Way to go Max!

The Sanctuary Pub - Thank you

The five of us made a mad dash for dinner tonight before Max's basketball game. The boys wanted pizza, it was the Dine Out to Help Out 1105 for the 1105 Project and it seemed perfect to eat out on a rainy night!

Restaurant selected - The Sanctuary. We hadn't been in some time - the boys never - and we love the pizza. The pizza did not fail any of us. As we sat there, I was thinking about my first post-college visit and how much I'd enjoyed that night. We had dinner with our now very good friends the Dreusickes. Mitch and I were on the same page because he said to all of us "I remember my first trip to the Sanctuary and being with the Dreusickes for one of the very first times."

On top of that, we saw Steve and Laura McLeran which is always great and a couple that brings a smile to my boys' faces as they get the update on Sam!

Thanks to the Sanctuary for more than dinner. I'd forgotten the significant difference between the usual take out pizza we have and the sit down in a restaurant type. We supported the 1105 Project. We briefly saw the McLerans. And we took a short trip down memory lane.

**The 1105 Project is a campaign to raise $1.2 million by 2014 to renovate 1105 Gilbert Court in Iowa City to move services of the Free Lunch Program, National Alliance on Mental Health Illness and the Domestic Violence Intervention Program under one roof next to the Crisis Center. (http://the1105project.com/)