BEST Vision of Hope EVER

Every now and then, Kim and I find pride in our Firm's contributions to the community. As made quite evident in an earlier posting, this does not include cutting down trees in National Parks to "Take Pride in America".

This past weekend, I captained one of our Firm's Relay for Life teams. The event begins at 2pm on Saturday and extends until the closing ceremony held at 9am on Sunday. And, as much as I would love to, you are not required to continually walk the entire time you're there-- only as much or as little as you like. You receive donations in advance, so the number of miles walked or hours present are not directly tied to the money raised (please note that I clocked approx. 16 miles). All the donations benefit the American Cancer Society. When night falls on Saturday night, they conduct a luminiary ceremony to honor those that are currently suffering from or surviving cancer as well as those that have passed away. Candles line the track for those honored as well as spell out the word HOPE as shown below:

















During the closing ceremony on Sunday, they announced the event raised over $185,000! Of that amount, our Firm's teams had contributed donations of at least $65,000! I was pretty impressed and mighty proud of our accomplishment. I'm looking forward to participating in it next year, and if any of you are in the area and interested, I will definitely be contacting you! And, if you are not in the area to participate, ACS can always use the donations!