This opportunity of giving is brought to you by sweet Kristen of We Are THAT Family. Please go here to read about what inspired her to sponsor this event of blog blessings!
The basic guidelines are simple:
One Day to Give was born out of a desire to touch someone. It doesn’t have to be monetary. You can give your time, a service, a meal or something you own.
It’s not about the what.
It’s about the why. You might change someone’s day, even their life.
And giving feels so good.
The GRITS family chose to attend a very special event in the name of a great cause! We gave of our time and money.
Meet precious Logan Patrick, the nephew of friends:
Logan celebrated his 2nd birthday on October 11, against all medical odds. Logan has a condition called SMA, Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Basically, Logan’s body does not produce a certain protein that helps with muscle control. Therefore, he uses a bi-PAP machine during sleep to help with his breathing and also receives his nutrition through a feeding tube.
On his 2nd birthday, our city hosted Alabama’s Cure SMA Walk and Roll Across America and our family took part to help raise money for this special cause. I must mention here that Logan’s mom organized the event!
The money raised by this event goes to support SMA families, awareness, and most importantly for research to help find a cure for this disease.
Here is a photo of Logan with his mom and dad, Jason and Jennifer:
Folks, these are godly people with a son who’s outlived his life expectancy. They have such a beautiful spirit and testimony. I stood there amazed as Jennifer spoke. You could truly feel God's presence in that place!
Here is a link to Logan Patrick’s Caring Bridge page, if you would like to read more about his story. Get some Kleenex first.
Praise the Lord, this event involved over 350 people and raised almost $40,000 for SMA! And God IS great, the Patrick family is expecting a healthy baby girl due early next year!!
Meet Team GRITS:
(one of these is not like the others, can you tell which one)
We walked almost 2 miles as part of the event:
We even won three items in the silent auction:
(one of us got carried away, I won’t say who...but he's right, it certainly was for a good cause)
The kids even got to meet a celebrity at the end of the walk:
(well, he’s famous in these parts)
Sure it would have been easy for our family to help out by just sending a check and spending our Saturday doing something else. However, I wanted our kids to be a part of something big and something that was not about them. I wanted them to be a part of giving, not getting. Even if they can't "see" it yet, I wanted them to see God at work.
I wanted them to see that even they can help make a difference. They might still be a bit young for the complete concept, but I think this event certainly helped them understand more about helping others. They certainly saw MANY others giving of their time to be a part of this wonderful event.
Sometimes it is SO easy for us to take for granted our children and their health. Please take the time to thank the Lord for health and say a prayer for Logan Patrick and his family.
For more One Day to Give stories, click here. Go see how God worked through others and prepare to be blessed!
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