This was a weekend full of events. Kristie's Foundation held the 4th annual OC BBQ Festival at the OC Fairgrounds. It's an event geared towards raising funds for the leasing / purchase of a property in Southern California to provide families with end of life support and facilities. The event was rather emotional as we met families who had very recently loss a child to leukemia. Their continued dedication and support for the organization was very moving. As a parent, you constantly pray that you would never have to live through such a traumatic experience.
Alisha read the service brochure for a very brave child who loss his fight to leukemia on March 30, 2010 and remarked how fortunate she is not to be born with down syndrome or have a disease that will keep her dependent on a wheelchair. She has learned that life is valuable, she is always better off than someone else in the world and that optimism will help her win the battle with cancer. In the course of the event, the girls got an opportunity to release butterflies twice, decorate cupcakes, face painting, various arts & crafts and bounce houses. Unfortunately, Ashley took a spill inside the Tweety bounce house and sprained her ankle. The x-rays confirmed that there were no fractures or broken bones and that ice and plenty of rest will heal the ankle.
On Sunday, the girls (thank you for the "I love Philadelphia" shirts!) were invited to attend an exclusive event called Courageous Kids hosted by American Cancer Society (ACS), Children's Hospital of Orange County Child Life Services (CHOC) and OC Barons League to honor cancer survivors and their family members. There was a unique train track and tiny train that we rode on. Both of them had worked on a mosaic piece to be auctioned off at ACS to raise funds for cancer research. We played bingo, carnival games (crazy chicken), bounce house, balloons and admired a fire truck built in 1902. Alisha loved taking pictures with the dalmatian on the fire truck. Once downside to the event was that we witnessed a few families who crashed the party and freeloaded off the organizations. When asked, they were just passing by and didn't even bother finding out the cause of the event. There were other families who took so many freebies, which left latecomers with nothing. I don't understand the mindset of some people!
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