Greetings! I'm sending you this email to inform you of Scott's latest endeavor. He's travelling BY BIKE, yes BIKE from Houston, Texas to New Orleans, Louisiana to compete in the New Orleans 1/2 Ironman this Sunday, April 18th.
He is being accompanied by a great friend and neighbor some of you know - Mr. Dave Stewart or "Super Dave" as we like to call him, so he's not alone!! His journey began this morning around 9:00 a.m.
Ok, so why on earth is he doing this? Well, partly for training and a personal goal. But mainly, like many people, he has been touched by the story of Layla Grace. Some of you knew her and her story, some of you may be hearing about this for the first time.
Layla was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma at around age 18 months and fought very very hard for almost a year to battle this horrible cancer. Unfortunately, she lost the battle last month and went to Heaven to play with the Angels. Our family didn't know her very well, but we did follow her story like so many of you did. Addison is friends with Layla's sister and Layla's mom coached Addison's Cheerleading team the first year we moved down here so that is our connection to Layla.
Scott wanted to do something not only in her memory, but also in supporting the research of this cancer. Having 4 children of our own, and knowing the 1 in 4 statistics, you just never know when you personally could be faced with cancer. His pain will be nothing compared to the pain that Layla felt nor the pain of her family's loss.
Please, if you can, take the time to read Layla's story on www.laylagrace.org or http://laylagrace.org/about and if you find it in your hearts, to donate to Layla's foundation "The Layla Grace Children's Cancer Research Foundation" which will fund research for a cure for this cancer! He's travelling approximately 400 miles, so it would be great if he could raise $1.00 / mile providing atleast $400 for this cause.
IMPORTANT: If you can donate and you don't mind sharing, will you please let us know how many miles you are donating for? So 5 miles would be $5.00. We just want to make sure we get the $1.00 / Mile so we will be donating the difference to get to $400 ($1.00 for each mile he bikes = 400 miles!)
We'll keep updates of his journey posted on Facebook, Twitter (if I can figure it out at home tonight) and possibly some Youtube footage. Please pray for his safety and pray for the families who like Layla's are dealing with this horrible disease today and waiting for a cure! Thanks everyone!
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