October Niemann Pick Awarness Challenge

Walk for a Cure in Memory of Riley Corbitt 2010

This year for Niemann Pick Awareness Month we are challenging people to find 11 people to donate $11 each. This is such a simple way to raise a lot of money. I know we are a month away but I wanted to put a bug in every ones ear so you could start making your list of the 11 people you are going to ask. Also remember to challenge others to find 11 people to donate $11 each!!

Stay tuned for more details as they come along from the National Niemann Pick Disease Foundation.

2nd Annual Walk for Wishes

Come join the Walkin' 4 Tylor team at Murphy Park on Sunday, October 2nd from 8am to 12pm. Make A Wish of Iowa granted over 176 wishes in 2010 and unfortunately the list of children in need of a wish is growing.

Last year the Walkin' 4 Tylor team raised over $1100 and had over 40 people walk on our team! WOW...we even won an award for the largest walk team. Well we are set out to surpass lasts years numbers so we need your help. Please join our team at Walking for Wishes. There are instructions on how to join our team on the website.

We will be looking for sponsors for our team again this year but instead of T-shirts we are going to be selling spots on Tylor's wheelchair. So if you have any businesses or families that would like to buy a spot please let me know.

Hope to see you there!!!

Remember Riley

In August 2009 Tylor, Sy and I went to Seattle for the NNPDF family conference. While there we met some amazing families struggling with NPD or struggling with the loss of their child from NPD. Unfortunately, we never got to meet Riley Corbitt but we did have the honor of meeting her family and friends. Tylor hit it off with them right away and really bonded with them. So in support of National Niemann Pick Awareness Month and Riley's family we are heading down to Alabama to participate in the Walk-a-Thon!! I know driving 12 hours to walk crazy right?? So I decided to make a vacation out of it. 

Niemann-Pick Disease Type C Walk-a-Thon

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Woodville, Alabama

Riley May Corbitt (NPC)

7/27/02 -10/29/08

The Woodville (Alabama) High School Student Government Association will sponsor a walk-a-thon in memory of Riley Corbitt (NPC) on Saturday, October 16. The event will begin at 10:00 a.m., at the Woodville High School.

Walk-a-thon participants are asked to try for six sponsors each, representing the six years Riley was with us. Click here for a sponsor sheet.

Walk For Wishes

Most of you know that Tylor was granted a wish through Make A Wish in 2008. They flew us out to New York to meet Brett Favre. This trip meant the world to Tylor and he still talks about it, when he sees Brett on TV he yells out I met him. The memories made on that trip will forever be with us and we want to help our families make memories like ours.

Tylor with Brett at the Jet's practice

On October 3rd Make A Wish is holding a fundraiser called Walk For Wishes. The event will start at Murphy Park, registration time is 8 to 9:30 and the walk is from 9:30 to noon. After reading about the walk I thought what a great way to help raise money to grant more wishes. We have formed a team called Walkin' 4 Tylor and we would love for you to join us!! Please see the Make A Wish website to join our team or make a donation.

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