Not only does the Hopper Family enjoy going to sporting events, they love participating in them too! Early Saturday morning we hurried out of the house to watch Mrs. Hopper and Kase, the Hopper's 5 year old son, run in the local Camp Smile-A-Mile Monkey C Monkey 5k Run and Fun Run.
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| High "Fives" for Mrs. Hopper as she crossed the finish line. |
I don't see how anyone can run in such heat and humidity here in the south, but both Mrs. Hopper and Kase finished their run race in record time as we cheered them on from the side line.
Listening in on a few of the adult conversations, I found out that several of the children that participated in the 1 mile Fun Run are cancer survivors. I immediately felt inspired to incorporate kids surfing competition as a way to raise money for kids. I looked online all night and found several inspiring stories of children that started foundations or annual fundraisers solely for raising money for kids with cancer.
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| Hanging with the Monkey! |
- Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation - At the age of 4 years old, Alex, suffering from cancer wanted to find a way to raise money for doctors so that they could help other sick children, so she started a yearly lemonade stand. By the time she turned 8 and before she had passed away, Alex had raised over 1 million dollars for children with cancer.
- Art for Donation and Expression of Love - With a classmate battling cancer, 8 year old Patty Alfonso got her school on board in having all of the students participate in creating artwork for a fundraiser held at an art gallery in Austin, Texas.
- Kids Caring 4 Kids - 11 year old Kendall Ciesmier, a victim of chronic liver disease, found that giving to other sick children all over the world is the best kind of medicine. Her website provides inspiration and ideas of how to get started.
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| The Monkey greeted the runners as they crossed the finish line! |
- Flat Annie
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