Starry Night

A little delayed in posting, but, on Saturday, October 3, on a cold and damp evening, we were surrounded by a faithful segment of #teamjonahgoodall at the Starry Night Event hosted by the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF).  The Starry Night Event is an 8.5k, which requires approximately 28,000 steps, which is the number of children living in the US with a brain tumor.

Once again, we were overwhelmed by the outpouring of support.  There were friends from preschool, elementary school, church, the neighborhood and Boston!  It was kinda like a wedding reception, as people from all aspects of our lives teamed up in support.  The weather wasn't great, so it would have been easy for people to change their mind, but #teamjonahgoodall was probably 60-80 strong (I'm a terrible estimater).  As a team, we raised almost $7,000 to support pediatric brain tumor research, which is clearly a worthy cause in our minds.  Thank you to all who supported, either in person or with your checkbook.  We may not feel worthy of your support, but the research is!

Photo credits go to Cathy Saenger who not only participated in the event, but also bravely brought her camera out in the weather!

#teamjonahgoodall shirts debut at the event.

I'm serious, it was cold - so the hat and winter jacket weren't overkill.

Our talented friend, Linda Eberts, took the shirt logo and made a sign.  Can you imagine that kind of creative ability?  I can't!

This is most of the #teamjonahgoodall crowd.  Cathy did hand the camera to a stranger, so you will note that a few folks on the side got cut off, but it wasn't intentional.

Only Jonah could have completed this picture.

Julia & Josh are apparently already engaged, so this is just a picture of things to come.  At least she'll have great in-laws!!

The ladies of Noah's Ark Christian Academy.  Best preschool/kindergarten ever!

The starry night.  White were general lanterns.  Yellow were stars currently fighting their battle or in remission.  Blue were stars who lost their battle.  This blue represents our friend, Noah, who had lost his battle the week prior.  Too many blues were mixed in, too many blues.