Sadly, our counselor here at Westlake Academy had a little daughter that was diagnosed with acute leukemia a few weeks ago. She also suffers from down syndrome and is the cutest little girl in the world! As a school and under the program Project Unify at our school, we decided to hold a color run 3K at our school on a Saturday morning. To help out, I attended meetings and helped with the organization of T-shirts, set up on the day of, I sold bracelets, and also served on the color team! In addition, I was the main one in charge of all the bracelets sold for that day. So that, I had to plan and initiate what people below me were to do. It was such a fun day for a great cause. We ended up raising around $14,000 to go towards Emme and her chemo treatments. It was a morning i will ALWAYS remember! In terms of what i learned from this experience, I could say that I have developed new skills of balancing out my time and trying to manage money. On the day of the event, I helped sell bracelets that said "FIZZLE" on them, and had to collect the money and then distribute it to some of the moms who were asking for it back. I also had to consider ethical implications as this is a very serious cause and a very serious situation that the Nees family is in. I had to decide what I was going to say to the family and realize that the topic was not easy to talk about. Instead, we tried to make a good time for the people who were there, but still be mindful of the situation we were raising money for.
Here is a picture taken on the GoPro of the color run and the runner running through the splash of color
The sign we signed and hung in Emme's hospital room
A picture of me and a few other volunteers at the front desk where runners checked in and received their shirts, bracelets, etc...
Splashing color on two of the runners at the event
Group picture of all the girl volunteers
Ethan and I with Darcy McFarland as we colored her and she was a walker in the event that day!
Project Unify Picture
#fizzleisaprincess was the moto for the event that day
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