Great Strides & Ollie's Army

This past Saturday a Great Strides Walk for Cystic Fibrosis was held in Crestview, Florida. My family, friends and I have been preparing for this event since Ollie was first diagnosed. As a parent, you want whats best for your child. Whats best for my Ollie is a cure and in participating in Great Strides, we are supporting the CF Foundation's efforts of not only searching for a cure, but for funding research for many new drugs that will help treat CF. I hit the ground running and formed a team, known as Ollie's Army-Fighting to End Cystic Fibrosis. We have been raising funds and raising awareness for the past 4 months. Our efforts paid off. By the time of the walk, Ollie's Army raised over $14,000. This was made possible by many GREAT family and friends along with alot of hard work. We organized a poker run on Gantt Lake to start the fundraising. The event, which was held in August, raised over $12,000 for Ollie's Army with $8,000 of that going to the CF foundation. We also sent letters online and through the mail to everyone we could think of, explaining our efforts. I am so proud of Ollie's Army. For the walk on Saturday, around 40 people came out and walked for Ollie. Some of our family took care of Ollie in Birmingham, allowing John and I to participate. I am so glad we could be there. We walked 3 miles total around Crestview High Schools football field. It was hot, but all of our Army walked the whole 3 miles. We did it for Ollie and for everyone that has CF. The total for all the teams on Saturday was over $25,000. What a difference that money will make in O's life as well as several others. To everyone that has supported Ollie's Army by either giving money, walking or both-Thank you, thank you, thank you! You are all angels in my eyes!!

The Women of Ollie's Army (and some little guys)

all showing O our love with the "I Love you" hand signal.


Sweet Everly

Cute Little Ocean (check out those shirts)

Caroline

Andrea & Amy


Meg, Ashley & Sarah

Neil, Reese, Deann & BethAnn

Gentrie, Laura, John & Hal

Aunt Essie & Uncle Mitch

Terri & The Mamas, Angie & Lindsey pushing their lil ones

Elizabeth, Megan & more walking it out

Gentrie, Me & Laura
Oldtime Buds. These 2 girls are awesome! Love yall!

Megan, Sarah, Meg & Ashley

Grover Jay

Ollie's cousin Drew-Ain't she adorable?!

Julie & Christian (Pushing Sawyer)

Megan & Lesley (Aunt Essie)

Justin, John & Mitch

Laura & Suzanne

All walking for one reason:

We Love you O!!!