We had so much fun this weekend attending and helping out with Trey’s dunk tank fundraiser. The booth was called “Dunkin Cops” and that’s just was it was, $5 for 3 balls to do your very best to Dunk the Cop sitting in the tank…all proceeds going to the Tempe Sister Cities and Trey’s Treasures medical fund. How we begin to thank Donna Austen, her sister Vickie and their friend Betty, I don’t know. Donna didn’t ask but informed me back sometime ago that she would be running a dunk tank at Oktoberfest to raise money for Trey. With a lot of persistence and much, much hard work, Donna set up a superb event! Donna and her sister, Vickie, are also the two wonderful ladies who set up the “Take Down” for Trey fundraiser last year. This time instead of the wrestlers taking down one another it was the public “taking down” the cops.
People had a blast getting their revenge by “Dunkin a Cop” and all for a good cause. Trey got the biggest kick out of seeing the officers get wet...he was laughing from the bottom of his belly, he thought it was so funny. Thank you, thank you to Donna, Vickie, Betty, Universal Police Supply, Dunkin Donuts, Tambo Ink, ASU Cheerleaders, Sams Club, Lowes, Hogue Printing and of course the 32 gracious police officers that took time away from their families this weekend to help ours. This fundraiser was a big success and a ton of fun…thank you from the “bottom of my dunk tank” – Trey
Afterwards Mike & I took the boys for a ride on the light rail - they especially liked looking back at the festival all light up as well as the Tempe bridge.
And the flip side...
I feel joyous about this weekend's success for our little man but also so melancholy over what all we must do for him…..to ensure a healthy life for Trey.
I'm just envious of those families in attendance at that event just walking around on a Sunday without a care in the world regarding the health of their children - I think people take having a "normal" life at home so for granted. Our normal is so different now!
Thanks for hopping on the light rail with the boys - I think they really enjoy just doing "outside the box" activities - they're boys!
I love you and Cam and think you are so AMAZING!
Have a good day with the "krew" my SuperMom.
Love,
Mookie
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