AMAZING CARE IS AMAZING!!!

Dominic's home health agency, Amazing Care, has raised over $2,000.00. The wonderful employees there have pitched in and raised over $2,000 in less than a month. A flyer went out a few weeks ago telling about Dominic and Harrison's journey and that the owner would match what was raised. In another overwhelmingly short amount of time, the community has come through with flying colors.

Just as we think things are winding down, another full strength force comes through. In this case, it was spearheaded by Dominic's nurse, Valerie Vaughn -- an angel in our lives. She heard the story mentioned on KOSI 101 just before the race and she approached the owner of Amazing Care and the rest is history. Absolutely Amazing!!!!

For more press coverage, see the attached link for the front page news story in today's Denver Post : http://www.denverpost.com/search/ci_12728203

Tonight at 9:00 and 10:00 pm, the boys will be on 9News. I think there is already a print story on the website and the video will be added after the newscast. They also stream their newscasts live. Their website is www.9News.com.

As always, thank you everyone for your continued support. Keep checking back as we will post throughout the summer and while we are in Germany. We should have a grand total at the end of next week of all money raised.

Happy 4th weekend to everyone!

A Big Thank You

We want to thank everyone for their amazing support of Dominic, Harrison and our families. It is truly overwhelming. Haircuts for Hope raised another $1600 and the home health agency that oversees Dominic is fundraising as well.

We want to wish Jeff Nobel, Dominic's speech therapist's father, our thoughts and prayers and luck as he is heading to Germany to undergo this procedure as well. Please say a prayer for him and his family.

The donation letters will be going out this week to anyone who contributed by check. The fund wants to close out the accounting by the end of the month and get the money wired to the Xcell Center. Again, we are so grateful to everyone for the support. With all the well wishes and prayers, we are hopeful for a positive outcome. We will keep you posted throughout the summer and then when we get to Germany in August.

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!

Haircuts for Hope on Sunday

On Sunday, Blue Mist Salon in Lone Tree is hosting "Haircuts for Hope" for Dominic and Harrison. They are offering haircuts and manicures at a discounted price. See their website for address and phone number. Appointments are necessary: http://www.bluemistsalon.com. Thanks everyone for your support. It is truly amazing!!!

5k run and pasta dinner a huge success!!!

On Saturday, May 23rd, the Cottonwood Community held a 5k fun run for Dominic and Harrison. Over 300 people came out to support the boys and over $5800 was raised. It was an incredible day of fun and support. Dominic and Harrison had a blast!!! We had so many people come to help and we even ran into some old friends. It is amazing how the word is spreading. Our local Fox station showed up and did a story on the 5:00 and 9:00 news. I'm not sure if this will work, but here is the link to the story, if you have not seen it yet: http://www.kdvr.com/video/?clipId=3793575&topVideoCatNo=151673&c=&autoStart=true&activePane=info&LaunchPageAdTag=homepage&clipFormat=flv

Last Friday night, the swim team for our local pool held a pasta dinner to benefit the boys. They served over 300 homemade pasta dinners and raised over $1500. It was an unbelievable night! (Unfortunately Dominic was sick and did not make it).

We are so overwhelmed by this outpouring of support for our families. We do not even know how to begin to say thank you to everyone.

This story is generating a lot of attention

Dominic and Harrison are really generating a lot of buzz. A local radio station, KOSI 101, was giving information over the air about the 5K tomorrow. (We have 212 people registered to run/walk/chat tomorrow).

9News, the local NBC affiliate, has been taping Dominic and Harrison over the past two weeks and interviewed us moms yesterday. We are not sure when the story will be on, but it could be a tear jerker.

Fox31 News is coming to the race tomorrow, along with the Denver Post and the Villager paper from Greenwood Village. The Aurora Sentinel was out at the school on Monday and is going to run a story.

The support continues to be amazing. A group of girls made pipe cleaner bracelets and sold them after swim team practice for the boys. There was a lemonade stand last weekend. And we ran into a 3rd grader on Wednesday who told the boys that they were going to do a "snack stand" for the boys with 2 locations. How cute is that?

We want to thank everyone for their support in this journey; it is truly overwhelming. We will post photos from the run tomorrow and let you know how it goes.

THE BIG HOPE WEBSITE

Some wonderful Cottonwood families took time and patience to create a website for Dominic and Harrison that gives fundraising information. Check out www.thebighope.com for more information.

Local Fundraising Opportunities

The Cottonwood community has really stepped up to help our boys. In the school cafeteria, they are selling "Miles that Matter". For every $5 that is brought in, Dominic and Harrison's plane moves a mile closer to Germany. It is approximately 5,000 miles. In three days, the children at school have raised $1,930. UNBELIEVABLE!!!

On Saturday, May 23rd, there will be a 5K Fun Run for The Big Hope. It will start at Cottonwood Creek Elementary at 10:00 (start times will be staggered by last name) and will end up at Cherry Creek Vista Pool. There will be water bottles along the way and popsicles will be sold after the race. If you are interested, please e-mail me at the3kings@comcast.net.

On Sunday, June 14th, our hairstylist will be doing Haircuts for Hope at the Blue Mist Salon. Claudia has been cutting our hair for years and she and 5 other stylists will be offering discounted haircuts with all proceeds going to The Big Hope. I will attach the flyer if you are interested.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING FOR US!!!!!!!