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Fourth Annual Jack's Family Fun Day
Jake Shapiro, Robby Weland, and Jack Greeley
By Christy Greeley
The fourth annual Family Fun Day in honor of Jack Greeley to benefit the Cystinosis Research Network was held on August 26, 2007 in Lincolnshire, Illinois. The event was a great success, with perfect weather and several hundred people in attendance. Tamarak Country Day School and Camp again graciously hosted the event, providing the perfect venue and generous support in many ways.
This year’s attendees enjoyed an expanded raffle and silent auction, games, pony rides, food, s’mores sponsored by the local Y-Guides, a bake sale sponsored by Jack’s Cub Scout den, arts and crafts, a balloonist, dancing, face painting, bounce house, football toss, swimming, basketball, and much more. Nearly 70 sponsors donated items and services for the event, which contributed to this year’s proceeds of almost $17,000. Family Fun Day has raised nearly $57,000 for CRN over the past four years.
Our family cannot thank those enough who have made this amazing community event so successful. From our friends Jodi Kirsh and Dawn Weiland for coming up with the initial idea, to Kathy Gordon for spending so much time and energy expanding on and running the event the past two years, to all of our wonderful friends for volunteering to help, to Dave and Lucia Thoensen, the owners of Tamarak for so generously donating their beautiful grounds each year. We are so blessed to have the support of our friends and family, Family Fun Day could not have happened without all of you! |
