March for Babies Walk 2012

Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and I

My husband and I

First, I have to say how excited am to have had my husband walk with me this year. This is my 3rd walk but 4th year supporting March of Dimes. Yay to hubby for walking with us.

Second, Thank you all for your support this year. It truly mean a lot to me. And if it means a lot to me just imagine what it means to the families of NICU babies, struggling to survive. Or the families like mine, who baby was premature and did not make it. I am truly honored to be apart of this amazing organization, helping support families and preemies. WE ARE THEIR VOICE.

Now on to the day.

The start of the walk. That is my mom and sister int eh foreground.

I hardly slept last night. And when I finally did fall asleep I had to wake up about 2 hours later. I set my alarm but didn't turn it on. Thank goodness hubby internal clock works. We woke up at 5:45 about a half hour behind schedule. We picked up my mom and sister. And was were on our way. I didn't take pics of the journey there but that's ok. Anyway, we finally get there and we weren't behind at all. How does that happen? You get a late start but end up getting to your destination on time or even early. I met a friend, and her husband there. Bugs and Daffy were there. It was at Six Flags Great Adventure this year. I posted a few pics throughout this post.  I'll post a link to Shealyn's Angels facebook page, there you can see all of them.

One of the rides at Great Adventure

We had a good turn out and the weather was beautiful. A little cold at first but not too bad. My first walk in 09, I was almost 5 months pregnant and it was probably 100 degrees out.

My mom, sister and I taking a rest

Oh! Before I forget. This year we were able to raise.....drum roll please....$535. Again, thank you ALL for your help and support with this event. The bake sale alone, got me a Marh of Dimes T-shirt. Yay. Now I have 3.

Please join me next season. I'll be starting and October or November.

Together we can help fight and prevent prematurity.

Best Wishes,
Betty
Team Captain

3 Days Away

I can't believe that the walk is 3 days away. It seems like yesterday I had just begun fundraising. This year I had so many ideas on raising money but not enough time or funding. But next year it's on like Donkey Kong.  --never understood that-- Well anyway. I am really excited for the walk this year. Mostly because I have gotten some friends and family involved and my husband will be walking with us for the first time. I'm also looking forward to next year. I am going to start early and get donations of good from stores and stuff and possibly do a silent auction. LOL I was just watching The Office and they were doing a silent auction. That's were I got the idea. But anyway, I also want to do a spaghetti dinner or something. I can't wait.

Well, I'll see you all at the walk and thank you all for the support.

Remember it's not too late to help raise awareness for prematurity. To help sponsor my team and donate go to marchforbabies.org and search Shealyn's Angels. I can't get the link to work.

Best Wishes,
Betty
Team Captain

It's Teeee Shirt Tiiiime!!!!

They cabs aren't here yet but, I am beyond excited. I was finally able to get the t-shirts I order for the team. Well, my sister actually went and picked them up for me. I got them done at a local shop. You can check their site out here. They are called Farro's Tees. I designed the shirt online. I had my spec within days of deciding on going with them. Once I made my deposit the shirts were completed within a week. They will keep the screen on file so I can order more next year if I wanted. I can't wait to see the team in them. They look amazing.

I couldn't model the shirt because I don't have a tripod. And Billy wasn't in the mood to try the shirt on. So I took some pictures of it on a hanger. Sorry if the quality isn't that good. So without further ado I present to you Team Shealyn's Angels T-shirts. Yaaaaay!!!

Front

Front Close-up

Back--the wings stop at the waist

Close-up of wording. It says In Memory of Shealyn Marie

Close-up of Wings

Close up of back.

I can't believe it is all coming together. It's unfortunately the circumstances but I am truly honored to have had such a beautiful person in my life, even if it was for a shot amount of time. And this will and will be her legacy.

Best Wishes,

Betty
Team Captain

Yummy Goodies

Hi everyone,

Today I hosted a bake Sale at my job for March of Dimes. I was a little worried that wouldn't be a lot of people. We held the bake sale from 10-3. Actually 2:30. And we were able to raise a little over $300. I am so thankful to everyone that baked and helped sell and thankful to those who showed up. Below are some pictures of the event. We had a good turn out. I couldn't take more pics because I was pretty busy.


Best Wishes,
Betty
Team Captain

Welcome

This blog is about a family team for March of Dimes. The team's name is Shealyn's Angels. This team was started in 2012, but the team captain has been helping spread the word since 2009. In 2009, the team captain, Betty, started walking to support her friend who's child was born prematurely. Little did we know at the time that her daughter with whom she was pregnant with would be born prematurely as well. Unfortunately due to these complications she daughter did not survive. They, Betty and her husband Bill, name their daughter Shealyn.

Shealyn in my precious little Angel. Everything I do, I do in honour of her. Since my first walk in 2009, I have always walked with my job, getting donations, having a bake sale. The one thing that was missing for me was being about to get my family, to get more involved. After all, I mean Shealyn is their niece, granddaughter, great grand daughter. So, along with helping out my job's team I formed my own family team. We will have team shirts. My sister is raising money at her job. We are all just super excited for this.

This year the walk with be at Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ on April 29th. you can purchase tickets for the park on line to ride the rides after the walk. I am really excited because Gym Class Hero's will be performing. Eeeekkkk!!! Please like and subscribe to this blog and our FB page at www.facebook.com/TeamShealynsAngels


Thank you all for your time.

Oh and if you would like to donate to our team for the March of Dimes you can do so here.

All the best,
Team Captain
Shealyn's Angels