General Discussion & Chat: Best/Worse &What did I learnt today/Chat with Friends #102, 0 by Bettypauze

Bettypauze wrote:
Morning,

Before I start reading the posts above, I have to wipe my tears ...

You know those tears that you have when you are so touched by something...

When I got home last night there was a message from Kyle, it was then 11:10pm so not a time to call..this morning before leaving I called...

Was telling me the trampoline netting was wripped and he thought I might be able to sew it but after looking at it knew he had to purchase a new one..winter was hard on it..

I said "Kyle, there's never a weekend that you don't drop in to say hi!

He told me about family outings and said all his other hours were put to his organizing a 'Kyle's Bike-A-Thon' for the cure for cancer..I asked him if it was a school project and he said no, that it had taken the life of his grandfather whom he will now never know, and his other grandma Betty has cancer in the form of a blood disorder as does his uncle Mike on Roger's side of the family..so he said he couldn't help think that it's young people like him who has the responsibility to find the 'cure'...oh oh..tears...then he said he'd e-mail me his flyer..

He contacted the Cancer Society who will provide him with all the sponsorship forms, he's gone to find some corporate sponsorships, he's put his posters all around town, he's got info on facebook, he's e-mailed everyone that he can..said his goal is to fundraise $1,000. grandma will do the run and I'll donate a few hundred to help his cause..

He's so enthusiastic about this..he just turned 13, guess why I'm overwhelmed is it's not something normally that a young man his age is interested in spending his time doing...

One of grandma's sweeties for sure...