OMARA community coming together for a moving cause…
A note from Elizabeth Gilroy to the OMARA community; please read, as it points to our unity both on and off the slopes…
Okemommas…
We freeze at the slopes together watching our kids soar down mountains, celebrating when they do well, understanding our job at hand when they don’t, and supporting and hugging each other when they get hurt. We have fun skiing together, chatting on the chair lift rides, seeing each other in town at certain “establishments”, gathering at each other’s condos and houses, and those fun OMARA parties…we are women who love to ski, we are friends.
A few years ago, we had some awesome Okemommas shirts made (thx Lori Ford). While looking sharp, we also supported a great cause and sent a donation to the Susan Komen Fund, which as most of you know, seeks to find a cure for breast cancer – a disease that has touched many of us, our friends, sisters and mothers. This year we would like to take on a new cause, Pancreatic Cancer. 2009 was a sad year for us, we lost a fellow Okemomma and friend, Donna Saydek. Many of us have know Donna for years, and have watched with her as Hana has won numerous races and made all of us proud.
The organization that John has chosen is called Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – www.pancan.org <http://www.pancan.org/> .
Lori Ford is creating a 1/4 zip fleece for us made by Rossignol. OKEMOMMA will be embroidered in purple, the color of the pancreatic cancer cause, on the left side of the front. It will also have the Japanese character for “teruko”- Donna’s middle name and the name of her business – translates to “to shine”. Lori has ordered a few sizes/samples that I will have with me this weekend and the coming week for people to try on (sugar shack during lunch). You can also come over if it’s more convenient. My email is eegilroy13@gmail.com. My cell is 315-725-3442 or the condo 228-7507. At this point we think they will cost around $75. Lori is working out the numbers now – I’ll let you know as soon as we know.
If you would like to join us and order a fleece please respond to this email, call me or find me in the sugar shack. Also, please feel free to forward this email to anyone you think would like to join us. The more orders we have the bigger the check we can send to the Panceratic Cancer Action Network. Help us help them find a way for earlier detection, let’s do this for Donna.
Elizabeth