We Walked the Walk :)

What a great turn out!

50 + members joined our team and helped to raise money while having fun at the park.

We got up bright and early got on our purple sock monkey tees, socks, bandanas and whatever else purple we had. Purple umbrellas were also packed since the weather was a bit iffy. We got to the park and joined our team members, it was so great to see everyone! I wish I was able to talk to everyone more and thank them for coming to support The Purple Sock Monkeys. The miracle children were given giant red buttons so everyone could identify them as a miracle child and at the end of the walk they were given a medals of honor. Check you the Video Six Flags posted on their Facebook page, you can spot some of us!

This year as a team we raised $4,453.00, although that number will be higher since Mimi received donations from school that still need to be added to the total. All contributions will benefit our local Baystate Children's Hospital a part of the Children's Miracle Network and go to help save and improve the lives of as many children as possible!

A special Thanks to the following companies who contributed to The Purple Sock Monkeys

Callaway Employees
Frito Lay Northeast Region Employees Fundraiser
Phonon Corporation Employees
Balise Lexus Employees

Below are registered walkers, Thank You for getting up early in the morning and supporting a great cause. We hope you had fun!!!

Janet Beauvais

Adrianna Carabetta

Audrey Carabetta

Bill Carabetta

Jessie Carabetta

Andre Chapdelaine

Marcella Chapdelaine

Megan Chapdelaine

Hannah Fields

Jessica Fields

Steven Fields

Carol Fields-Scott

Katie Fike

Clover Fortier

Andrew Hanson

Nichole Hanson

Erica Iorillo

Shannon Jackson

Jozef Janczar

Meg Janczar

Victor Janczar

Zyta Janczar

Janina Jarmuzewski

Mario Jarmuzewski

Elena Langdon

David Lapierre

Emilia Lapierre

Eugene Lapierre

Izabella Lapierre

Linda Lapierre
Linda M Lapierre
FRITO LAY
Eryn Mathews
James Mathews
Pat Mathews
Jordan Nagy
Ela Osowiecki and family
Tracy Paulo
Isabel Puppolo
Julia Puppolo
Olivia Puppolo
Mary Romano
Kendal Sowa
Paul Sowa
Chris Streeter
Margaret Streeter
Owen Streeter
Megan Teser
Mina Valego

Walk with a Monkey!

This year Mimi was chosen to be the ambassador for the Six Flags "A Walk in the Park" Fundraiser.

All proceeds from the walk will benefit Children's Miracle Network Hospitals which Baystate Children's Hospital is a part of. Every dollar donated will go directly to your local Children’s Miracle Network hospital to support research and training, purchase equipment, pay for uncompensated care and more; all in support of our mission to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible. Fundraising will help support things like research, pediatric education training programs, cutting-edge equipment, and uncompensated care for families right in your backyard.

We will be walking in support of Mimi who has been a brave little monkey just going with the flow of whatever she is asked to do as far as treatments and medicines go, never asking why. Iza and Magi who are Super Sibs and help out when Mimi is not feeling great or is in the hospital. This year the girls' friend Adrianna will be walking with us, we will celebrate her bravery and recovery.

Come have some fun for a good cause and Join our team!

Clinic Day.

Well finally Mimi's counts are not crazy, last week at the ER her WBC was something in the 8's. Today it was much less. She is back to her old self goofing off and running around like a monkey with her sisters. Speaking of MONKEYS we will be walking for the Children's Miracle Network once again this year on June 12th at Six Flags. For those that walked with us last year we hope you can make it out again and we also hope to see some new faces too!!! More details to come soon.

Counts:
WBC - 2.8
Hgb - 11.6
Platelets - 249
Neutrophil - 1100

Oh and we are starting yet another antibiotic (Atovaquone 4mL daily), which only comes in liquid a very yellow liquid, amazingly she was able to keep it down! She has had a lot of issues taking liquid meds I was ready with a bucket but there was no need for it. Hopefully we won't have any issues with it.If we do there is another plan.

A Walk in the Park. WoW. Just WoW!

First I want to Thank all the people that were able to walk this morning! We were one MONKEY of a team! We were very excited to be a part of this fundraiser and with the help of some amazing people we were able to raise over $6000! How awesome is that?!

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We hope everyone had a great time walking! A big applause to everyone who contributed and helped us reach our goal plus some, Stacey who raised over $1000, James M. who caught up to Stacey as well! Hannah who was in surgery with a broken arm the day before the walk but came to support her buddy! Everyone who traveled getting up super early to cheer with us, all the shoulders that literally carried Mimi, Iza and Magi. This was awesome!!! We were on the news but I guess a crying mom did not make it on there, I was doing really well until I was asked to tell them about Mimi's journey, thank goodness for Dan being quick!

Thank You to today's Purple Sock Monkey Walkers and Team Members!!!

Mina

Kate, Ella & Lily, Audrey & Caeli
Andre & Marcella
Ashley & Ricco
Steven, Jess, Hannah & Norah
Carol
Elena & Clover
Ela
Shannon, Ainsley & Cash
Chris & Meg
Vic & Eryn

Erica
Roya & Haley
Stacey
Gene & Linda
James
Sherri
Tracy
Sarah, Lesley, Tate & Gabriel

Mary

Frito Lay

Penny

Leidy, Roberto, Amaraya & Penelope

Heather

Link to our page

T-Shirts! T-Shirts! T-Shirts!

T-Shirts will be printed this week I just need to know what sizes people need.

Please e-mail me by 6/3 and let me know. Thank you!!!

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Clinic Day.

A quick visit for blood counts, which are great! Of course we can't just leave the clinic because Mimi is a little social butterfly and there are always crafts to be done. Mimi has some leg pain, one day starts at her ankle next day knee and sometimes to the hip, it last two or three days but it goes away on it's own without any pain meds. We will just watch it for now.

Today's Counts:
WBC - 5.49
Hgb - 12.5
Platelets - 170
Neutrophil - 3930

Mmmm Cherries!

We have been having lots of fun in the sun and visiting the local fruit store almost daily. This afternoon while I went to work the girls were at Jess' and the five girlies ate large amounts of fruit. Iza was very excited to get cherries today and even more excited when Babcia showed the girls the cherries can be worn as earrings. We have also visited the library a couple of times and found some great books, Tilly and Friends Books quick enough for Magi and funny for everyone, we also got The Jester Has Lost His Jingle Mimi has me read this book to her every time we are at the clinic so I thought Iza might enjoy it as well, it is a great story about finding laughter and happiness inside yourself.

I also wanted to mention the Walk In the Park, our team is doing AWESOME!!! Thank you so much to everyone who has donated so far. There is still time to join and walk with us we are hoping this week to get t-shirts made.

Purple Sock Monkeys!

A Walk in the Park

Six Flags New England

June 13th

8:30am

Join Us!

Our TEAM Page

This year we will be participating in the 2010 A Walk in the Park All contributions will benefit Cure Kids Cancer and Children's Miracle Network. 100% of the funds raised will go to our local Children's Miracle Network hospital (Baystate Children's Hospital) to help support pediatric cancer programs.

We have told Mimi about this walk and the reasons for it she was very excited to have a team name. Purple is her favorite color, Daddy watches the Red Sox, and Mommy calls us monkeys! So that is where our team name came from :)