Hope 4 Heroes, Alex's Lemonade Stand

Let me just say, right from the start, I don't usually blog about such personal things. But this, I can't help.

My niece Katie is a girl with the heart of a giant. She ran upon a website dedicated to a little girl name Kate McRae who is battling cancer. Now, my niece is not a normal girl who see's something like this and moves on. Instead she writes emails, makes videos and over time has built a relationship not only with Kate, but with her mom as well.

And this isn't anything new for my niece. When she was about 7 years old, she decided that instead of having a regular birthday party she would have a book party. And I don't mean a book party where her guests would bring her books. All the books collected would be donated to the public library where she loved to spend her time. She is a really amazing person.

So, when Katie tells me she is going to help raise money for a little girl fighting childhood cancer in Arizona, what else could I do? Now I am not going to go into all the reasons why you should donate money to this. That is clear by the simple fact that Kate McRae is only 7 years old and suffering from a brain tumor called a supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor.

This is what my niece Katie has to say on her page, "Thank you for stopping by my Lemonade Stand page. I first became aware of childhood cancer when I learned about a little girl named Kate McRae on a fan site for another "Kate". I started following her story, and she became very important to me. She is still fighting cancer to this day, and I want to help her and other kids just like her. They are heroes to me. Any amount of time, money, or donations to help put on my event are greatly appreciated by me and the "heroes" out there. Love, Katie"

So I am asking you all to go to my niece Katie's page and donate to this cause. Her goal is $500.00 and with your help I am sure we can do even better than that.

Thank you in advance for any donation, big or small.