Kaitlyn's Blog: March of Dimes walk

Today was the March of Dimes walk, and we did have fun! The bad news is that, due to the storms in the area, the actual walk portion ended up being called off at the last minute. The weather looked good when we arrived at 12:30, but the rain really hit at 1:30 and there was a good amount of lightening in the area at 2pm, when the walk was scheduled to start. Some people still walked, but we didn't feel comfortable with it (something about lightening and walking next to a lake), so we decided we will go back and do the walk on our own another day. We still had a good time, and they planned on keeping going with a party in the tent, but Kaitlyn was getting fussy and bored so we headed home instead. They announced that altogether $80,000 was raised. Team Zuchegna raised $525, which surpassed our goal!!!!!

I am disappointed in St. Elizabeth Hospital, because they pulled their sponsorship from the March of Dimes because of the fact that March of Dimes supports stem cell research (which I did not know). It is a Catholic hospital, which I'm guessing is why. They pulled sponsorship from the American Cancer Society for awhile, too, for the same reason, so the NICU nurse there we were speaking with said she hopes they can persuade them to change their minds about the March of Dimes, too, since it is only a small portion of what they do. I am proud of the NICU nurses at St. E's, they got together and formed their own team under another sponsor.

Kaitlyn got to meet a couple of mascots. She loved Homer, the Saltdogs mascot, and also really liked the Runza mascot and Lil Red of the Huskers. It was a good time with a lot of friendly people, and the booth with the NICU pictures and memory boards was very moving. Seeing that was harder than I thought it would be.

Anyway, on to the pictures!

Got a picture with Runza Rex! I really liked him.