Miles For Hope Walk

Saturday, April 6^th 2013 was The Miles for Hope Walk.   The day started early in the morning with setup and pictures.  The team helped with registration, and the royalty gave Superman tattoos in honor of Dalton Andrew, who we meet at the walk last year. Dalton passed away March 29, 2013. We used the tattoos to show our support to his family and friends. Before the race started, we joined the runners doing stretches. Then our lead Queen Ali, gave the starting signal to the race. As they crossed the starting line, we cheered them on, and then a while later we cheered them on as they crossed the finish line.   When everyone returned, Nicole, May, and Nikohl handed out awards for the largest amount of money raised in a team. Also Dalton’s mom let a balloon up to heaven for him.  There was a minute when it looked like that balloon would get stuck in the trees but it snuck through and the whole crowd cheered! This year’s ambassador gave a speech about his journey with this terrible disease. Then, all the survivors came up and shared their stories.   Last, we lead the way for the survivor walk. We helped to disassemble and put away things and went home.  This walk was very inspirational and had great meaning to all of us and we can’t wait to be back next year!

                                                          Crusaders Royalty,

                                                                  Kathleen 

Dalton's Funeral

Hello all…On Friday, March 29, 2013, a courageous fighter of brain cancer died. His name was Dalton James Andrew.  He was 19 years old. He fought the battle with brain cancer with his family by his side for two long years.  On Good Friday, the Lord took his warrior Dalton home.  I got to meet Dalton at the Miles for Hope Walk last year where he was the ambassador for the event.

The funeral was held April 5, 2013.  I got the opportunity to be there and say a few words about him.  I did not have time to write down what I was going to say before I went up there to say it.  Wow was all I could think at first seeing his mom and all the people who came to support him and say goodbye.  Then I started to think about Dalton and what he said to me last year and his attitude.  Then everything came to me all at once.  He was kind, exciting, and a burst of energy and encouragement.  It felt like he was a new found role model for me and everyone else that was there supporting him.  From now on I want to be like Dalton because he taught me to live every day to the fullest and never waste a breath.

--Princess Malena