Put your walking shoes on

I have to say that I always a struggle with the title of these blogs for the longest time before I actually start writing. I could sit here and write forever, but coming up with a title takes a long time. One day I may just put a bunch of jumbled letters up there. Don't be surprised....well for those of you who know me, I'm just sayin.
Let me start this off by if you are a praying person, please stop for a moment and send one up for all of those 3, 4, and 5th graders taking the EOG's today. My 3rd grader is one of them and while he doesn't know it, I'm nervous for them!

So "put your walking shoes on" means just that. We are walking on October 9 in Raleigh, North Carolina in the Autism Walk. This is going to be a great event, I already know it. We are building a team called Team Thomas. I know, very original. It was my idea if you couldn't tell. We are in the process of having shirts made that will say All Aboard for Autism Awareness. We are going to be fundraising all summer and really hoping to get the community involved and raise awareness for Autism.

The walk is a 5K (3 miles) you can walk or run. You register online at http://www.kintera.org/faf/login/teamPageEdit.asp?ievent=425835&lis=0&kntae425835=E62CE36064844746BE41F240998D542D&page=view
It's $25.00 for the registration fee and they will send you a shirt as well, but like I said we are having our own TEAM shirts made! We would love to have an outstanding number of people there that day. There is also a kids walk.

All of the proceeds that we get from any fundraisers and the registration fees go directly to the Autism Society of North Carolina. Autism now affects 1 in 91 children. That number is falling still. It affects more boys than girls.

I've always said I don't know who reads this, who steps into our world, but if you are I hope you will consider joining us on October 9 and even this summer. Join Team Thomas!