A Good Cause

The Givens Group went out on Friday, September 13th, to the Players Club of Henderson for a charitable golf scramble to support finding the cure for childhood cancer. 

 As you may know, 

September is

"Childhood Cancer Awareness Month"! 

In September of 2012,

a remarkable, world-wide

Thumbs Up Movement

began as a way to honor

Lane Goodwin

and the positive attitude

he maintained during his 2 1/2 year

battle with Rhabdomyosarcoma.

The movement brought global awareness

to childhood cancers

(the leading cause of death by disease

for children under the age of 15).

Approximately 36 children and adolescences

are diagnosed with cancer every day.

Yet, research for childhood cancers

remain underfunded.

Lane believed that the awareness

that the 

Thumbs Up Movement

brought to childhood cancer

would lead to a cure.

The Thumbs UP for Lane Goodwin

 Childhood Cancer Foundation

remains committed

to fulfilling Lane's mission.

Keep Proud and Carry On!

(Terry Kellen)

This morning I sent Scott a text:

Did y'all give Terry a hero's welcome when he came in?

Scott responded:

Yes!  Then I told him to get to work, ha.

On Wednesday night we heard several emergency vehicles racing to the south end of town.  By news-time that night we knew there had been a very serious, one-car wreck just south of us in the county.  We also knew that a person had been pulled from a burning vehicle and life-flighted away from the scene.

What we didn't know was that one of our very own, Terry Kellen, was one of two heroes who stopped and pulled the critically injured driver from the burning wreckage.  In true Terry fashion, he never said a word.  It was not until late, last night when the Gleaner updated the report that we learned the name of the victim and one of his rescuers:

You can read the article, HERE.   

We are so proud of you, Terry!

Now get to work!