Nelson is one of the greatest towns and fundraising stops ever!!  While we were there, we met up with Betty Lou and her husband (and retired RCMP officer) Bruce.  Betty Lou is a long time volunteer for the ALS Society and also lost her late husband to the disease years ago.  We thank both Betty Lou and Bruce for their kindness in opening their home to us as well as planning a nice dinner for us.  We had an awesome welcome potluck dinner at Mary and Lou’s place with a room full of people who have all been affected by ALS.  We had lots of fun and it was a nice time to relax and do the meet and greet thing. 

-jeannie 

The next day we hit the streets selling hugs, only on this particular day we found a ton of people that already knew about ALS!  It was refreshing to see how many people knew about the disease and for such a small community and to raise $1000.00 in one afternoon really raised our spirits.  

We also got to meet Gord, a great guy who has been living with ALS for 10 years.  Gord taught us all too just laugh a bit more in life.  He is always smiling and he tends to find something humourous in just about everything.  We thank Gord for coming out and meeting with us and helping us collect donations. 

We are all starting to look toward home as we only have 2 days left!  We are thankful for everyone who has helped us along the way and for everyone we have met.  Stay tuned for future updates as I will post them on our website after we get home.  We will be doing some other fundraising events as well as sell t-shirts etc.  There is a lot more to come as we plan on continuing in our journey long after we return home. 

Tomorrow we head to Kamloops before heading home to Vancouver on Wed!!!!

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