Editor:
The fourth annual “Sweet Home Walk for the Cause,” held Saturday, Oct. 13, was a great success.
Thanks to the sponsors and the hard work of many in the community, $2,700 was forwarded to Soroptimist International of Albany, for women in Linn County in need of mammograms and breast cancer assistance.
Thank you to The Point Restaurant and Lounge for gift cards; Safeway and Sweet Home Thriftway for the refreshments for the walkers; space for “donation/coffee cozie jars” at Curves for Women, Chic Drink, Erin Ward, Periwinkle Provisions, Steelhead Strength and Fitness, Sunshine Espresso, The Point Restaurant and Lounge; Smart Style Salon and Tell and Sell for the ads.
Most of all, thank you to all for saying yes with a smile on your faces when asked for your help.
A special thanks goes to: CMA for serving coffee; Lebanon Prayer Warriors, who collected donations for the walk; Sportman’s Holiday Court and the Sweet Home Kiwanis, who helped at the event; The Investments for the national anthem; Young Marines for the presentation of the colors; Pastor Bryan Hayes of the Harvest Christian Center for the invocation; guest speakers Bill and Cathi Alden; and Chief Robert Burford, who acted as Master of Ceremonies.
A huge thank you also goes to those who came out on a “rainy looking” Saturday morning to walk with families and friends and who donated so the fight to beat this disease can continue.
Wendy Younger, Chair
Sweet Home Satellite
Walk for the Cause Committee