9-7-09 MDA Telethon and Our Family and Train

9-7-09 MDA Telethon - Ally's Angels

We had a wonderful afternoon at the MDA Telethon. It is filmed in Las Vegas, Chicago and all over the United States, but what’s really neat is that the Chicago broadcast can be seen across the country on WGN (Ch 9 Chicago). This year it was our family (me, Billy, Kristyn 13, Melissa 5 and Ally 3.5), and my sister Tammy’s family. We got to the telethon at about 10 am and got to see many other families from the Chicago area, including our friends Chloe Ochoa (SMA Type 3), Logan Mitzel & Anthony (Duchene MD) and new friend Sarah. At about 11am, was the official family hour on tv. We were VERY lucky to be interviewed by Bart Connor, olympic gymnast. Check out our video (it’s bootlegged from my tv and Ally is super talkative/vocal in the background, she really enjoyed being on tv and seeing a computer like hers being used by someone else)…

At the end of Family Hour, the band “Train” performed two songs. Then, we got to hang out with them for a little while, take pictures and get autographs. They are really down to earth, nice guys and I will definitely be buying their new CD.

If you haven’t donated to the MDA already, please consider making a donation to the Ally’s Angels Team at https://www.joinmda.org/chicagozoowalk2009/AllysAngels
We will be walking in the Stride & Ride at Brookfield Zoo on Saturday, September 26th 7:30-11am. We’d love to have more team members too. It will be a really fun day! If you have joined our team, please be sure to let me know your t-shirt sizes ASAP. We are also still looking for a few more buisness sponsors to be on the back of our t-shirt (donation of $150 or more). A small portion will go toward t-shirts cost and the rest goes to the MDA as they work for a cure/treatments/support for Ally and many children and adults with a muscular dystrophy.

Thanks again for everyone’s support in donations, and most importantly in prayers and well wishes!!!

Enjoy the pics below from the telethon.

Please let us know what you think of our pics and video by making a comment below this blog post, on facebook, or emailing tina@angelally.com.

9-7-09 MDA Telethon – Ally’s Angels