What a Welcome - Wow !

We made the last dash to the finish line this afternoon, arriving at the farm at 3:59:30 p.m. What a crowd! A huge thank-you to at least seventy people who were there to welcome us home. Mayor Wayne Emmerson soon took the mic and offered congratulations and presented a citation and a beautiful leather-bound special edition Stouffville history book. Bob Flemming of Springvale offered congratulations and a prayer of thankgiving, Dr Helena Jaczek, MPP spoke briefly offering congratulations, John Storey of Markham Little Theatre presented a cheque, Fariba Nasirtzadeh-Marandy of the Hair Depot in Stouffville presented a cheque. And I got to say my own thank-you's - - no, I won't include the 300 word text - - and also offered the challenge to direct more funds to the Heart Centre.

And it was a nice touch for the Stouffville fire dept. to be there with their lights flashing.

Following the "formalities", at least four journalists grabbed me for interviews. For which I'm thankful. My appologies to friends that I didn't get a chance to speak to personally. By the time the journalists were gone, I looked around and there were only a dozen or so left - - the ones that had brought unbrellas. It had started to rain.

What an adventure! This will not be the last entry posted on this blog. Margaret has a few topics she'd like to add - - stories that haven't been told so far. And. We still have a lot of money to raise. I still want a bit more exposure in the Toronto area by the "big guns" in the media. (CBC, CFTO, CITY-TV, The Globe, The Star, The Sun.) A big thank-you to 680 NEWS who broadcasted a good news report today. Sunnybrook hospital serves Toronto and I'd like to get more Toronto dollars directed to the Schulich Heart Centre.

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