On September 15th 2010 family and friends caught a bus down to Melbourne and we gathered in the Treasury Gardens along with about 5000 others to take part in the Leukaemia Foundations "Light the Night" fundraising walk which our team "The Wayne Fowler Crew" was doing in memory of dad and also other suffers of this cruel disease.
It was an extremely emotional night for us all as when darkness fell everyone then lit up their coloured balloons and all 5000 people walked through the gardens in a long line of glowing colour, it was a sight to see and we will be returning next year to take part in this event and also to keep dad's candle burning, he would be smiling indeed..
"The Wayne Fowler Crew" raised over $22,000 for the walk and it was a great effort from family, friends, & business contacts.
About a month after dad passed away I get an email from a good friend of ours who lives in Ohio USA as they had just had their annual cancer appeal walk for the district and their family had walked in memory of dad.
It was an extremely emotional night for us all as when darkness fell everyone then lit up their coloured balloons and all 5000 people walked through the gardens in a long line of glowing colour, it was a sight to see and we will be returning next year to take part in this event and also to keep dad's candle burning, he would be smiling indeed..
"The Wayne Fowler Crew" raised over $22,000 for the walk and it was a great effort from family, friends, & business contacts.
About a month after dad passed away I get an email from a good friend of ours who lives in Ohio USA as they had just had their annual cancer appeal walk for the district and their family had walked in memory of dad.
They had organised a lantern with dads name on it (have a look closely at the photo), we were all very touched by this and once again we thank them so much for their effort and also their support towards our family at the time
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