In the spirit of this year’s holiday mission, the Malia kids have made a donation of $550 to the Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association (NISRA) in Mom & Dad’s name. NISRA is a charity that offers a wide range of services to enrich the lives of people with disabilities in Northern Illinois through participation in recreational activities.
As you guys know, Mom and Dad have been involved with this charity for quite some time now after being introduced to this organization through Dad’s motorcycle group, the Top Cats. This summer Dad actually headed up the planning of the TopCats annual charity bike ride benefiting NISRA, which even through less than optimal weather conditions, was a great success! So we wanted to show further support on their behalf for a great organization.
With seven beyond active kids, 3 grandkids, and 2 more on the way, Mom & Dad have always felt blessed that we’re all healthy and active. They’ve also seen first hand how participating in sports has played a pretty major role in each of our lives growing up, whether it was running, skiing, hiking, biking or playing lacrosse and hockey. It’s been exposure to these sports that has helped each of us flourish and have become a major part of our lives to this day: running marathons, participating in triathlons, going on back country ski trips, and passing on the opportunity to others through coaching lacrosse, hockey or baseball. We know that we’ve been lucky to have been given the opportunity to play!
NISRA’s programs are designed with a close staff-to-participant ratio to assist people with disabilities in achieving success by showing them how to meet challenges head on, foster independence and of course have fun!
Merry Christmas Mom & Dad!
Love-
Your Ever Expanding Clan
http://www.nisra.org/index.html
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