~Blog-worthy News~

Today Kaitlyn passed her written driver's license test (on the very first try!).
Yeah Kaitlyn! Just 2 short weeks from today and she turns 16.


Relay Wrap-Up News
Tonight at the 2008 Relay For Life of Tacoma Wrap-Up event, Team Merrill Lynch received 6 awards:

Overall Top Individual Fundraiser - Joan Lougheed
Top Online Individual Fundraiser - Joan Lougheed
2nd Place - Individual Youth Fundraiser - Kaitlyn Lewis
2nd Place - Corporate Team
2nd Place - Online Fundraising Team
2nd Place - Per Capita Fundraising Team

I am very proud to be part of a team that cares so much about the community, our employees, and takes up the fight against cancer.
I am even more proud of my daughter, Kaitlyn, who has "relayed" for the last 5 years. In each of 4 of those last 5 years, she has personally raised over $1000 in the fight against cancer, and in the last 2 years, she has been recognized as the 2nd place youth fundraiser for the entire Tacoma event. This year she raised $1680.
She relays, in her own words, because:
"No one deserves to suffer through cancer. Those of us that don’t have cancer need to help those that do. Cancer has become such a common occurrence, and we don’t know what the future holds for us and the people we love."