I have been involved with the March Of Dimes for 30+ years. I was their poster child in the late 80's for 3 years running. I was also the ambassador in 1997 at the age of 14.
But I have been participating in the March For Babies since 1987 when I was just 4 years old. Mom says it was a 10 mile route that year. She also said that I physically walked the ENTIRE ROUTE on my own 2 feet. That happened just 2 weeks after getting out of a body cast.
In 2012 Team Ruebear was 14 people strong. These 11 women and 2 children were amazing in the ways they supported me. I COULD NOT have done the March For Babies without them.
2013 was my 3rd consecutive year doing the March Of Dimes March For Babies and it was the 1st year in a very long time that I physically walked the entire route. I could not have done it without my amazing team behind me 100%.
I feel SO VERY BLESSED by all the support I have gotten from friends, family and even perfect strangers throughout the years. I hope that I am able to participate in the March Of Dimes March For Babies every year now and that every year my team is bigger and better than the year before.
Thanks Team RueBear for being SO AMAZING. Especially DJ, Raelee, Edi, Junior, Emily and Mikey. I am SO VERY PROUD of you kids. I love you ALL DEARLY!!
Thanks Team RueBear for being SO AMAZING. Especially DJ, Raelee, Edi, Junior, Emily and Mikey. I am SO VERY PROUD of you kids. I love you ALL DEARLY!!
2014 was my 4th consecutive March For Babies but, at the same time it was my 27th year being involved in the March For Babies. Team RueBear was at least 30 people strong this year. Thanks to my AMAZING TEAM for sticking by my side all these years. Because of my team's encouragement and support I was able to cut my time NEARLY IN HALF. I went from doing it in 3 hours 15 minutes in 2013 to do it in 1 hour 53 minutes in 2014. Also thanks to the love and support of family, friends and my community I was able to raise nearly $1,800 for the March For Babies.
None of this would be possible without family, friends, my community or Team RueBear. I feel truly blessed to have SO MUCH SUPPORT year after year after year.
None of this would be possible without family, friends, my community or Team RueBear. I feel truly blessed to have SO MUCH SUPPORT year after year after year.