聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Carlyle's Dyer family recently raised $600 for four-year-old Raina Mier's entry in this year's GO21 Regina Fun Run in support of the Saskatchewan Down Syndrome Society (SDSS), which takes place Saturday, June 3 in the city's Rick Hansen Park.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 聽Keith and Sandra Dyer, their son Carman Dyer and the newest member of the Dyer family - Carman's wife, Stephanie Taylor - donated one dollar from each drink sold - plus tips -聽 at Carman and Stephanie's May 20 wedding at the Dyer acerage near Carlyle.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淢y friend Kellie Anderson is Raina's mom and before the wedding, I approached her before the wedding about what she would charge for bartending. She said 'Just give a donation to the Down Syndrome Society,'鈥� says Sandra. 鈥淚n the end, Kellie got sick and wasn't able to work the wedding, but Raina's dad, Roger (Miers), Desirae Galbraith and Jerri Lenius were our bartenders.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲hen I took the money to Kellie, she started to cry,鈥� adds Sandra. 鈥淏ut we were so happy to contribute to Raina's run and so were our guests. The MC announced what we were doing and everybody was really generous.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淐armen and Stephanie both thought it was fantastic.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Anderson says: 鈥淭hank you so much to the Dyer family. I literally cried at all the support from the wedding. It means so much that they supported the Saskatchewan Down Syndrome Society by pledging Raina in her GO21 Fun Run.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Dyers aren't through with supporting the SDSS on their special days, however.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Sandra says: 鈥淛une 3 is my birthday and it's also the day of Raina's run. I'm going to spend my birthday in Regina participating as part of Raina's Crew team.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚t's a great cause and I hope this encourages more people to donate.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Donations over $10 for Raina's Crew (which benefits the Saskatchewan Down Syndrome Society) are tax-deductible. To contribute or to learn more, contact Kellie Jones at (306)-575-9778.
