March 28, 2024

Mommies of Angels to host annual fundraiser

Local organization Mommies of Angels is hosting its fifth-annual fundraiser event Saturday at McKinley Park.

The group, which focuses on helping families who have lost children, is having the event from noon to 3 p.m. near the bear statue in McKinley Park.

“While it will be more of just a lunch this year, we will still do our Mommies unity lap,” said Amy Lohoff, organizer. “That is the point of our entire event: strength in numbers. No one should go through the lost of a child alone.”

Lohoff said 90 event T-shirts have been sold already, and she expects more to be purchased at the event.

Lunch will be chili and Subway sandwiches. Children can play in a bouncy house, or take a ride with a horse and buggy. There will also be a balloon release in memory of the children families have lost.

“Since we’ve already been in those shoes, we use our experiences to help others, which in turn ends up helping us with our own grieving process,” Lohoff said.

There will also be a raffle for a family season pass to the Creston swimming pool donated by Creston Parks and Recreation members, a mini photo session donated by Taycey Post Photography and a family movie basket made of $120 of Strand Theatre coupons. Raffle tickets are $5 each, or six for $20. The drawing will be at 3 p.m., and winners do not need to be present to win.

According to Lohoff, because children born after a loss are considered “rainbow children,” all money raised during the fundraiser will be donated to Rainbow Park.