Living for Zachary Gala

About a month ago, we had the great pleasure of attending the Heartbeats Gala, an annual black tie fundraiser benefiting the Living for Zachary organization. Their mission is to raise awareness of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and promote preventative and corrective measures. Zachary Schrah was a 16 year old that died of SCA in 2009 after football practice at Plano East Senior High. The organization was established to raise awareness of undiagnosed heart issues in teens. Our friends Mark and Christine had two tables to fill at the fundraiser (Mark's mother and step-father are on the board of the organization), and we eagerly accepted. There were some amazing big ticket items to bid on, and it was fun to see the action of the live auction. I think we were seated in the back for a reason - they knew our paddles wouldn't be going up during the live part! We did bid on a framed Cowboys picture during the silent auction that we won. It looks really cool in Mason's room. Having a nephew that's very active in football and being children that grew up playing sports, this organization really pulled at our heartstrings and we were happy to be able to make a donation for this great cause.

Feels good to get fancy :)

Pete was out of town so Dorrie was our date!

Alice and Dorrie

You know we had to do a prom-pose! Aren't they cute? :)

Shelly, Alice and Dorrie

Donn Nelson, the GM of the Dallas Mavericks!

Sean holding the Larry O'Brien. Go Mavs!

Scanned in picture from the event

The ladies of our table. Alice, Dorrie, Christine, Lindsay and Shelly

The triplets! Those were the days...