Wendell and Angel Did a Good Thing Yesterday...

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I am not sure if I ever told you guys about my little friend Wesley who is battling leukemia. He was diagnosed at age 14.

Last year, he was in the hospital for his bone marrow transplant and did not get to celebrate his April 8th birthday. His younger sister, who has a birthday 3 days later, also did not have a birthday due to her brother being in the hospital. This year he has been in and out of the childrens hospital ICU due to complications from his transplant. He almost died 3-4 times. The family has almost no funds for the extra expenses that come up with hospital stays, etc...

Last year, we surprised the kids and drove out to visit them and took them to dinner and dessert in "Yoshi", Wendells Mustang. They've been asking ever since to go for another ride. But, with kiddo too sick, he cannot even get into the car. ???¦?ÿ

So... I asked a few of my friends if they wanted to help us throw something together for these kids for their birthday this year. Then, Wendell asked his Mustang Club if they'd be interested in doing a "Birthday Cruise-By". Well, guess what...They sure were! The founder of the Mustang Club helped organize a drive by cruise for these kids! We rounded up about 20+ Mustangs, 1 Corvette, 1 Jeep, and 1 USPS Truck who happened to merge into the pack and we did a sneak attack! The kids had NO IDEA we we're coming!! Both of their jaws hit the floor when we pulled up in Yoshi!! ?????ÿ

Their mom knew, of course, because I coordinated with her 4 weeks ago to get it all figured out. Anyhow...We wound up driving from Salem, Oregon, to Lincoln City, Oregon. We had a lot of lookie loos along the route! Here's some photos! And...here is the message I posted to Wendells Mustang Club. -Angel

#1. My Cat helping me wrap gifts the night before.

#2. Yoshi and his buddies, congregating at Walmart before the Cruise.
Wendell was checking out Yoshis older brother.

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#3. Some Daffodils along the way...Gotta take time to smell the flowers!?ÿ

#4. Yoshi and The Mustang Clubs Founders Mustang. Yoshi took the lead once we got to Lincoln City because the kids knew Yoshi from beforehand. ?§?

#5. Kids about to get surprised! They had no idea what was going on. Wes is not feeling too good.

#6. Surprise!!! Kids were speechless! For a minute. ?§?

#7. Watching the parade of Mustangs, 1 Corvette, and 1 USPS Truck!

#8. The "Thank You" photo from us, the kiddos, and mom. ?§?
(I was holding their kitty cat.)

#9. After the cruise, a few of us went to "The Mist" restaurant for lunch. This was our view.

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Hey You Mustang Lovers...

I am Wendell's wife, Angel. The girl who cannot drive a stick shift and thought "Shelby" was the name of the girlfriend of the Shelby driver.

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Mom and grandma and the kids want you guys to all know they thank you all 100 million times and then some!!

I went by and had a little visit with them to check on them and they could not believe that you all would do this for them. They were talking all about the little presents and everything tucked in the envelopes and everything else. I don't know what everybody got them but these kids were just ecstatic!!!

They still are not used to such kindness after what they've been through in this world.

Grandma was in tears when she got home!!! She told us she was watching the video from Facebook and crying happy tears at work. So she came home early.

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Between my Buy Nothing Group and this Mustangs group donations, we raised I believe about $1000 for this family.

Now, this family will have the means to get gas to get back and forth to Doernbechers, and a meal during the trip.

From the bottom and the tops of both of our hearts, we also thank you. The best words of the day were from the kids saying "This is the best birthday ever!! You guys brought all these Mustangs? You didn't have to do this for us!!!"

I told them yes we did.