Thursday, May 2, 2024
Lakestone Terrace Senior Living donated $301 to Parkinson’s Moving Day from proceeds raised during the annual car & craft show on May 19. Tom Domingos, far left, and Bob Stevens, far right, were the winners of the event’s Best of Show award with their cars: a 1931 Model A Ford and a 1933 Buick. Also pictured is Mattie Mathis, second from left, Lakestone Lifestyle Director Molly James, middle, and Annette Bush, second from right.
The Lakestone Terrace Senior Living Annual Car & Craft Show was a success, with the May 19 event raising more than $300 for the Parkinson’s Moving Day event.
PARKINSON’S MOVING DAY
According to movingdaywalk.org, Parkinson’s Moving Day is an inspiring and empowering annual fundraising walk event that unites people around the country living with Parkinson’s disease (PD), their care partners, and loved ones to help beat PD.
Leading up to the event, participants and teams raise funds to help the Parkinson’s Foundation provide everything people with Parkinson’s need to live better, according to the website. The funds are used to help the foundation provide everything from lifesaving resources, to delivering quality care to more than 196,700 people living with Parkinson’s, to improving Parkinson’s treatments through research.
Proceeds from Lakestone’s car show event totaling $301 were donated to the Parkinson’s Moving Day event, which is set for 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21, at the University of Texas at Arlington’s Maverick Stadium.
Annette Bush — who holds the Hood County Parkinson’s group meeting every month at Lakestone with Mattie Mathis — explained that during the Parkinson’s Moving Day event, attendees will walk around the field for one mile, with booths set up periodically to help educate participants about Parkinson’s.
“(Individuals with) Parkinson's need to get out and have group interaction,” she said. "It's a movement disorder type of disease that there is no cure for and being able to put money towards research (is amazing), and it makes us feel very comfortable that other people want to come and help us.”
“Lakestone is a proud supporter of the cause,” said Lakestone Lifestyle Director Molly James. “It’s volunteers like these (Bush and Mathis) who make us proud to be a part of Hood County.”
CAR SHOW
The Lakestone car show kicked off on May 19, with door prizes, hamburger baskets, and entertainment from Hood County fiddle player Ridge Roberts.
Featuring a variety of 17 vendors and 29 cars, the event also fueled excitement from Lakestone car enthusiasts.
In fact, residents were so impressed with the classic cars that they couldn’t pick a winner for the “Best of Show” award.
“The residents took a vote and it was a straight-up tie,” James said.
Instead of one winner, both Bob Stevens, owner of a 1933 Buick, and Tom Domingos, owner of a 1931 Model A Ford, took home the prestigious title together.
James added that she wanted to thank her staff for putting their best foot forward during the event.
“It was (an) all-hands-on-deck (effort) for the day (from) the Lakestone staff,” she said. “That’s a big Texas-sized ‘Thanks.’”
