Tega Cay Golf Tournament And Las Vegas Night Fundraiser for Connor
Take Part In the Connor McKemey Charity Golf Tournament Saturday February 21st And Sunday February 22nd
Neighbors Helping Neighbors and the City of Tega Cay are working together to raise money to help Connor McKemey’s family.
Saturday and Sunday you can sign up to play Golf at the Tega Cay golf course in Tega Cay, South Carolina and Saturday night at 7pm you can attend a Las Vegas Night Party theme at the Tega Cay Community Center.
For more details go to the http://www.pars4connor.org website for entry fees and more information
Raising Hope Gathering In Tega Cay SC
Raising Hope
We invite you to join us for a nondenominational gathering for our community. The focus of our evening is to come together and with the help of some of our local pastors, understand the recent struggles our area has faced
We would like to reach out to the area youth who might want to share their thoughts and/or may have some outstanding questions related to “why?”. Read more
What’s McKemey Strong mean to me?
What does “McKemey Strong” mean to you? Here’s what it means to me:
I sit by and watch the McKemey family and close friends. They are so visible. They are so inspiring. They are family to us. They are us. They are McKemey Strong!!!
Every morning, I go to the YMCA, faithfully working hard to maintain physical fitness so I can live a long healthy life for my two small boys. I used to see Karin there most every day. I admire her faithfulness and dedication. I never realized, watching her perusing her goals, like me, that she and her family would be the focal point of my family’s prayer time. I am inspired by her strength. We wish I were McKemey Strong!!!
I have watched as my sons have fallen off of their scooters, bikes, Healies, diving boards, water skis, dirt bikes, 4-wheelers, chairs, tables, countertops, and anything else they can manage to ride and crash. All of which is expected with two very active boys. As much as those bumps and bruises hurt our boys, you all know how the blood, bruises and black eyes and tears hurt Mom and Dad even more. We’re learning to be McKemey Strong!!!
Along comes Connor McKemey…McKemey Strong as a Bear!!!
Who would ever think we’d have to help our little pumpkin fight for his life. This doesn’t happen to us. That’s the kind of thing that happens to someone else, somewhere else. And yet, as a community, we watch this family, the McKemey’s. They have been given a challenge the likes of which NONE of us could understand. Everyday, they find a way to move forward. They have altered their lifestyle, their schedules, and their living arraignments, everything they have come to know as a family. THIS is McKemey Strong!!!
I read the Caring Bridge pages, I watch the news, I look for a chance-sighting of one of the Mckemey family members, I talk to friends, I go to the blood drive, I pray with my wife and little boys, I donate anyway I can. I realize how fragile our lives and families are and realize that no matter what, this is what really matters…Family…Friends…Faith…McKemey Strong!!!
This family and our own Connor have endured so much. They are worthy of our support and love. I am honored to have been touched and inspired by this family. Dearest Connor, Karin, George, Tripp and Quinn, though I have never met any of you or your family, I am so inspired and encouraged by you and you are so close to all of us every minute of every day. I suppose it must be hard to understand that we love you so. You must know by now that if you as much as raise your hand, we will be there for you with whatever you need. We wish we were McKemey Strong!!!
Thank you, McKemey Family, for the inspiration, lessons, love, faith and strength you have brought to our families. God is using you all in a way you could never understand or we could explain.
I wish we all could be McKemey Strong as a Bear!!!
With much love,
Your friends and neighbors, The Shirley Family; Scott, Michelle, Noah and Blake
Next Connor McKemey Blood Drive Jan 31, 2009
The blood drive on Saturday Jan 24th at the Tega Cay Fire Dept was a huge success. The next scheduled blood drive will be at the McKemey Lacrosse Jamboree Saturday Jan 31st.
You can sign up for the blood mobile blood drive at FMHS on January 31st. If this does not work for you, you can go to the Community Blood Center locations listed below through the month of January. Let them know that you are there to give for Connor.
Their addresses and hours are: Read more
Fort Mill Showing Support For Connor McKemey
Support for the McKemey family and Connor continues to grow in the Tega Cay and Fort Mill community. And in some cases beyond our fair township borders. Many local citizens talk about Connor daily. For some the daily news or updates on his condition is a daily priority.
Let me back up a bit and if you haven’t heard of the tragic McKemey storey here is a brief recap. Just before Christmas, Connor McKemey, 13, suffered second and third degree burns over 85 percent of his body and is currently in critical condition at the Joseph M. Still burn Center in Augusta, Georgia. Connor has undergone several surgeries and faces many more. Connor’s mother Karin suffered serious burns while trying to help Connor after an explosion in their outdoor fireplace.
The interesting thing about this story is the overwhelming support from friends and the community. In fact support has surfaced beyond the borders of Fort Mill.
Read More at http://homesfortmill.com/fort-mill-news/fort-mill-continues-to-show-support-for-burn-victim-connor-mckemey/
McKemey Lacrosse Jamboree Jan 31 2009 Fort Mill
Jamboree Details
The Inaugural McKemey Lacrosse Jamboree
When: Saturday January 31, 2009
Time: Games will run from 9:00am – 9:00pm. All players must check-in between 8:00-8:30am.
Where: Fort Mill High School Map
Purpose: To raise funds for the McKemey Family, to bring together the lacrosse community and for Fire and Burn Education/Awareness. Read more
Connor Wristbands Coming Soon
“McKemey Strong” wristbands are on order and we anticipate the wristbands will arrive the 2nd week in February 2009.
Stay tuned on where you can purchase a “McKemey Strong” wristband to help raise money for the McKemey Family.
Click here to go the the wristband website page http://mckemeystrong.com/wristbands
-
For more information about Connor McKemey visit his Caringbridge website Links
