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CHARITY EVENT
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MAR / APR 2019
Deborah Thorne
to spend time with and a loving family. But most importantly family. That’s why Healing Pathways is such an important organization to support.
the track. All monies are collected and then donated to Healing Pathways, most of which goes to their Christmas party. Every child in their system gets a Christ- mas gift.
At the Healing Pathways Christmas party, we gave out Hot Wheels cars, (Porsches of course) Thanks to Nicho- las Guerrero and the Quintana’s for hunt- ing down the cars. While most of us were busy with the kids, Mike Rehak snuck off to get a picture with the Kansas City Chiefs Cheerleaders and McKenna Thorne spent quality time with Olaf from the movie Frozen. The kids and club mem- bers all had a good
time.
The event wrapped up with Santa’s ar- rival just in time to pass out presents to all the kids.
Blessed. We are blessed. And it feels good to be there for a young-one that is in need of a some extra Christmas cheer.
~ Deborah
Christmas Wrap-Ups
HEEALING PATHWAYS
ach year I feel more blessed. Life At both events, we have charity parade has smiled on me. I’m lucky to laps at noon and collect $20 per car. have some of the comforts that This allows those interested to drive the
a good job provides, wonderful friends track under supervision and get a feel for
Healing Pathways is a victim service agency that is dedicated to supporting children who have lost one or both par- ents due to domestic
violence. Let that sink in for a second. These are kids who have lost everything. Healing Pathways provides a number of services for these kids, like mak- ing sure they get a birthday cake on their birthday and Christ- mas presents when the holidays roll around.
For the last three
years, KCRPCA has
chosen Healing Path-
ways as our charity, and boy, is it worth it. To see the smiling kids’ faces at the Christmas party is amazing, but I’m get- ting ahead of myself.
The KCRPCA has two racing events each year, where we rent out Heartland Park Racetrack in Topeka, KS. The first one is April 27 + 28; it is a PCA Club Race and Advanced DE. The second in the fall is a full DE (Drivers Education).