Extreme Home Makeover Tucson at the Fox Theatre
March 23, 2009
Post Tags: blood donations , cvs pharmacies , extreme makeover home edition , Lizzie Bell
Extreme Makeover Home Edition at the Fox Theater
Kathy Bell addressing the crowd after the show aired
Last night Congress street in front of the Fox Theater was closed for the viewing of the Extreme Makeover Tucson show aired nationally on ABC. Kgun 9 was there to cover the event and what a wonderful event. Lizzie looked fantastic and all the volunteers greatly enjoyed the interaction with the Bell Family.
CVS Pharmacies presented both Lizzie and Alicia with large stuffed bears. They contributed $100,000 to Lizzie’s future medical bills which are in the thousands of dollars every years.
The event began at 6 PM with John Wesley Miller introducing on stage all the builders, contractors, and volunteers on the board of directors for the event. Many, many people were introduced and thanked for their many hours work and money contributed to the project.
The Impact Of Lizzie Bell
Lizzie Bell is a tireless spokes person for the Red Cross. Here efforts toward rallying people to be blood donors and contributors of stuffed toys to Lizzie’s Loot have been an ongoing effort. What Extreme Makeover Home Edition has done to promote Lizzie’s causes by choosing her as one of this year’s “Heros” is nothing short of amazing.
Last night it was announce that even before the show had aired 11,ooo units of blood have been donated in Lizzie’s name. The Red Cross says this amount will save 33,0o0 lives.
As the program was about to air here last evening I received an email from this site from a lady in Texas who was watching the program already airing in their time zone. Here is what she had to say:
Janette from Houston,Tx. Was wondering if there is a blood drive in Houston in honor for Lizzy. I am watching extreme makeover as i write to you. Bless her heart and every little angel that is ill due to this sickness.
It so happened I was standing near the Red Cross display table when I received this message on my blackberry and showed it to the Red Cross volunteers. They said people can donate blood at anytime anywhere in the country in Lizzie Bell’s name. Just then Michael Bell walked up and we showed the message to him as well. He expressed how amazed and emotionally touched his family has been with the outpouring of support and blood donations in Lizzie’s name. I conveyed the answer to Janette with a snap shot of John Wesley Miller addressing the crowd.
There will be more blood drives coming up soon and I’ll be posting the schedule for those yet this week. The first one is this week:
March 26: Michelle Grenier Blood Drive on the UA Campus, Sant Rita Room
You can find out more about how to contribute to Lizzie’s Loot and the ongoing need for blood donations at the John P. Bell Family Foundation
There is so much more I could write, but will keep to the topic of the celebration of life, because that is what it was about last night and throughout the event. Without blood transfusions each month Lizzie can’t live. Lizzie Bell is a true hero to the many thousands of people receiving blood in her name. Lizzie represents Tucson as a positive teen roll model and a true Hero. Thank to Extreme Makeover Home Edition the entire world now knows of our local hero with a heart big enough for the entire country.
.jpg "Kgun 9 Setup Outside the Fox Theater")
.jpg "Crowd gathers as the Limos arrive at the Fox")
.jpg "Extreme Makeover Volunteers Gathering")
.jpg "Lizzie & Guy Atchley as her family arrives at the Theater")
.jpg "Michael and Kathy Bell")
.jpg "Lizzie Bell talking to the crowd")
.jpg "John Wesley Miller with Builders and Board of Directors")
.jpg "Extreme Makeover Tucson at the Fox")
