From the Ritchie Family...THANK YOU!

[Dorienne]

What wonderful news to hear! Thank you so much Dave for that great report. I was hoping to hear something soon.

To the Ritchie Family: You're in my prayers. You're doing so well, and your spirits seem to always be up. Keep it going, and stick together. That's the only way to get through this. Taylor, I'm so thrilled to hear you're doing well. Stay strong you guys!

[BandChick]

I'm so glad things are working out! I knew they would, but just see the rest through. I <3 the Ritchie Family and I know my life has had a serious impact from them. You will continue to be in my thoughts.

[techtiger1]

This news is great to here that things are improving I am so happy for you Ritchie Family God bless. I also enjoyed meeting some of the students and mentors on 234 at UCF. Thank you for being so involved with FIRST all your hard work is greatly appreciated. Good luck with everything in the future.

God bless,
Drew Dis bury
The Tech Tigers Team# 1251

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Thanks for the update Dave.
Please pass on our good wishes for more better days ahead.
Al

[suneel112]

I am so glad that you all are healing and feeling better. The great thing about FIRST was that I saw so many teams stepping up and taking the initiative to help: from giving team get well cards to having team fundraisers to help. While this was definitely a horrible series of events for you, it truly showed the gracious professionalism of FIRST. Even "gracious professionalism" is too weak a word for this effort. It was pure compassion. This compassion separates true heroes from the rest of society, and those who organized the multiple fundraisers, cards, and gifts were true heroes.

So to sum it up, I am still praying that the Ritchie family gets well, and I would also like to thank FIRST for making true heroes and role models of society.

[Libby Ritchie]

You are right. The FIRST family is incredible. We have been so overwhelmed by the kindness of so many people and teams! Words cannot express our gratitude to all that have been there for us and have done so many nice things for our family. We can never repay you all for what you have done. In addition to other teams, we have been impressed with the kindness of both Dean and Woody. They both have called us on seperate occasions to see if we were ok and to just let us know that they have been thinking of us. They practice what they preach in that they aren't just the "face" of FIRST, they care about those in the FIRST family and go beyond the building of robots. FIRST is definitely more than that. The robots are a vehicle that have brought so many good people together as friends.

As an update, we are moving into our rental house this weekend and we have Taylor home! Things are looking up!

I hope to see many of you at the IRI in July!!

Thanks again!

[Freddy Schurr]

It's SO GOOD, TO HEAR GOOD NEWS

[Kyle Love]

Ritchie Family,

If you guys need any help moving around your stuff or an extra truck to move it around in, don't be afraid to ask me, I'm always up for a road trip! I know of a few 45ers that would be willing to help out in any way you guys need also. (including myself) Take care!
-Kyle