After the hunt, several of us attended the “Race for Room” fundraiser for eight year old Jacob Moser, who is a quadriplegic because of a neurological disorder he suffered as an infant.
Mary Jo Nemec, an LPN an RN and SDSU nursing student (and Nic’s wife) is one of Jacob’s caregivers.
The Highmore Women’s Civic Club and the community held a soup and sandwich fundraiser to help Jacob’s family build a handicap accessible bedroom and make their bathroom more acccessbile.
Highmore and Hyde County residents filled the city auditorium for the feed and auctions. And Senator Tim Johnson, Barbara Johnson, and their grandson Pen Johnson also came to lend their support to Jacob and his family.
I believe Kevin Woster will have a more extensive report on Mt. Blogmore. Here are some photos I took of the heartwarming event.
Poster for the event.
Sen. Johnson in his wheel chair with his family meets Jacob Moser in his wheel chair and his family.
The Johnson and Moser/Luke families pose for a photo for the local weekly newspaper.
Area residents came out in force to support Jacob.