 Well for many Memorial Day weekend means spending time with family and friends but for one local family this weekend is a time to bring the entire community together for one special family member. Grace Lee was born on Memorial Day weekend in 2011 and passed away on Memorial Day weekend one year later. Now her family celebrates her each year with a special Race for Grace family fun 5k event. For the past seven years hundreds of community members have attended the the Memorial weekend race and raised more than $30,000 for a number of charities. So the first year was Ronald McDonald's house we stayed there when Grace was having heart surgery and then we chose Faith's Lodge in Wisconsin a place for families who have lost children to go and kind of get support they need and just reflect on their children and then now ever since then we have partnered up with the brighter days foundation and it's a great fit for us because the money stays local we're helping children and families in this area that are sick. The most special thing about it is as Alyssa said to bringing community together to celebrate Grace and you know the catastrophic grief that families go through when they lose somebody to be able to turn it to joy and celebration as as she said this is the weekend that Grace passed away the weekend she was born it's the weekend we celebrate so seven years of bringing people together to celebrate all the good that can happen from such a tragic event. The seventh annual Race for Grace will be held on Sunday at Fourth View Middle School in Baxter. Registration is open at 8 30 the morning of the race or information for early registration can be found on our website lptv.org. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.