Team Bailey: Team Bailey Day at Prairie State Bank on Pershing

Meet Bailey

Bailey is a 10 year old girl, who was born with Osteopetrosis, which means brittle bones. She has broken over 37 bones and had quite a few major surgeries. In the fall of 2009, her doctors suggested that a bone marrow transplant would hopefully help cure her of this disease. In May of 2010, she began her journey of courage at Riley's Children's Hospital in Indiana.

In February of 2011, she returned home to begin her time of recovery. Now, it is 2012, and she is in 5th grade and doing great! She hasn't even broken a bone at all! What a blessing and miracle! God is amazing!!!

How did Team Bailey get started? It all began with a friendship between my daughter, Gabbie and Bailey. These two little girls just love being together. They love to laugh, giggle and dance to music-especially Justin Beiber! Through their friendship I learned about Bailey's bone marrow transplant and how she could not return home after the procedure. During a 'good luck' send off party for Bailey, Connie Doty and I began talking about Bailey's family's situation and thought, 'let's build a house for them.' We knew that our community was a wonderful one, so we started contacting businesses to be a part of this heart-moving project and we had an overwhelming response, and knew it was going to happen! After getting many businesses on board, we shared our idea with the public, and the love of Team Bailey began!!

We couldn't do this without our donors.....

John Milligan, J.P. Construction, annonymous donor for roofing and house plans, Romano & Co., Re-Bath, Metro-Decatur Home Builders Assoc.,T-N-T Railroad Contractors, Sims Lumber, Decatur Wal-Mart #1690, Peerless Cleaning and Restorations services, Dr. Bret Jerger and family, Pastabilities, Sullivan Fire Department, Prairie State Bank and Trust, Busey Bank in Mt. Zion Plaza, S.A. Lewis Construction Inc., S & S Auto, The Majestic Hall, Hundman Lumber, Mt. Zion School District #3, Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, Romer Brothers, Trump Direct, Keeping it Green Inc., Curt Swigert Landscaping, Macon County Probation and Court Services, Paul Snyder, Shelley Greenwood painting, Boiling Springs Church of God, Phil Tapscott and sons, Blackland Transport Inc., Decatur Blueprint, Subway store on Mt. Zion Blacktop, Moultrie County American Cancer Society, J J Friis Trucking, Moweaqua Packaging, St. Isadore Church, Atlas Lock Inc., Dynagraphics, Mechling Backhoe Inc., Paragon Graphics, VWR International, LLC, Mt. Zion Steak-n-Shake, Mor-Kel Construction and Fencing, Weldon Springs II Chapter of Thrivent Financial, Pinkston's, Okaw Truss, Pro Build, Wausau, MidState Overhead Door, The International Brotherhood of 08-41 Painter's and Allied Trades #288, Kenney's Ace Hardware, Solid Rock Chapel Church in Sullivan, Phoenix Insulation, RV Evans, Goldie's Front Porch, Thompson Brothers, Seben's Concrete Products, Roger's Supply Company, Macon Resources, Quality Excavating, Unique Boutique Salon and Spa, Forsyth Baptist, Oddfellows, Herald and Review, WAND tv, Mt. Zion Region News, Physician's Choice Wellness, Poland Glass, Space Center Mini Warehouse, Parksite Distribution, RP Lumber, Gerdau Ameristeel, Papa Murphy's, Giberson Electric, Mark Stewart, UA/MCAA local plumbers #65 & local contractors Burdick Plumbing and Heating, King Lar, and Nogle & Black, Connor Company, Galka Cabinets, Graber Building Supply, Veolia Environmental Services, Closs Electric Company and Inc., Rogers Supply, Jay Cripe trailer removal, Apex Builders, Gateway Construction, Illinois Portable Toilets, Midwest Concrete, Cox Surveying, Affordable Home Improvement Inc. and The Gutter Guys Inc., Air King, Miller Building Components, Locust Grove Church, Schmidt Construction, Sherwin Williams #3195 in Decatur, Sherwin Williams in Effingham, Longcreek Vineyards, Brush Enterprises, Bill Richardson and the Dora Township, Sheryl Polley, Dreamer's Diner, Ozier Tree Service, Vulcan Material Co., Dunker Electric, Custom Siding & Construction, Huff Lumber, Flooring America, Floor Source Direct, Norandex Building Materials Distribution, P G T Industires, T D Crane, Natural Edge, Mike Mize, Randy Kircher, Duane Chandler, Joel Fletcher, Cromwell Radio Group, Print-n-Copy, LL Limousine, monetary donations from many many wonderful individuals, and many anonymous donors!! More to come.....

Other places to find our story

Other places to follow our story are found in the Decatur Herald and Review newspaper. Thanks so much to Arlene Mannlein for her lovely words and Kelly Huff for great pictures!
http://herald-review.com/special-section/local/teambailey/ (this has some really neat pictures from Kelly Huff in it)

http://www.herald-review.com/news/local/article_00bd2d25-a60b-5660-9f3b-856ad8a6d17f.html?mode=story

http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=131EB1756D4DD6E0&p_docnum=1
Thanks also to Scot England for continuing to cover our story in his wonderful way! You can check out some of the coverage at....

http://www.wandtv.com/Global/category.asp?C=101912&nav=menu589_7_6 when you reach this section, look for 'D is for Dalton City' and click on the different ones.

http://www.wandtv.com/global/Category.asp?c=182814&clipId=5088015&topVideoCatNo=99891&autoStart=true
http://www.wandtv.com/global/Category.asp?c=182814&clipId=5087810&topVideoCatNo=99891&autoStart=true