OUR STORY
Hi there - we're the McDaniel Family. Thank you so much for your interest in Maddie's Memory. This special, first-annual event is dedicated to our daughter, our second-born child who we unexpectedly lost in 2019 at just 5 weeks old. Losing and missing Maddie has been the most devastating and challenging experience of our lives. We are forever grateful for our family, friends and community for being there on our darkest days and picking us back up - so we've made it a mission to give back & to honor Maddie's Memory.
In 2019, we started Maddie's Bows, a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to selling bows in honor of girls who have suffered in any way, and sharing the proceeds with their family for medical expenses, etc. or a charity of their choice. Maddie's Bows has grown in ways we couldn't have ever imagined, and it's vision is shifting and changing to support more children and challenges us to think bigger.
In early 2021, we approached the Town of Erie with a request to name a playground after Maddie. To our surprise, they said - "yes!" After exchanging many emails and phone calls, we worked out a vision which will become Maddie's Playground in Summer 2022. This event will directly benefit special equipment and aspects of the playground.
Maddie's Playground will feature nature-themed playground equipment, butterfly structures, a splash pad - and closest to our hearts: a memorial walk. The memorial walk will include stones for children who have passed away & it is our goal to fund as many stones as we can as part of the proceeds for this event. The memorial stones will be an annual program, so that the children who have left this world too soon can live on, in the laughter of children playing at Maddie's Playground.
THANK YOU TO OUR 2022 DONORs, volunteers & SUPPORTING BUSINESSES!
ABCO Contracting, Inc.
Aesthetic Solutions
Ageless Health & Athletics
Analise Lawson Photography
Ash Marie Photographer
Athletic Adventures Activity Center
Barry Luginbill
Blanchard Family Wine
Breyare Family
Catherine Rose Photography
Colorado Country Landscape & Design
Colorado National Golf Club
Davis Family
Denver Broncos
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Fitness 1440
Fitness Underground Erie
Daisy Designs
DeLuise Family
Denver Microbrew Tour
Genna Waller
Greenleaf Family
Grit & Grace Studio
Jalan Spa
Jeannie Hulse State Farm
Ka-Pop
La Patricerie
Liquid Mechanics
Love & Honey Boards
Pasta Jay's
Macey Pickett Photography
MacDonald Family
Mack Family
Newhouse Clean
Odd 13 Brewery
Otter Products
Pappavaselio Family
Pine Ridge Dental Group
Piripi
Right Start Preschool
Sardonini Family
Say Yes Business Solutions
Shelley / Scott McDaniel & Family
Sherman & Howard
Stieritz Family
Stephanie Jorgensen
Sugarbeet
The Summit - Thornton
Top Golf
The Subry Group
Uhl's Brewing
Wiggins Family
Windfall Brewing
WOW! Museum