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30 Strong says ‘thanks’
Jessica Erickson and her parents Brad and Jenni would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has helped them in so many, many ways since Jessie’s horrific accident on Nov. 6, 2014.
It would be impossible to thank everyone individually for all of the love, prayers, gifts of meals and all of the time and donations that went into the successful benefit that was given on her behalf.
Special thank you to all of our family and friends, the police department, paramedics, our employers, the girls basketball teams and other sport groups, the Forest Lake Area School District and other area schools, all of the churches and businesses in the Forest Lake area and surrounding communities for all of their hard work and to all of those who attended the benefit. Jessie has received wonderful care at all three hospitals, and the medical staff and therapists have been life changing for her and will continue to be as she pushes forward in her recovery.
Your outpouring of support and kindness during this time has left us overwhelmed, and we hope that someday we will be able to pay it forward. We are so proud to say we live in Forest Lake, where everyone put the “unity” back into community and worked together on our behalf. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We feel so blessed.
Jessica Erickson and the Erickson family
Forest Lake