Help Maggie raise money

I continue to walk and participate in the Homeboy 5K to honor my mom Eileen DuRoss (Conway) and my Uncle Buggy (Mike Conway).

My mom passed away from cancer in 2012.    She loved any excuse to exercise and loved Homeboy.   Every Christmas always consisted of some sort of item from the Homeboy Gift Shop for the family and she saw chemo appointments at USC Norris as a built-in excuse for a visit and another tour of Homeboy.  It seemed like a sign that we discovered  the Homeboy 5K and it was so close to her birthday of October 5th the year she passed.

Her infectious love for Homeboy and the 5K continued to grow each year.  Mike Conway (Eileen’s brother) flew down all the way from Santa Rosa one year to walk and see where Homeboy was located.  He quickly started to spread the word about the organization to everyone he knew, encouraged others to see the documentary and read (and gifted) Father G’s books.  Mike passed away in December of 2020.

Eileen and Mike were always making a quiet impact and impression wherever they went, always showing true love and understanding, the most incredible listeners, always finding out how to connect uniquely to each person and seeing who stood before them just as they currently were and embracing them fully, always expressing compassion at its highest level, and always excited for the next adventure.  They were both the ultimate individuals leaving a positive ripple effect behind them.

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