Oct 07, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The second annual Alison's Angels Golf Tournament raised money Monday for that organization along with the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan. The wife, mother and local radio host was shot and killed earlier this year at the Chiefs Super Bowl parade and rally. Union Station on Monday was lit up both red and blue. Lopez-Galvan's family says it's appropriate the huge Kansas City sports fan would be honored at a sporting event on such a huge day for the Kansas City metro. With every swing of the club and putt golfers were raising money for Alison's Angels. Royals beat Yankees in Game 2 of ALDS, tie series 1-1 "We wanted to found Alison's Angels to help emotionally encourage parents who've lost a child for any reason at any age because even if you lose a child at 35, that's still your child," Margaret Reynolds said. Her daughter Alison, who was born with severe brain damage, died at the age of 24 in 2013. Ten years later they founded Alison's Angels and hosted a golf tournament in support of publishing a book Whispers of Hope featuring 10 stories of different parents grief journeys. "As parents we are meant to protect a child, keep our child safe, so when we lose a child there's that extra angst  its what people call everyone's worst nightmare," Reynolds said. For the parents of Lisa Lopez-Galvan that worst nightmare unfolded in front of hundreds of thousands at the Chiefs Super Bowl parade. "Losing their youngest daughter has been difficult, but again observing what's going on today gives them a lot of hope," Lisa's sister Beto Lopez said. For the first time Alison's Angels awarded a legacy gift presenting the family with a $5,000 check to help establish the Lisa Lopez Galvan Memorial Fund supporting post-secondary education. Lopez-Galvan's son Mark, also shot during what was supposed to be a celebration, joined his uncle on the course Monday, where they saw a familiar sighting since Lisa's passing. Taylor Swift is now the world’s richest female musician: Forbes "I'm always amazed at how giving our community is. For our family to have gone through such a horrible tragedy, there's light at the end of the rainbow," Lopez said. The Reynolds family hopes money raised Monday will help them be able to distribute that book free of charge to grief groups or anyone who needs it.
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