On Friday, October 11th, friends and family came from all over to gather and send off 46 balloons with notes tied to the strings to honor the lives of Matthew Girouard and Craig Sears.
“I love seeing all the kids come together on this weekend,” said Beth Tickner, a close friend of Gisele Kress, mother of Girouard.
“It amazes me how many people came into each others’ lives because of them,” she said.
This is the third year, on Columbus Day weekend, that Gisele organized the event at the lakefront.