Sunday, May 4, 2014

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Tonight's picture was taken on May 11 of 2009, during the Mattie March. That was the name of our very first "Walk." This walk was planned by our care community, which we called Team Mattie. Team Mattie planned a walk on Mattie's upper school campus to show Mattie their support and care for him. It was a miraculous day in which attendance was in record numbers. Pictured with Mattie was the "Magic Man," who is Bob Weiman, Mattie's head of the lower school. Bob was performing a magic show at the March/Walk with Mattie. Keep in mind that Bob had basically trained Mattie throughout his cancer battle on many magic tricks and Mattie had become quite good at several of them. In front of many people that day, they did their famous Peanut Butter Booger Trick, which Mattie always laughed about! This trick's unofficial name is, "The Mattie Brown" trick, because I believe Mattie was the first student Bob had taught and performed it with! Any case, after Mattie died, once the Foundation was established, Mattie Miracle continued the May Walk tradition and of course the Magic Show at the Walk. Bob and his fifth graders perform several tricks at all of our Walks. Others may think it is just for entertainment purposes, but Bob and I know better! It will always be in honor of Mattie's memory. 


Quote of the day: (In honor of Audrey Hepburn's birthday, if she were alive today to celebrate it.........) Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others. ~ Audrey Hepburn


We worked on many Foundation Walk related items yesterday and today!!! I was very focused on wrapping as many raffle baskets as I could today while Peter was home. Some of these baskets are huge and I really need another set of capable hands to work with me. Peter and I tackled eight out of 10 baskets today! We made HUGE progress. It helped that the baskets were mostly staged already and prepped for the most part for wrapping. I will spare you the details on the labor involved of getting to this staging point! Below you will see our lovely end products! I included the link to purchase raffle tickets as well. Certainly tickets can be purchased the day of the walk but we appreciate you telling your friends and family about our raffle. The raffle is the number one way people all over the Country can support our Walk and Foundation without having to attend our actual event! There is something in this year's raffle that appeals to everyone and remember that 100% of all our proceeds go toward our mission and goals, NOT to administrative costs and salaries (which are NONE existent at Mattie Miracle)!

MATTIE MIRACLE RAFFLE:https://www.mattiemiracle.com/Raffle.html

Wolf Trap Basket:
2 Prime Orchestra Tickets to the Grease Sing A Long at Wolf Trap
$25 Trader Joe's Gift Card

$50 Unwined Gourmet Wine Gift Card

Summer Strawberry Hand Crafted Quilt

Brookstone Ascot Surrey Picnic Basket (this included real plates, glasses, silver ware, napkins, and a corkscrew)

Lego Basket:
21.5 Quart wheeled basket with lid

coast guard helicopter-60013

fire truck-60002

furry creatures-31021

sunset speeder-31017

mountain hut-31025

tree house-31010

family house-31012

highway speedster-31006

forest animals-31019

emerald express-31015

red thunder-31013

LED keychain

ultimate sticker collection

city reader collection book

plush blanket 62"x 90"

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun:
6 Admission tickets to AMC theatres
$25 iTunes Card, $10+ Sweet Frog Cards, $15 Starbucks Card

Alex & Ani Bracelet & Handcrafted Hope Beaded Bracelet              

iPhone 5 Case  

USB Home and Car Charger & Smartphone Ear Buds         

Nail polish, Lip glosses, Nail files, Nail stickers

Peace fuzzy pillow, Drawstring bag, Insulated cup             

Butterfly hangers, French Memo Board, Scarf

Z-pizza (one a month for a year)

Dozen cupcakes from Buzz Bakery

Money Tree: 
$25 Amazon                     

$25 Barnes and Noble

$25 Best Buy                    

$15 Cold Stone Creamery

$15 Dunkin Donuts                        

$15 Game Stop 

$25 Macy's                       

$25 Pottery Barn

$50 Shell Gasoline                          

$25 Target

$10 Walgreens                

$100 Walmart

Golfers Delight:
Round of four + cart at Stonewall Golf Club at Lake Manassas

Two lifetime memberships to Top Golf in Alexandria, VA (entitles you to complimentary club rental and $50 in game credits)

Orange Golf Balls, Tee Brushes, Premium Putter Cover     

Taylor Made Baseball Hat, Orange Microfiber Towel        

Orange Golf Ball Basket              

Orange Pin Wheel

Washington Nationals:
Nats v Cubs (July 6, 1:35pm; Signature Sunday, Kids Run the Bases)

4 Diamond Level seats with parking & unlimited food

2 Kids Nats t-shirts                         

Nats Cooler Bag              

 2 Nats Baseball Hats                     

Nats Mini Replica Helmet

 2 Nats Baseballs                           

Mini Softee Bat & Ball Set

Nats Magnets                  

Nats 18" Wooden Bat

Nats Mini Basketball Hoop Set     

iPad Air:
iPad Air - 16GB (supports wifi/bluetooth)
$25 iTunes Gift Card                    
10" Green Apple Colored Cover for e-readers and tablets                             

Tuff case for iPad Air    

Red Apple Colored Ear Buds        

Portable Rechargeable Power Cell Keychain        

Bling Green Apple Colored USB Car and Home Chargers    

T-Shirt Quilt Basket:
Certificate to Kidsquiltz (work with a master quilter to select your t-shirts, design, and overall layout of your final product) 

3 Mattie Miracle Walk t-shirts (from 2011, 2012, and 2013)

Yellow Tulip Pinwheel

Yellow Weaved Basket