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)!
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)
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"
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
$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
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
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 - 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 
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
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