Tonight's picture was taken in December of 2007. It coincides with the photo I posted last night! In last night's photo I indicated that I visited Mattie's kindergarten classroom and shared a storybook with the children as well as invited them to decorate homemade gingerbread cookies. This was Mattie's final product! Mattie was a big marshmallow fan, as you can see. There is practically more marshmallow than cookie here.
Quote of the day: There is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. ~ Martha Graham
I made my last candy donation today! It is a total thrill to
have this behind me. I have seen enough candy this year for a lifetime! I wish
I could say that things will now slow down for me, but I can't!
I am starting our Foundation's Walk preparations even
earlier this year. A friend of mine connected me to Fairlington Dental
(http://www.fairlingtondental.com/), which is a dental practice based in
Arlington, VA. Fairlington Dental has donated a significant amount of candy, two years in a row, to our
candy drive. My friend mentioned that Fairlington Dental could potentially be a corporate sponsor of the Walk. So about a month ago I wrote to
Dawn, the Practice Manager at Fairlington Dental. Dawn is a delightful person to communicate with and I was absolutely thrilled to receive
in our Mattie Miracle mailbox yesterday a platinum sponsorship check for our
Walk in May!!! Corporate sponsors are VERY important to Mattie Miracle, because
it is thanks to their contributions and steadfast support that we are able to
accomplish all of our psychosocial miracles. We are honored to have Fairlington Dental as part of our Mattie Miracle family!
In fact, another friend of mine needed to see a dentist about her teeth. After reading a previous posting on the blog about Fairlington Dental, she decided to contact them. Mainly because she LOVED how supportive they are of Mattie Miracle's candy drive. In any case, my friend LOVES Fairlington Dental and has been having a fantastic experience with each visit. It is wonderful to get such feedback from a strong supporter! You maybe asking yourself where does Fairlington Dental get all that candy that they donate to Mattie Miracle. Well they get it from their patients. Fairlington Dental does a candy buy back program after Halloween. Patients can bring in up to 30 pounds of candy and for each pound, they will get a dollar in return! Rather a nice incentive! Then Fairlington Dental donates all the candy they receive to charity. In fact, we received 300 pounds of candy this year from Fairlington Dental! Way to go Fairlington Dental, we are so happy that we are connected through candy and through their financial support of our mission.
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