Friday, October 30, 2020

Friday, October 30, 2020

Tonight's picture was taken on Halloween of 2004. Mattie was two and a half years old and was definitely into the spirit of Halloween. As you can see, Mattie's costume was really a sweat suit. Which made it the perfect material and outfit for Mattie. I thought Mattie made the cutest Pooh! Winnie the Pooh was a favorite to both of us, and together we must have read every Pooh story out there. While driving through Georgetown today, we passed an elementary school which was having a Halloween costume parade. It instantaneously took me back in time to when Mattie's kindergarten class had a Halloween parade. I thought we would have MANY MORE parades together. 

Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins. 

• number of people diagnosed with the virus: 9,015,262
• number of people who died from the virus: 229,293

This is Adina, our child life specialist at Children's Hospital at Sinai in Baltimore, MD. Each year, Adina takes it upon herself to make up trick or treat goodie bags for the children and their families in all the pediatric units. Where does the candy come from? It comes from Mattie Miracle! We are grateful for Adina's initiative and passion to meet the psychosocial needs of families, and for her idea to package up our candy in this creative way. 

This is all Adina's doing! However, having been stuck in a hospital for all major holidays, I know how a bag of candy can feel like winning the lottery. 

Which is why our Post Halloween Candy Drive is so important. It provides our hospitals, that we support, with a year's worth of candy! 

I love Adina's cowgirl costume! She is a ray of sunshine and I have no doubt she brightened up the lives of many families today. 

Items are piling up in Mattie's bedroom from the Candy and Snack Drive. Please check out our Amazon Wish List, and help support our candy drive! It is easy! All items should be shipping to the "Ali Goldwater Gift Registry" address! THANK YOU!

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