Tonight's picture was taken in March of 2009. Mattie's best preschool buddy, Zachary, came to the hospital to visit Mattie. In fact, Zachary was very present in Mattie's life even through cancer, with visits both at home and in the hospital. It isn't easy as an adult to visit a hospital, much less a child with cancer. So I can imagine how scary and daunting it must be for a child. Pre-cancer, Mattie and Zachary had a physically active form of play, as they were constantly moving around, running, and jumping. Once Mattie had cancer, the way they played with each other had to change. Again this could have been a game changer for some children, but Zachary found a way to make it work. A special friend.
Quote of the day: Being authentic will get you where you need and want to go, and it will be your path to building the most meaningful and enriching connections with others. ~ Michelle Tillis Lederman
As I mentioned in February 24th's blog, I use an on-line site called Gigmasters to find local vendors for the Mattie Miracle Walk & Family Festival. GigMasters is an event services booking platform that matches your needs with entertainers, planners of weddings, dances, parties, festivals, celebrations and corporate events. They are so easy to use and provide great descriptions and reviews, so you can pick the right person for your event.
This past weekend, I learned about a whole new service called Roaming Hunger. No one told me about it, I just came across it while doing Google searches. I mention this because it is like Gigmasters, however their focus is food. Roaming Hunger is a food truck booking service that allows people to find food trucks in real time, book trucks for upcoming events, and engage food trucks for advertising and promotional purposes.
I wanted to replace our ice cream vendor at this year's Walk. However, it is easier said than done to find a food truck that will work your event. You can search for reputable food trucks on-line, but it is time consuming, on top of that, you then have to reach out to each one and explain your needs. By going through Roaming Hunger, you just contact ONE PERSON, explain your needs and requests are then sent out to their food truck network!
All week, I have been getting ice cream, frozen yogurt and ices vendors contacting me. However, I went with a couple who owns an ice cream store in Leesberg, VA and sells Hershey's Ice Cream. They have agreed to come to the walk and sell (not popsicles like last year's vendor) actual scooped ice cream. They will supply us with 12 different flavors as well as two flavors of ices, and donate 10% of sales.
So I can officially say, I have lined up all our vendors for this year's Walk on May 20th, and we have more activities than ever before.............................
- a Challenge Walk
- Two enormous inflatable moon bounces
- A corn hole tournament with three top prizes
- A raffle, with baskets valued at over $500 each
- Lego displays and hands on activities
- A 30 minute Reptile Alive show, followed by a 30 minute meet and greet with the animals
- A magic show
- Make your own crafts
- A great DJ
- professional caricaturist
- professional face painter
- Food from local vendors
- corporate sponsor tables
- Lawn Games
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