Saturday, November 10, 2018
Tonight's picture was taken in November of 2007. Mattie was in Boston visiting Peter's parents. As you can see they raked leaves and Mattie was swinging on a swing and then jumping off of it into a pile of leaves. I am not sure Mattie would have done this on his own, but he observed his cousins doing it and therefore decided to try it. He loved it!!!
Quote of the day: I must be a mermaid. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living. ~ Anais Nin
Today was our last day sorting candy!!! I am happy to say that we had many volunteers helping us. Which was crucial because we had 11 different organizations dropping off candy.
Pictured from left to right:
Ben, Christine, me, Kevin, Grace, Izumi, Catherine, Sara Catherine, Carolyn, Ellie, and Gavin.
Our friend Ali, has a two floor detached garage. If you can believe it, we used both levels today because we had so much candy and that many volunteers. We couldn't all fit in the same location.
Volunteers switched up throughout the day. The sun light came in through the garage windows, but what I want you to see is the amount of candy. Do you see the stacks of bins behind us? That is how much candy had already been sorted and binned. What you see in front of us were the ziplocs that sort the candy by type. It is a true system to keep this set up flowing smoothly and remaining clean.
Pictured left to right: Vicki (holding Ali's son Grayson), Catherine, Tina, Abby, Mike, Ali, Parker, Charlotte and Mary.
This was the second floor sorting zone. I would love to entitle this photo.... the Resurrection Children's Center team.... because every single person in this photo I met through Mattie's preschool. Not only the preschool, but specifically through Margaret's classroom. As a reminder Ali is Margaret's daughter. In addition, Ellie (in red, front left) and Sara Catherine (back right) were in Mattie's preschool classroom. Carolyn (front right, Ellie's mom) is a committed member of Mattie Miracle's leadership, as she runs our annual raffle every year. Catherine (in the back, in purple; Sara Catherine's mom) dedicates her time every year to help us sort thousands of pounds of candy.
This is a photo I snapped today of Ali's children. From left to right are Grayson, Charlotte, and Parker. Literally I was working everyday this week at their home. So I got to spend a lot of time with the children. They would visit me every day after school. In any case, our time together is coming to a close and I was very touched to hear today that when I left Charlotte was upset and told her mom that she was going to miss me. She did not want to wait until May to see me at the Foundation's Walk. I was very happy to hear this as I enjoyed my time with them and I am hoping to find ways to do things with them throughout the year. Keep in mind that Charlotte is the same age as Mattie. I find that ironic in a way. When I got home I received an invitation to Charlotte's and Grayson's birthday parties. So Peter and I look forward to this. When I decided to use Ali's garage for the candy drive, it never dawned on me that in the process I would gain a relationship with three children.
The garage at the end of the day! Candy sorted, binned, and stacked. Deliveries begin around town on Monday.... we head to Baltimore.
Tonight's picture was taken in November of 2007. Mattie was in Boston visiting Peter's parents. As you can see they raked leaves and Mattie was swinging on a swing and then jumping off of it into a pile of leaves. I am not sure Mattie would have done this on his own, but he observed his cousins doing it and therefore decided to try it. He loved it!!!
Quote of the day: I must be a mermaid. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living. ~ Anais Nin
Today was our last day sorting candy!!! I am happy to say that we had many volunteers helping us. Which was crucial because we had 11 different organizations dropping off candy.
Pictured from left to right:
Ben, Christine, me, Kevin, Grace, Izumi, Catherine, Sara Catherine, Carolyn, Ellie, and Gavin.
Our friend Ali, has a two floor detached garage. If you can believe it, we used both levels today because we had so much candy and that many volunteers. We couldn't all fit in the same location.
Volunteers switched up throughout the day. The sun light came in through the garage windows, but what I want you to see is the amount of candy. Do you see the stacks of bins behind us? That is how much candy had already been sorted and binned. What you see in front of us were the ziplocs that sort the candy by type. It is a true system to keep this set up flowing smoothly and remaining clean.
Pictured left to right: Vicki (holding Ali's son Grayson), Catherine, Tina, Abby, Mike, Ali, Parker, Charlotte and Mary.
This was the second floor sorting zone. I would love to entitle this photo.... the Resurrection Children's Center team.... because every single person in this photo I met through Mattie's preschool. Not only the preschool, but specifically through Margaret's classroom. As a reminder Ali is Margaret's daughter. In addition, Ellie (in red, front left) and Sara Catherine (back right) were in Mattie's preschool classroom. Carolyn (front right, Ellie's mom) is a committed member of Mattie Miracle's leadership, as she runs our annual raffle every year. Catherine (in the back, in purple; Sara Catherine's mom) dedicates her time every year to help us sort thousands of pounds of candy.
This is a photo I snapped today of Ali's children. From left to right are Grayson, Charlotte, and Parker. Literally I was working everyday this week at their home. So I got to spend a lot of time with the children. They would visit me every day after school. In any case, our time together is coming to a close and I was very touched to hear today that when I left Charlotte was upset and told her mom that she was going to miss me. She did not want to wait until May to see me at the Foundation's Walk. I was very happy to hear this as I enjoyed my time with them and I am hoping to find ways to do things with them throughout the year. Keep in mind that Charlotte is the same age as Mattie. I find that ironic in a way. When I got home I received an invitation to Charlotte's and Grayson's birthday parties. So Peter and I look forward to this. When I decided to use Ali's garage for the candy drive, it never dawned on me that in the process I would gain a relationship with three children.
The garage at the end of the day! Candy sorted, binned, and stacked. Deliveries begin around town on Monday.... we head to Baltimore.
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