Counting Down The Days Until School Starts
I shared this story on Facebook right after it happened, but it's worth noting in this space as well.
After a few days out of town, I returned to a very large pile of boxes. I recruited Alexis to help me unpack them because 8 year-olds are the best at that sort of thing. As she was pulling school supplies for Center for Victims out of a box, she noticed a message from the sender. She recognized the name of the sender, which sent her into a fit of grins. "Mom, is all the stuff from friends?" she asked.
"Some of it is from people we know but some of it is from people we've never met who read Burgh Baby," I said.
"So it's all from friends then. That's really cool," she replied.
She's right.
Last year, we worked together to supply about 50 kids with the things they needed for school. We have a couple more days to do that again.
Here's the Amazon Wishlist.
Here's the PayPal account.
No matter which way you choose to pitch in, everything will go to Center for Victims. We need to wrap up this party no later than Wednesday, August 20th.
Thanks again for all of your help.
Monday, August 18, 2014
Reader Comments (2)
Backpacks should be there Wednesday! Thanks for refereeing all of the insanity - you are the best of best, pretty lady, you and all your minions.
I'm a little late to the game since I was on vacation but I just ordered 2 backpacks and a few small items.