We had a special moment on Monday that we got to share with our children. First we delivered the toys taken in Saturday at our last Performances @ The Well, then went to Gleaners to deliver the check from last Thursday's Caerusnet party. Having your children see the results of your efforts, see your work appreciated is priceless in itself and one memory I know I will treasure for ever.
At the Livingston county drop off point for Toys For Tots we took an autographed poster from last Saturday's show. Our fundraiser wasn't like the typical one for this charity, usually businesses have store fronts that toys can be dropped off at and then delivered later to the Toys For Tots site. WE raised toys by charging admission to our show, sort of different, so the poster helped explain what we do and how. And they seemed impressed, very thankful for our efforts. Oh did I forget to say our kids got to see us in our glory? Of course I did :) My daughter made the observation that "our" box, from charging admission, was fuller than "some" others that had been delivered---I smiled, thanked her for noticing that and told her she got to share in one of the joys of my job---then she smiled.
At Gleaners it was more of the same good feelings. What made this delivery so special was the day I got around to doing it---Monday. I had been near Gleaners last Friday, the day after the Caerusnet party, but just didn't get around to making the delivery. Well God works in mysterious ways, it wasn't meant to be delivered on Friday---because Monday was "double" day for all donations! That meant the check from Caerusnet's party for $300, now had a value of $600. From 300 cases of food to 600 cases OR 900 Christmas dinners jumped to 1800! The sweet smell of success!
People ask if there is a lot of money in what we do and I say "not really, but the 'good feelings' are priceless." Until next time, keep your stick on the ice and "stay tuned".
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