My husband and I are currently going through the foster care process hoping to bring in a child soon!
We had a fund raiser at school today, and a number of people contributed towards those who couldn't afford the lunch.
My boss gave me tickets to the Cubs playoff game. I love the Cubs, but gave the ticket to my boyfriend so he could take his son to such a big game. To make it a little even for his younger brother and sister, I got them tickets to the circus.
When Sister Euphrasia from Camaroon, Africa, stayed with us here at Clare Hall for two weeks, she was intrigued with the teaching materials I've developed for deaf children. She bought my two DVDs of workbooks for deaf children. I surprised her by constructing and giving her sets of blocks containing JULIE AND JACK comic strip stories. The blocks are very educational. They help deaf children acquire various skills- reading, thinking, comparing, sorting, arranging stories in sequence and then finding sentences that match the pictures and tell the story. Sister Euphrasia was delighted. Now she's back in Camaroon.
I volunteered September 26 at the Boys and Girls Club. Many of the kids are from pretty rough neighborhoods. The volunteer coordinator took me to the gym where approximately 70+ children were running wild! It was VERY intimidating right away... but after just a few minutes I had already made a few friends amongst them. After chatting quite a bit with one little girl, she told me she wanted to be an EMT and a police officer when she grew up because her uncle had been shot in the eye and survived. After 3 hours it was time to leave, and I got many hugs from these awesome kids. I also spoke with the art teacher about supplies. She said she would gladly take anything I could donate as they never have many supplies. I went shopping, and bought just over $100 worth of paints and projects for lots of little children!
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