Oh yeah, donations! Well, we did it! We met our goal of $3000. Actually we have now surpassed it. We currently sit at $3460, when I tally the checks everyone has. So, to every single one of you wonderful people that opened your checkbook and your heart THANK YOU!
As I said in the previous posting, I had lunch with Molly today. She presented a check to me from her and Norm and John and the boys. It was a combination of her birthday gifts her family sent her and her own money. It was in Christy's memory and it was a wonderful gift.
Donations make me happy. They make me feel good. When someone hands me a check for $20 or $50, or $100 or $500 made out to Outward Bound it feels better than a new purse!! And a new purse is a pretty darn good feeling. I love purses. I love designer bags, but a donation for a charity that I believe in and support, feels even better! (Yes, I know, hard to believe!) Donations to a great children's charity warms my heart and it should yours as well!
OK, so after lunch, I went back to the salon and waited for the kids to get out of school. I was tidying and folding towels when a woman walked in for a haircut. I wasn't really in the groove to work but no one else could take her, so I did. Her name was Michelle. She has lived in the area for 16 years. She drives past the salon every day. She had never been in. Today she needs a cut and she has both of her young girls with her. She owns a business in Golden, I said I had been in Golden earlier to run Lookout Mountain. She asked why, I told her about the relay. As Michelle left, she dropped a $100 check in the donation bucket. Michelle was supposed to be in my chair today. She was supposed to hear my story. Look for the lessons and the people we touch. Today, Michelle, someone I just met, touched me!
Which brings us back to donations. We met our goal and now we are raising it. The new Mental in the Mountains goal is $4500. If you forgot to send your check, no worries, its not too late. And remember no donation is too small! :)
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