Sunflower Six: Bags of Hope

Monday, November 28, 2011

Bags of Hope

Morgan has read almost every Chicken Soup for the Soul books over the past few months. She was inspired by one of the stories about helping foster care kids and decided that she wanted to do something. She wrote up a proposal, submitted it to the principal of her school and made arrangements with CYFD to deliver all the donations at the end of her project. We made this collection box to put in the lobby of the school (it was a dryer box...very huge box), and everyday this box was full and I would have to take the car over to the school to get everything home. I cannot believe how generous the kids were! Morgan had asked for gently used books, stuffed animals, blankets of all sizes and backpacks.

She collected three boxes full of books...

Seven LARGE plastic bags full of stuffed animals, 25 backpacks, 1 suit case, 5 duffle bags and

20 blankets.

I am so proud of you Morgan!

2 comments:

Jen Kesler said...: Way to go Morgan!!; November 29, 2011 at 9:30 AM
Erin said...: Awesome! Good job Heidi for helping her see that thorugh.; November 29, 2011 at 3:27 PM

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Innocence of a child....

Driving along the freeway in Lehi there is a new little amusement park called Liberty Land. They have a very large imitation of Mount Rushmore with the heads of the Presidents of the U.S. Sydney's see's it and says,"Hey, there's the Godhead!"

While passing through Farmington, NM, we saw a car graveyard. The cars were all lined up in rows and rows and more rows. Morgan says, "Hey, are those cars stuck in rush hour traffic?"

While reading how the Nephites and Laminites are always fighting, Sydney says, "How do you fought?"

Thought provoking thoughts...

A.S.A.P

Always Say A Prayer.

Don't count the days,

Make the days count.

Life is not measured by the breathes we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Prayer changes things.

“Don't spend your life with someone you can live with, spend it with someone you can't live without"

"If I had my child to raise all over again, I'd build self esteem first, and the house later. I'd finger paint more, and point the finger less. I would do less correcting and more connecting. I'd take my eyes off the watch, and watch with my eyes. I'd take more hikes, and fly more kites. I would stop playing serious, and seriously play. I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars. I'd do more hugging and less tugging."

Dian Lommas