Generous spirits

I'm heading to Mt-Washington tomorrow for some "mountain hiking" training/practice and I should probably (no... definitely) be setting the laptop off to the side and closing my eyes to get in as much sleep as possible before the alarm goes off at 5:45 a.m. (er....)

But I just had to share this picture with you...

A suprise breakfast "fundraiser"

These are three (of four) children of good friends of ours (more like family).  This morning they surprised their parents and older brother with breakfast for a donation.

This isn't the first time they have reached out to help Summit for Wishes. Back in April, when I was selling 2 jars of my very first batch of pancake mix to their parents, K (middle) went to her room and came back with some change - to help me reach my fundraising goal. In the summer, they came to each fundraiser, getting their face painted on Canada Day, eating hot dogs at the IGA bbq (and manning the Bake sale table too) and setting up a lemonade stand (R... on the left) when we did the garage sale.

Their parents have been incredibly supportive - they were probably the first ones I talked to this about and have been encouraging me in big and small ways ever since. But the support that comes from the kids, the little gestures... wow. What can I say? I am touched by their generous spirits, their excitement for my "summit for wishes" project... and their simple and sincere desire to help and somehow be a part of it.

Thank you just isn't enough.

Beautiful key chains...

In my efforts so far to raise the money for Kilimanjaro, I'm finding that it's fun to do small things where people actually get something tangible for their money. You might not pay $8 for a jar of pancake mix at the grocery store (unless it was certified "home-made") but if it's for a fundraiser, most people are more willing to spend a few extra dollars.

It's the same idea with these beautiful hand-made key chains. I spent several hours with some lovely gals "beading" last week. The result - a variety of unique and really pretty key chains for us to sell to add more funds to my "Kilimanjaro/Make-A-Wish" pot.

We sold the first 15 to 20 over the weekend and we'll be making more... but here's you chance to take a quick look and choose your favorite! First come first serve... so if something catches your eye, don't wait! Send me an e-mail (ok.with.andrea@gmail.com) to order your favorite one!

*Please note the prices are suggestions. These are being sold for donations.