Valentine's Day Party

Tomorrow is the annual Valentine's Day Party fund raiser I coordinate for my group of young moms at church. This year we're sponsoring The Ronald McDonald House of Norfolk. It's a nice cause. The "House" is a home away from home for families who would otherwise have to commute daily and not have the option of staying with their child during his/hers hospital stay. It's run completely on donations.

Our Party is a cookie decorating and card making extravaganza. Kids wills be winning goodies all throughout the day too while they play a few games - in the hopes that in return their parents will buy tickets for 5 Valentine's Day Baskets (of all sorts) filled with V-day candy, crafts, stickers, etc... The catch is - they're attractive and kids will want them, I think. So with raffels sale and a child entry fee of $5.00 (adults are free), we should be able to provide some immediate assistance for items on the Ronald McDonald wishlist. We're going to decorate and deliver all the left over cookies on Monday the 14th.

I've got 30 kids registered for the event. Last year we had about 17 registered and we actually got close to hosting 35 kids, if memory serves me right. So this year I have enough goodies bags & prizes for 44 kids. If more do end up showing up (and I highly doubt it) then I do happen to have a plan b.

The event is from 10 - 12. I plan on arriving at 8 to lug in all the stuff from my car and get a little settled before all my friends get there to help set up at 9. It's always a really fun morning...and Will and the girls are looking forward to all the left over candy they'll be able to eat when it's all over.