First of all, THANK YOU to everyone that came out today and donated, without all of you guys and the support, we could not keep doing this event. We collected close to 600 donations just today at the event!! Those, along with what was collected in our donation boxes at various locations, we collected a grand total of
1,907 donations!!
That's awesome!! Last year we had about 1300 I think, I'll need to look that up....
We dropped off the larger portion of them at the hospital this afternoon, and needless to say they did not have enough wagons to cart them all inside. Beth at the hospital was overwhelmed with how much we brought in.
The rest of the donations for Children's Choice will be dropped off by Brian on Monday morning. Along with 2 boxes of donations from today, we also requested a list of children in foster care at Children's Choice, and bought specifically for each child. We also supplied both places with batteries and plenty of scotch tape so they could wrap the gifts and distribute them.
Thanks again to all of you for bringing your donations and spreading the word about Jeeps for Joy!
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!!
Paul
ps- Please post any pictures you may have taken today. Beth at the hospital requested some, and the Nemours Partnership for Children's Health did as well for an article they are doing in their newletter about the event. Much appreicated!