It takes a village...

Ally, Phoebe, and Arielle having fun with Deb and her wonderful Mary Kay products

When Paddle for Hope contributions reach our $10,000 goal, children's lives will be changed, our message of caring will be heard, and there will be many, many generous people who will be responsible.  One of those is my good friend Deb Walder, who teaches with me in special education at Great Salt Bay School and is also a Mary Kay Director (go Deb!!!), an achievement she reached this week. 

Deb's Face Race in support of MCCP has been such a fun, creative way to involve a lot of women (and a few men) in Paddle for Hope.  Deb is collecting pledges, based on the number of new "faces" she can sign up for a Mary Kay consultation by the end of June.  Often she bustles energetically into our classroom in the morning, grinning and with another donation (or several) to add to our total.  Her goal was to raise at least $600, and I am delighted to report that, as of Friday, Face Race pledges total $605!

Six of the new "faces" belong to my daughter Megan and her friends, who gathered at my house to meet Deb and try lots of new Mary Kay skin care and makeup products.  The already-beautiful girls were certainly looking good and having fun and I thank them (and Phoebe's boyfriend Tyler who was a very good sport) for being part of the Face Race.  The thermometer climbed yesterday to $3,655...help us keep it going!