Monday, December 10, 2012

Christmas Parade Update


The parades in Morgan and Scott County were beautiful this year.  All the emergency and utility vehicles were lit to the max.  The floats were more spectacular.  Because of the response we got from the community to collect stuffed toys, our floats made it all the way to the end before we ran out of toys.  This is the first year Morgan County has tried this and we will be doing it again next year.  There was candy left on the streets but no toys.  So thank you for your help and please save us all your slightly used stuffed toys for next years parades.

Annual Unicorn Fund Christmas Luncheon
















 





We get together every December to reminisce about what we did over the past year.  It is a time to take a breather from all our hard work and just relax. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Saturday, November 17, 2012

The Spirit of Christmas

"For somehow, not only at Christmas, but all the long year through, the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you."  John Greenleaf Whittier.

 I wish everyone could experience the love that these volunteers feel for the cause they work so hard for.  You can just see it at every meeting, every fundraiser and every conversation where all they talk about is what they are doing next to help someone.  This picture is the prime example of that love.  These volunteers work all year long collecting stuffed toys to give out at the parade.  As the parade draws closer they look at the bags of toys and stress if they think they won't have enough to give out throughout the parade route.  So when you see them in this years parade give a cheer of encouragement to these volunteers who care so much for the children in their community.    

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Let's Do the Math

One great cause + dozens of women who like to help out + two cute helpers to count, organize, and pack = 21 boxes of school supplies for the students of Morgan and Scott Counties

On Tuesday, October 23rd, we received 21 boxes of school supplies donated by the women's Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Tennessee Nashville Stake.  The value of the donations is estimated at over $1500.







Their goal was to collect enough supplies to create 200 school kits.  They exceeded their goal by collecting:

249 composition books
319 boxes of crayons
206 bottles of glue
209 erasers
596 glue sticks
203 plastic pencil boxes
200 pencil sharpeners
578 pencils
275 pocket folders
200 pairs of scissors
213 spiral-bound notebooks
2000+ pens

A HUGE thank you to the Relief Society in Nashville!