Last weekend we had the opportunity to volunteer our time to a GE BEE Healthy event that my husband was running in conjunction with Youth Outreach Services of Cicero. For those of you who don't know anything about Cicero other than its talked about in the musical Chicago, its a pretty beat up city very close to Chicago.
This group works with troubled kids and other groups to keep children off the street and to become productive human beings. There were about 100 kids at this event working hard to exrecise in order to win new backpacks filled with school supplies and a Wii. The group was 99% hispanic kids and I watched with pride as my foster daughters spoke in their native language to people they could identify with.
And we were there as a family. Pitching in. Making people's day better. Even the little guy got in on helping out. I had the opportunity to gift a young Mom with school supplies for her twin daughters who were starting school Monday and had nothing in the way of school supplies. Something I take for granted as I'm a post it note and sharpie junkie. We also met a young man working very hard to stay on teh straight and narrow and so we offered to sponser his books for his first semester of college.
I was reminded how much I enjoy volunteering. Though I've felt that I haven't been able to do it as much. I realized its a good lesson for these kids and a good reminder to myself that the more we give the more you get back. After all we've been through in the last few years this day was a good example of creating our lives to be how we want them. Giving. Cheerful. Fun. Filled with love and family.
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