Cleaning Up Week #21

Paige asked me "why do people litter?". Not easy to answer this one because really why do people litter? Is it simply laziness or a genuine disrespect for our environment? The answer will continue to be debated but Paige's interest in the problem created her task this week.

Ok so back to where we were when this all started...Paige and I went up to the local highschool track this Sunday to train for her upcoming race when she noticed the garbage all over the bleechers and grass area. First guess would be there was a football game on the Friday Night that lead to the beer bottles underneath the seats. Regardless it was a mess and if the school thought it was due to the track area being open we may not be able to train there again. So...once we finished our training we headed home, grabbed garbage bags and went back to clean up.

Pretty proud of Paige's enthusaism to clean up and help out this week. She spent an hour picking up and analizing the grabage! "Why is there coloured water in this water bottle?" lol. Wow, things never change! Once she had finished cleaning up she tossed the garbage into the dumpster behind the school and gave me a high five. Awesome!

Hats! Week #20

Laurel (a good friend that I have mentioned many times during this adventure!) emailed Paige and asked her if you would like a box of 20 awesome ball caps? Would she!!! We'll find a great home for the hats. Now it was time for a talk about who could use these hats...

Paige sat in her dads office chair intently looking at me as I explained what Cancer is. We talked about people we know that have Cancer, ones who have beat the disease and ones who have not. We talked about treatment and how hair loss can be a result. That's when Paige decided that she would like to donate the hats to..."I want to give them to people fighting Cancer". What a great idea. We decided to contact our local branch of Breast Cancer Services. We have a close family friend that was just diagnosed and know many others that have battled Breast Cancer. This is a cause close to our hearts and having the opportunity to help out is awesome.

We called the office and spoke to Laura. She encouraged us to come down to the office to see her. We drove right down and were greeted by smiles as we walked in. Paige said hello and handed Laura the box. She asked Paige if she would like to help out with another fundraiser. Paige said "Yes!" and followed her into the next room. Laura handed her a brochure of the "Healing for Breast Cancer" 5 & 10km run/walk on Saturday, June 12th at Bronte Creek Provincial Park. So great! Paige decided then that she was going to run the 5km. She also decided her aunt Jenn had to do it with her too. Sooooo auntie Jenn get ready to run!

Thanks again to Laurel (you're the best!) and to Laura at Breast Cancer Services (see picture with Paige) for your warm response and positive encouragement. You can help out too! Check out www.breastcancersupport.org for general information or www.vrpro.ca to sign up for the run!

Easter Giving-Week #19

Paige picked up the newspaper last week and pulled out the brown paper bag that was peaking out of the top. She read the blue print, handed it to me and asked if we could donate food this week. Great thinking Paige! So...over the Easter weekend Paige and I went through our cabinets and collected non-perishable foods to donate.

Paige's excitement about giving this week was awesome and the time we spent together lead into some Spring cleaning! Excellent!

Paige decided she'd like to drop her donation off to the local firehall. We drove over, walked up to the front entrance and found the donation bin. The bag was pretty heavy but she was determined to carry it and drop it in. As we walked out of the entrance a crew was pulling out of the station. They stopped and gave Paige a wave. I asked her if the firetruck was as cool as Susie's? and I got a big "No!". That was no surprise!


Happy Easter!