Florida Marlins - Toy drive
We had another amazing day at the Astrodome & Reliant Center shelters as we were able to help a Radio Station from Miami “Super 96″ who together with The Florida Marlins did an enormous toy drive and collected 3 large truck-loads of brand new toys, games, books, shoes,etc. for the evacuee children. They drove all the way from Miami and even brought a clown with them but were not being allowed to enter with the toys. So because Jeff and & I had already met with many of the organizers & people in charge, we were able to get the authorization for them to enter and distribute the toys.
What a joy & privilege to be a part of this! Just to see the smiles on the children’s faces after all they have been through brought tears to our eyes. It was Christmas in September for them. We were also able to give a poster with a message of comfort and inspiration to the children along with their bags of toys. We were a team of seven Family International volunteers working together with lots of other volunteers until late at night, but it was worth it all.
