JEANS MONTH - HUGE SUCCESS!!!!!

We would like to share that our Jeans Month was a HUGE success!!! Trystan and Alyssa were able to raise $11,300 for St. Louis Children's Hospital 9th Floor Hematology/Oncology Unit.

Businesses had "clever" ways to participate in Jeans Month. We would like to share those with you:

-The Bond County Sheriff's Department allowed their deputies to pay to grow facial hair and their dispatchers to wear jeans.
-St. Mary's School, in Edwardsville, extended not only to their staff but to their students, who wear uniforms every day, to pay to wear their jeans on Fridays during the month of February!
-West Springs Church in Missouri dedicated a Jeans Sunday and all the members of the church paid $1 to wear their jeans to church that Sunday.
-Watson's Drug Store made buttons that said, "Ask Me Why I'm Wearing Jeans"
-McCracken, Dawdy, Hall Family Practice made stickers to explain why they were wearing jeans.
-Pickerill's Pick'n "N" Grinn'n hosted a fundraiser at their restaurant for an entire Saturday.

Those businesses that allowed their employees to pay to wear their jeans, varied in the way they participated. Some allowed their employees to wear jeans for the entire month! While others did once a week, every Friday, twice a week for the month, etc. Any way you look at it, the businesses of our community and surrounding communities came together to help "give back"!

We also had businesses and factories that are already allowed to wear jeans to work take up a collection just to help "give back."

We had more than three dozen businesses either participate or collecto donations:

The Hardas Team-Highland, IL
Bridget Tinsley Photography-Highland, IL
Southwestern Electric-Greenville, IL
DeCurtis Corporation-Orlando, FL
FCC Preschool-Greenville, IL
First National Bank-Greenville, IL
Washington University Department of Surgery-St. Louis, MO
Enertech-Greenville, IL
Greenville Elementary School-Greenville, IL
Midland State Bank-Greenville, IL
Tri-Ford-Highland, IL
Ford Square-Mt. Vernon, IL
Greenville Jr. High 6th Graders-Greenville, IL
Glow Salon & Med Spa-MO
West Springs Church-MO
Bradford National Bank-Greenville, IL
DeMoulin's-Greenville, IL
St. Mary's School-Edwardsville, IL
VFW Ladies Auxiliary-Highland, IL
Schnuck's-Fairview Heights, IL
Bond County Health Department-Greenville, IL
Bass Mollett-Greenville, IL
TRICOR Braun-MO
Bond County Courthouse-Greenville, IL
Montgomery County Nursing & Rehab-Hillsboro, IL
McCracken, Dawdy, Hall Family Practice-Greenville, IL
SIUE Human Resources-Edwardsville, IL
United Stationers-Greenville, IL
Main Street Galaxy Restaurant-Alhambra, IL
Terra Properties-Highland, IL
Bond County Sheriff's Department-Greenville, IL
IGA-Staunton, IL
Pickerill's Pick'n "N" Grinn'n-Staunton, IL
Ethal's-Highland, IL
Mulberry Grove Elementary School-Mulberry Grove, IL
Watson's Drug Store-Greenville, IL
Pocahontas & Sorento Elementary Schools-Pocahontas & Sorento, IL
Salon de Guerra-Highland, IL
Law Offices of Michael Diaz-Greenville, IL
Klaus Services-Highland, IL

Our family was overwhelmed with the response to Jeans Month. In the beginning we were hoping to raise $500-$1,000. That goal was met before February 1st. Our girls then set a goal of $5,000 and that was surpassed! Lastly, they set a goal of $10,000 which was met at the very end of March. But the calls and checks kept coming through the second week of March. Our family would like to thank the businesses who participated and gave donations! We would also like to thank the many inidividual donations we received from those who just wanted to give.

My husband and I took the girls down to St. Louis Children's Hospital March 21, 2010 to present the donations to the hospital. Upon arrival the hospital had printed a "HUGE" check to present. The girls presented the check to Dr. Wilson, Dr. Ziga, and Nurse Practitioner Karen from the 9th Floor.

Thank you all for everything,

The Watson Family :)

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

December 27-31, 2010

Monday-This morning I picked up around the house. Early this afternoon, the girls and I ran into town to pick up Lillie's birthday gift and to take Mom's folding chairs back. At about 5:00 p.m. I picked up Trystan's friend, Molly and dropped Alyssa off at her friend Lillie's. After dropping Alyssa off, the girls and I ran to Highland to pick up Pizza Hut Pizza. That's what they wanted. We came home and the girls had a picnic on the floor and watched a movie. They played the rest of the evening until they went to bed.


Tuesday-Trystan and her friend woke up this morning and played until I had breakfast made. After breakfast they changed out of their pjs and played some more. At around 10:30 a.m. we left the house to pick up both Alyssa and Shelbi from the sleepover. I then ran Molly home. I took the three girls to eat a t Subway and came back to the house. The three played hide-and-seek and made their own band with Trystan's purple guitar, purple drumset, and kareoke machine. Quite commical!!! Crystal came after she was off work to pick up Shelbi. We relaxed the rest of the evening.


Wednesday-I spent the entire day cleaning and doing laundry. It was a very productive day. Trystan and Alyssa spent the entire day in their pjs playing. I love that they get along so well!


Thursday-This morning I got up and got ready first thing. I had decided to take the girls to Justice. We had to take a pair of Trystan's pants back for a different size. While we were there the girls used their gift cards and money. It's nice to be able to take them shopping and not have to spend a dime!!! :) After Justice we stopped by Border's Books but Alyssa didn't find anything she wanted to use her gift cards for so we left. The next stop was Toys R Us. The girls had gift cards yet from Friends of Kids with Cancer that they hadn't used up. Alyssa chose a game and Trystan a puppy dog doctor set. They also agreed on two Wii games. That was the last store we stopped at and were on our way home. Alyssa talked me into stopping at Culver's in Collinsville. Thankfully I had two free kid's scoop coupons! Another "cheap" stop. When we got home, the family played the game Alyssa got and also played on the Wii.


Friday-Relaxed today. This evening we went to Jeff and Katie's house to bring in the new year. Last year we couldn't do much of anything because Trystan's counts were so low. Amazing how much has changed this year! Thank you God!! We all couldn't believe that the kids were able to play and stay up until midnight. We got home and were in bed a little before 1 a.m. We all had a great time with friends!

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