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 :)

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

January 10-14, 2010

Monday-Start of a new week. I think the girls are happy to be back in school! The weather forecast for this evening is three to six inches of snow tonight. We'll see if the girls have school tomorrow. This evening Alyssa had dance. After dance we came home, had dinner, baths, and showers. By that time we finished all that it was time for bed! It still wasn't snowing when we put the girls down for the night.


Tuesday-Was woke up this morning with a phone call from the school. School's been cancelled due to the snow. I looked out the window and there was a blanket of snow and it was still coming down. I went ahead and let the girls wake up on their own. I spent the day cleaning the house and doing laundry. The girls spent the day playing, playing, and more playing! Just before 9:00 p.m. we got a call from the school cancelling for tomorrow due to the blowing/drifting snow and dangerously low wind chill. No rush in going to bed tonight!


Wednesday-Why is it when the kids are allowed to sleep in they get up early? The girls did a lot of playing today as well. The girls were having cabin fever and asked if I would take them to a McDonald's play land. So we took a road trip to Vandalia McDonald's. The country roads were still a little slick but the interstate was clear. They ate and then played in the play land. Another milestone was accomplished today. I don't know when the last time it was that Trystan played in a McDonald's play land. Alyssa was the wonderful BIG sister and made sure that Trystan stayed safe up in the play land. After we left McDonald's we had to run to Wal-Mart for some necessities. Came home after Wal-Mart and did a few more loads of laundry and started supper. Had a great day!


Thursday-It was back to school for the kiddos today. After dropping them home, I got a call from my mom saying she was in CC Food Mart in Pierron and saw Trystan's picture on the front page of the paper along with an article about the Jeans Month we are doing in February. I'm a little unsure about them putting my home phone number and email address in the paper. I am however very excited about the fundraiser. I've been told that GES and Pocahontas Grade Schools are both going to allow their faculty to wear jeans for one week! Also, Tri-Ford in Highland/Greenville will allow for their empoyees to do it for a day! There are a few other leads. Hoping to find more companies to join in on the February Jeans Month.


Friday-It was the last day of the week. Yeah!! The girls went to Grandma Watson's house this evening to spend the night. Tracy and I went out to dinner just the two of us to the winery in Carlyle and then met up with Tim and Lori afterwards. We don't get to have a date night without the kids very often. Glad to spend the one on one time together. Was hoping and praying all evening that the girls behaved themselves and slept for Grandma.

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