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 :)

Sunday, July 3, 2011

June 26-July 2, 2011

Sunday-Went to church this morning. Once we got home the phone rang, it was the Cole's Creek Campgrounds, letting us know that our reservations for this upcoming weekend have had to be cancelled due to all of the flooding from the rains. We are all really bummed about not being able to go camping. Guess we'll have to come up with some other activities for this weekend.

Monday-We are all so tired of all the rain and the storms! Praying and feeling so sorry for all of the farmers.

Tuesday-Took a trip to the zoo today. Alyssa, Trystan, Kortnie, and myself had a wonderful time at the St. Louis Zoo! No matter how many times we go, we none ever get sick of the zoo!

Wednesday-Nothing too much to report today. The girls and I did swim this afternoon in the pool. :)

Thursday-Today I took Alyssa to get her ears double pierced for her birthday. That was one thing she's asked for. She did so well. When we arrived at the mall, she could hardly contain how nervous and scared she was. The lady had her sit in the chair and she held my hand, once the first one was done, she looked at me and said, "That's it?! That wasn't so bad." She's getting so grown up. For getting her ears pierced, I got a 20% off coupon so she picked out a pair of earings and a couple of headbands to finish off her birthday gifts from mom and dad. Then this evening, Tracy and I took the girls to the movies to see Mr. Popper's Penguins. Very cute movie and the girls loved it too!

Friday-Today I took the girls and Grandma Rieke to the Peanut Butter & Jam Festival on the Highland Square. The food was good and we had a good time. Walked over to Patty Cakes to try her cupcakes. They were delicious! Right before we were going to leave out walked Miss Patty herself. The girls were so excited! You see, she's quite the celebrity in our house from the girls watching her win twice on the Ultimate Cake Off. The girls got thier picture taken with another "famous" person. This afternoon, the four of us swam in the pool today together. The girls had a blast! They love it when we are all in the pool together. This evening we took the girls to Bretz Wildlife for dinner and put put golf. Again the girls had a great time!

Saturday-I took Trystan to shop for Alyssa's birthday and to pick up a few other things for her party tomorrow evening. Trystan loves her sissy so much, it took her almost 45 minutes to pick out just the right birthday card! I then took her to Wal-Mart to pick out her birthday gifts. Trystan was so excited about what she had gotten for her big sister!
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