We delivered on Project Graduation last night. I am relieved to say that it was as good (if not better) than any other celebration we have done. I don't have a final head-count, but it appears we had about 300 kids, or about 75% of the graduating class in attendance. We must have had 60 or more parents volunteering and working the event. The High School administrators decided that they wanted to hand out the diplommas at the end of the event, but no one told us about it. We had people coming at 5 AM to begin the tear-down, but Chris handled it.
There were (as there always are) a few incidents, including one celebrating graduate who had a seizure. Anyway, it all went off relatively well. We had great leadership and parent group to pull the whole thing off. This year's "theme" was Road Trip -- thus the sign!
My next big event was the end of chemo today! No more infusions or shots...it is now down to getting my blood back to normal, which will take some time. I came down with a cold but Dr Lunin prescribed an antibiotic, which mostly knocked it out. I am going to take it easy this weekend and hope to be fully recovered before I get on a plane Tuesday.
I also had a meeting today with a potential donor who could put SVDP on a solid financial footing. Say a prayer that this donor makes a decision to proceed. I am hoping to hear something next week.
While I was at Project Graduation I learned about two more people with cancer. One was the cousin of a friend of mine. Only 39 years old, discoved at the same time as me. He died last Friday because he gave up from the start and elected not to have treatment for six month. What a crying shame.
Now, you want to hear something funny? I sent out an inquiry using the internet to find a travel agent to help me plan a dream trip to Italy in September. To make a long story short, they sent me three matches. The one I selected is a woman named Mary. Speaking with her tonight, I discovered that the internet dream trip agent I selected will be Mary Cannaly, someone I was in schoolwith from seventh grade until I left for Japan as a senior! I have not seen nor spoken with Mary since I was a High Schoool junior. God works in mysterious ways.
2 comments:
That is so crazy! It really is a small world. See you next week! xo Paula
Destiny Lane. PG was a great evening. Tom, I can't thank you enough for your blog. I could say see you tonight, but I think you are giving away your daughter friday and probably already out in CA. Party it up.
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