Sunday December 13th

I had a great event Sunday that I was thrilled to be a part of, and I can't wait to share it with you! I can't share it yet...but it's definitely worth the wait! Stay tuned!!!

Breakfast with Santa

Saturday was spent at Viking Park in Gurnee, IL for the annual breakfast with Santa. I was on hand with Miss Gurnee and Junior Miss Gurnee along with Park District Volunteers to serve breakfast. We had two seatings with 160 people in each! I've never served so many pancakes in my life!!!

http://www.triblocal.com/Gurnee/Detail_View/view.html?type=events&action=detail&sub_id=115340


Special thanks to Linda Brogren, Volunteer Coordinator for Gurnee Parks District for coordinating the event for me as well as taking photos of the event, to all the great gentleman who were our chefs for the morning! They were awesome! To the volunteers for making everything run so smoothly! It was a pleasure working with you all!

Keep On, Keepin' On!

Had to share this since it was shared with me...Bravo!

By Katherine Tweed

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is long gone, but that doesn’t stop the staff at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Ore. From administrators to nurses, cleaning crews to surgeons, everyone threw on a pair of pink gloves and got down in the spirit of raising awareness for breast cancer.

Click on the video below to watch hospital employees cut loose for breast cancer awareness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEdVfyt-mLw&feature=player_embedded

More Bollywood than ER, the video is an infectious, upbeat dance to Jay Sean’s “Down.” Kudos to the elderly man with a broom for the best solo performance. It’s a tie between the lab technicians and the surgical staff for best small-group choreographed dance.

“Our employees put together this video to generate breast cancer awareness throughout our hospital system,” according to the video’s YouTube page. “We had a ton of fun putting this together and hope it inspires others to join in the cause.”

The video shows that there’s more than one way to fight cancer. Although the clip lacks professional dance moves, it sure makes up for it in charisma, style and hope.

Psalm 33:20 "We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield."

Traveling the State to our Capitol

Friday was spent as a special guest greeter for the historic Dana-Thomas House in Springfield, Illinois. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright beginning in 1902, it remains a "must see" piece of the rich historical landmarks that reside in our state Capitol.

http://www.dana-thomas.org/

I began my evening greeting guests at the front door, then was treated to being a part of the greeting "staff" in the room that was used for parties, balls, and entertaining vocal stylings of the husband of Susan Lawrence Dana, whom the house was designed for originally. Santa and I were a big hit! ;) Isn't his coat amazing? He even had each reindeer named on the buttons of his outfit!

Afterward, it was suggested I try a hometown favorite for dinner so I went to family owned Saputo's. HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT!!!

http://www.saputos.com/welcome.html

(And found myself seated next to one of the singers from the group "The Platters" and his producer! He was such a gentleman!)

Special thanks to Regina of The Dana-Thomas House for arranging my appearance, as well as Kay, Nick, and Nancy for their extra efforts in working on the event itself as well as making me feel so welcome. PS - It's obviously hunting season, because I saw deer...and chickens...on the way there and back!