This is my second year co-chairing the Auction Committee for the Noah's Children Gala. If you're not familiar with Noah's Children, let me fill you in. Noah's is Central Virginia's only pediatric hospice and palliative care program.
For families with a terminally ill child, Noah's Children offers medical, practical, spiritual, and emotional support for families who are facing a terrible reality: losing a child. It is a situation that I find very hard to imagine going through, and my heart aches when I think of the families who are suffering through it. It is a cause that I find exceptionally worthy of my time.
For the last 6 months I have worked with my fabulous co-chair, Cary, and a whole host of wonderful women to put to together an auction that we hope will raise a significant amount of money for Noah's Children. The gala is in February and is Noah's main fundraising event for the year.
This evening, I had the opportunity to take my girls to their first Noah's event. We went to the Children's Museum of Richmond's Chesterfield location to take part in a celebration of children's art that has been created by local school children in a fundraising effort for Noah's Children. The children's art project is one of the original fundraising efforts for Noah's and is a very special way to teach children the importance of helping others. I was so excited to bring my girls to the museum and introduce them to some of the people I've gotten to know through my work with Noah's.
The girls thoroughly enjoyed their time at the museum and after I dried my tears from watching the Noah's video that is shared at many of their events (and I cry every time), I was able to pull myself together and enjoy my healthy and happy children, knowing that all the hard work that I've done is totally worth it.
If you'd like to come to our gala in February, click on the link below and buy your tickets!!
https://www.bsvaf.org/test/fortyone/tickets
If you can't make the event but would like to make a donation, click here.
https://www.bsvaf.org/givetonoahs
And that tear-jerker video can be found here. It's an uplifting story about a family who lost their precious little girl to cancer. Scroll down to the third video, "How Noah's Children Makes a Difference."
http://www.noahschildren.org/videos
And last but not least, here are some pictures of the girls at the museum!!
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| Julia drives a real Richmond City Bus while Margaret plays the pensive passenger. |
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| Caroline at the wheel of a real fire truck!! |
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| Three girls in a jungle gym |
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| Hands down, Julia's favorite exhibit was the animal adoption center. |
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| They even have actual animals up for adoption! I temporarily lost my head and considered bringing home a cat. |
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| Julia and Margaret behind the wheel of a Benz. |
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| One of my favorite pieces of the children's art. |
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