We had a great spring party with the kids at S.O.S. last Friday. Although there were no April birthdays, we were able to celebrate all the children! There were 12 choir students that attended and helped organize the party. We divided the children into two groups. Some started off with games including a balloon relay, and a layered gift passing game, while they others thoroughly enjoy...ed making candy necklaces! These seemed to be the favorite!

Next, we were fortunate to hear the choir perform a few hit songs for us. Their voices were simply beautiful. Each child also received their very own gift and goody bag which included beach towels and flip flops for everyone of them. We ended with everyone enjoying cake and juice. The kids were all smiles.

We are so thankful for all of our volunteers and the hard work they did organizing this party. Thank you to Whiteaker Middle School Choir and New Hope Four Square Church for sponsoring this party, as well as Julie Motley, Andy Thomas, Sonya and Ray Blair and Amy Abel for your dedication and big hearts! 

We kicked off springtime with a great party at St. Francis Sunday 4/1/12. We celebrated with nearly 20 kids!  We were so fortunate to have a big bunch of volunteers, which included adults and kids! The children enjoyed an Easter egg hunt. The colorful plastic eggs contained lots of little yummy surprises inside. The children as well as adults loved the temporary tattoos of Disney and movie characters. They were sure a hit.  The cupcakes were fun and festive and the big one was so creative, decorated in an Easter theme.  Our 13 year old birthday boy enjoyed unwrapping his gifts, which included a new skateboard, helmet, and pads, as well as a book, football and Oregon duck pillow (made and donated by Debby Case).
 
We concluded with a couple rounds of musical chairs which never gets old.  The winners each received a box of Girl Scout cookies. It was such a fun time. Thank you to the Girl Scouts for donating over 40 boxes of cookies to us!  Also, thank you to Maps Credit union who donated the goody bags for this month's party as well as thank you to our sponsors and donors, Bonnie & Caity Arias and Debbie Irey, and our many volunteers including: Bobbie Concepcion, Paethon Takai, Rodney Walsingham, Patrick Takai, Alfonso Takai, Eric Yang and Joella Pargas, and Erica Anderson. We appreciate you all!

Our March birthday party at the YWCA shelter was a huge success thanks to the Silverton Girl Scouts who not only sponsored the entire party, but also attended and helped with the entire event! The Girl Scouts were also kind enough to generously donate the proceeds of their annual cookie sales to buy gifts for the birthday children.
 
We celebrated the birthdays of three beautiful children (two six year olds and a two year old) and it was a wonderfully boisterous and fun time for everyone. All of the kids, including the Girl Scouts, played party games and enjoyed birthday cake and ice cream. We also received an anonymous donation of additional birthday gifts for the three children. Thank you to that special person whoever you are!
 
There was also a very special moment when one of the birthday girls tugged on the shirt of a volunteer and said, "This is my best birthday ever!"  It doesn't get any better than that.