Hoops for Heart

My heart was touched yesterday as I overheard my Whitney and my Savannah having a conversation. They are both having the program "Hoops for Heart" at their school which supports the American Heart Society. Thanks to our special friend, Libby, my kids will ever be changed by knowing that heart defects can affect anyone and how much a person goes through that has a heart defect. Our kids refer to it as a "special heart". Anyway, my girls were discussing the fundraiser. Savannah has been one of the top fund raisers at her school the last two times that she has participated. She is a compassionate child and wants to make a difference and I think that the reality of seeing what Libby goes through has driven to want to help...in some way...in any way. As an incentive to the kids, if they raise more than $150 they receive tickets to Hurricane Harbor, which is a waterpark in the area. The $150 participants get to go to the park on a day that is only open for the kids that have raised the funds, and when John and Savannah went in the past, they were thrilled to find such a low crowd. The award happens to be on Blayne's birthday this year, so Savannah and Whitney came up with the idea that if they BOTH raised $150 they could earn 4 tickets and they with Blayne could go to Hurricane Harbor to celebrate Blayne's birthday. We have really been cutting back around here and our house is on the market, so the girls know that money is tighter than it used to be. They are so sweet to try to come up with how they can give a special gift to Blayne and raise money for a good cause. They spent a few minutes hashing out the list. They divided up the relatives that they are going to call and came up with a game plan. In the past, we have done the fundraising through the website, but Savannah told Whitney that she thought calling was better....I really wanted to interject at that point and push the website idea, but I bit my tongue and let them move forward with "their" plan. So, beware of the call of the Stonecipher girls over the next couple of days! They are raising money! It does my mommy heart good to see them desiring to help others, like Libby, and to want to earn a prize that will be given to their brother. Savannah even told Whitney "if I get the $150 and you don't, then I am going to give the tickets to Dad and Blayne so that Blayne gets to go on his birthday" She would give up her prize for her brother to get to go...how selfless and wonderful!
***It was suggested by my friend that I actually do the website thing with the girls, as it gives the opportunity to pay by credit card and for those living out of state it saves the trouble of mailing a check...so, we worked on the sites tonight.
***UPDATE..BOTH girls are $25 from their goal. If you go to their link, you only see what is posted on-line. Some have sent money in the mail to them. Thank You!
Here is Whitney's:
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And Savannah's :
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***Libby's brother, Mason, has already raised over $1200!!!! He is so excited!