***For some reason I cannot add text to the last entry... and I cannot shrink the pics that I stole from our official photographer so you will have to click on them twice***
Wonder where we have been lately? Saturday was our 7th annual Feed the Need race at Wompatuck State Park, which pretty much consumes my life every Spring. We really pounded the pavement getting the word out this year, and it paid off. We had 297 runners cross the finish line, 4,800 canned goods collected and enough money to buy almost as many more + 2,000 more cans collected through the local elementary school. This was a prime year for a smashing success with food pantries being patronized more and more by families trying to make ends meet.
This year's activities also included Kid's races (there is a pic of Abz running the "Toddler Trot" and Tadpole running the "Diaper Dash"), an Easter Egg hunt, Bounce House, Clown, and amazing door prizes! The best part of the day was the miracle that the rain stopped around dawn and didn't start again until we pulled out of the parking lot of the State Park.
The last two pics are of Jenn Ashley (a dangerous woman to know), President of Feed the Need, Inc. Because of her inspiration 7 years ago and her amazing ability to rally people into action (myself included), Feed the Need has now donated over 101,000 canned goods to people in need. There are now races in 2 communities in Massachusetts, and 1 in Connecticut with 3 more races in Massachusetts, 2 in New York, 1 in North Carolina and 1 in Texas (unless Sandy is good about screening her calls) in the planning phase.
Go FTN!
Trouble is, neither of us knows when or how he gets there. We just consider the last one to realize (and thus spend the rest of the night with his feet in your ribs) the big looser. Here's me happily slumbering ALONE on the couch.
Okay, so maybe we never had control of the situation in the first place. I'm sure you noticed that Tadpole wasn't the only bed hog in the picture. Clearly the kids feel very comfortable here.
