January 3, 2009 (Part I)
Ok, it’s been so long I wonder where to began. I will try to fill everyone in on what’s been going on in the last few months. On November 1, 2008 there was a fund raiser called Tour De Tammany that benefitted Kid Konnection, St. Tammany reserve deputies, and the Mia Grace Foundation. It was a bide ride on the Tammany Trace in St. Tammany. Mia had a BALL that day! There are so many people to thank. I will start with Richie & Paula Toal and their wonderful family. We can’t began to thank them enough for their time, love, generosity and dedication. They are they type of people you meet and know they are " good people." They wanted to help and they came up with the idea of having a covered tent with all types of goodies: cookies, fudge, brownies, cupcakes, etc. They named it "Mia’s Sweet Shop." They past the word around their hometown of Kenner to other church members and before they knew it they had an outpour of people wanting to donate their baked goods. Richie’s family went all out and even had costumes made of pastry chefs. They were awesome and we can’t thank them enough. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Missi & Joey Sponiza of the band "Witness" volunteered their time entertaining everyone with Karaoke. We couldn’t believe how much fun Mia was having. Mia and her cousin Chevy even got on the stage with Missi and was singing and dancing. It was the best time we all had in such a long time! We all couldn’t believe Mia was up there in front of everyone like she was a star! LOL! She is our little shining star anyways. Missi you did a great job letting the kids have fun, they loved it. Thank you very much!
Lisa Pratt Maddox is another wonderful person. She is always doing things to help other people. She is a person who is always involved with fund raisers. This event wouldn’t have been possible without Lisa organizing it. Lisa’s sister painted a kids size picnic table of Dora the Explorer for Mia.
There was also a lot of other volunteers for this wonderful event and we would like to thank each and everyone of ya’ll for your generosity. Thank you!
The Time’s Picayune, The Farmer and The St. Tammany News all did a nice write up about the Tour De Tammany with pictures of Missi, Mia & Chevy singing.