One thing that I love about working for Southwest is that we get to do lots of things at work that some other companies don't get to do. Southwest is very involved in the community and encourages our teams to do service projects. Our manager, Jenn, suggested that our team come up with one.
Anne and I were the organizers and we made fleece tie blankets for Children's Hospital. While they were very time consuming to prepare (especially Anne's part!), it was so much fun and they turned out great! My team all generously donated money for the fabric and we made 18 blankets for the kids. Laney received several blankets during her stay at Children's so it was so exciting for me to be able to give back to them. I love that we're far enough past all of the really hard stuff that now I was able to help other kids in her honor. Thank you to my sweet team for making it possible!
A few weeks later our entire director group did another project for Children's. One of our managers, Larry, decided to plan a service project during our activity time. We made
2,000 "Busy Books for Kids"...which are coloring packets with crayons for the kids in the waiting rooms! Isn't that great!!!! I almost cried thinking about all of the effort that went into planning and watching everyone work so hard. These little extras make such a big difference. There are multiple things like this that really stick out to me when I remember our stay. I love that good things are coming out of Laney's situation. I even got to share a little bit about Laney at the beginning of the project. Great idea, Larry!
Their cute friend Parker!
Kids are so messy!
Jace loved his cake and dug right in!
Cade thought it was so funny to feed Laney!
Everyone playing with the new toys! It was like Christmas!
We tried to get them all to wear the hats...not easy!
Cade giving Granddad bunny ears!
The shower game...looks funny, I know! Everyone had to draw what they thought baby Hunter would look like. There were some very impressive ones!
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