Recent News...

Just a quick update to let everyone know that I recently got an email from a youth group near me. They read all about Derrick and the chemo duck program, so they decided to have a soup sale and candy sale. They work along with an organization Thrivent for Lutherans who matches the funds raised for certain things, so needless to say over $400 was raised for chemo ducks. This email left me speechless, since these young people did not know Derrick, but they were still inspired by him to help out. I haven't heard back from about a specific hospital, but I am thinking we will be taking on maybe one or two more with this donation. I am so excited and happy that there are so many wonderful people out there who are willing to help out. I will be meeting with the youth group within the next couple weeks, so I will keep you all posted. I will have the shirt orders this week, so those of you in the Ephrata area you will have them Sunday! I still have some white shirts left, so let me know if you are interested. Here is a poem I read today that reminded me of something Derrick might say:
S L O W D A N C E:

Have you ever watched kids
on a merry-go-round
Or listened to the rain
slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic
flight
Or gazed at the sun into the fading
night?

You better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last

Do you run through each day on the
fly
When you ask "How are you?"
do you hear the reply?

When the day is done,
do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
running through your head?

You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last

Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow
And in your haste, not see his
sorrow?

Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
'Cause you never had time
to call and say "Hi"?

You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting
there.
When you worry and hurry through your
day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away...

Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.