Danicia definitely worked her butt off trying for the last two months to raise money, get donations, and purchase the necessary goods for the event. (She likes to work under the gun.) The entire last week was crazy.
Saturday morning I got there and helped her set up the outside and inside of the snack bar. Which thankfully turned out to be a fairly big kitchen for a high school snack bar. Let me just say that it was nuts. We weren't going to open the snack bar until 11am but people were hungry by 10am! Rushing to get everything organized and cooking while realizing all the things we didn't have was crazy.
Of course, on top of all of that rush was that fact that Danicia was pretty much running her mom's team's booth. That required everyone in the group to rotate at the snack bar: serving, cleaning, and prepping - and at the booth selling goodies and walking around the track for 24 hours.
Once lunch was over, we could all breathe for a bit and really got into the swing of things. It was prefect weather that day and we were all glad to be there helping out. It was a pretty good turn out and people were having lots of fun.
Then we got things rolling for dinner and realized the OTHER things that we didn't have. I have to admit that I love the rush of having to get things organized and paced just so to serve customers. I really thrive on the adrenaline and don't let it stress me out. So I was completely in my element.
I was so happy that my family stopped by for a few hours to hang out and say hi! Leah was there and helped out with the team too. Kylie really liked walking around the track and seeing all the attractions and people. Natalie was very content to sit at the booth with Leah and help make bracelets to sell. Stephen got put "in jail" and had to use Kylie to get people to donate money to pay his bail. Everyone had a great time.
Things calmed down after 8pm and there was a wonderful ceremony put on for the crowd to celebrate the lives of loved ones lost and the years saved by those who have survived. Lucky us got to serve free birthday cake to everyone after. Nice thing about working the food was that we got first dibs on the good stuff!
Later that night, we were all toast. The adrenaline of the whole day and really caught up with us, that and all the sun! Everyone was so grateful when Danicia's brother's friends came to cover the late shift. Once we got all the pizza there for the midnight meal, we bounced and went home for a few hours of sleep.
Bright and early, we were back for more. Danicia's mother in-law cooked over 500 eggs for breakfast and showed up with them hot and ready to go. We made pancakes and served other yummy breakfast food. The breakfast was free so everyone there came. It was amazing to see all those people so tired, lined up to get food. They were so grateful!
It is really amazing what people can do when they come together for such a life changing cause. Karl and I were so happy to have the opportunity to help and support the event. We are already looking forward to next year and have tons of ideas of what we would like to do.
Karl with his hair spray painted.
Natalie with her spray painted hair.
Stephen using Kylie to "get out of jail".
Night display in the bleachers - Karl liked it a lot!
One of the two cakes for the birthday celebration that night.
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