It is always so much fun when our families have a chance to get together and play!  We had this chance recently when The Knights of Columbus Council 13640, Sagrada Familia, put on a great Valentine party for our children and their families.  David and Melenie Colon organized another fun event complete with inflatables, face painting, games and lunch.

 

Once children come and stay with us, their families become part of our family.  Even after the children go home, we get phone calls and notes from their families.  Sometimes they need something, sometimes they have great news they want to share and sometimes they just need an ear to listen, someone to care.

 

When we have an event like this, the children have fun playing together, knowing they have something in common.  The parents and grandparents also have a chance to get to know each other and often find support from someone who has a similar story as theirs.

 

At the end of the day, David and Melenie asked the children to line up and one by one they went up to the stage where they were given a bag of gifts that had been donated by churches and other groups.  One young boy was so excited, he said, “I didn’t get to have a birthday party this year.  So this was just like having a birthday party!”

 

Thank you David and Melenie, Knights of Columbus and Sacred Heart Chapel for putting on such a great party.

 

Thank you Women’s Fund for the grant to make this all happen.