1. Date night at the amazing Foode for one of the couples in our FGP community! The couple was able to get out and have a night on the town to reconnect. When asked how it was, the mom said, "Amazing. Thank you for everything. I'm definitely going to be a regular."
2. One of the mamas got her hair done by our helpful and talented stylist, Alis who works at Bangz.
3. The amazing and generous, Diana Keller of Sage Letterpress spent the weekend working on business cards and is ready and eager to work on some marketing materials for us!
4. Design is underway of our first ever e-newsletter thanks to Stephanie's oldest!
5. Content for the newsletter is being developed.
6.We are running a contest on FB and here to name our e-newsletter. Whoever comes up with the winning name will get a $10 restaurant.com gift card. If you aren't on FB, feel free to post your idea here for consideration under comments.
7. Two fundraisers are on right now for FGP! One is a Thirty-One Fundraiser (you know those great bags with cool patterns) and a Nomades Charm Fundraiser(the charms designed for the military families)!
8. A very exciting fundraiser is planned for the month of February! We can't tell just yet what it is because we don't want to ruin the surprise, but if you are a reader, you will love it!
9. Our check for $4,000 made its way to the family from our fundraiser in December.
10. Parent support meetings are being scheduled in our area. Thanks to Amy of Amy's Cafe for her offer of her restaurant.
11. Laura, the woman who is heading up the Richmond chapter is representing FGP today at a meeting with Childhood Cancer Community Consortium.
Thanks to everyone involved in making any and all of the above happen!
Want to volunteer? Send an email to info@fairygodmotherproject.org
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