Do you see all these cool people in the photo? Those are my new friends, also known as, Alpha Phi Omega at the University of Delaware.
Mr. Kyle said that around 90 people helped out with our first joint 3B bag packing event. Their fraternity collected $1,000 worth of items to put in my Brae’s Brown Bags. We made our first workforce bags which included the toiletry items: toothbrush, toothpaste and travel size deodorants. There were 70 workforce bags made and I hope to give them to the Family Promise organization but I need to get them all together with inserts first.
We also packed 179 regular Brae’s Brown Bags, but I’m going to turn 30 of those into children bags where I will add a book for a school-aged person and I will be giving those bags to my school district, the Christina School District, this coming Friday so they can be handed out for Thanksgiving to some families in need.
My brother, my Mom and my Gram and Pop Pop all came to the event. It was in the same room where I gave a speech a couple of weeks ago in Purnell Hall. One of the girls who is in Alpha Phi Omega, I don’t remember her name, but she gave me a fist bump!
The whole afternoon was really great. It was kind of crazy with a lot of people but it was also really good because all of those people came to help.
When we went outside to pack the car with the bags we had to put some of them into my Gram and Pop Pop’s car because Mommy’s Jeep ran out of room.
Next up I will be going to Philadelphia to the Fox News station to be on the Good Day Philadelphia Morning Show on Tuesday, November 26, 2013! Be sure to watch!
Sunday was a wonderful experience! So happy that Pop pop and I could be a part of that. It is now a memory that I will always hold dear. The students of Alpha Phi Omega are all remarkable people. It was nice to meet many of them. You are doing exceptional things with Brae’s Brown Bags…helping so many people! Keep up the good work!