ALL FOR NANA: May 2009

Monday, May 4, 2009

2009 Tea Party

Thanks to everyone who attended and/or donated to the 2009 "All for Nana" Charity Tea Party. This year was another huge success with $1816 raised for cancer research and $1560 raised in donations for food and door prizes. We appreciate all of you who shared part of your Saturday with us in celebration of our Nana, Carol McLaughlin. It was nice to visit with everyone and, especially, to reminisce and share stories about her life. We truly hope to see everyone again next year!

The Orgin of "All For Nana Charity Tea Party"

The memories Maddie Mae has of the tea parties she used to have with her Pa and Nana is the inspiration behind our charity event. They would dress up in their fancy clothes and sip on their tea as they ate their "tea cake" cookies. Maddie wanted to have a tea party for all of her cousins, family, and friends. She just wouldn't stop asking. As I sat with her and discussed getting one together, she cried because she wished her Nana could come. She missed her Nana. I asked her if she wanted to try to raise money for cancer so that we could do our part to help stop someone else from losing their Nana. She started smiling and said "YES!" So that is how the "All for Nana Charity Tea Party" was created. Since Nana's birthday was April 28, we decided April would be the perfect month. We all miss our precious Nana and we hope that this annual tea party will be a yearly celebration of the love and legacy she left for us all.

Directions

From 459S or Tuscaloosa: Go 59N towards Birmingham. Take the 18th/19th Street exit. Go straight through the first stop sign at the end of the exit ramp. Turn left at the second stop sign (red light) onto 19th Street. At the second red light, turn left onto 18th Avenue (between Jacks restaurant and a gas station). Go approximately one-half mile to the next red light. At that light, turn right onto 15th Street. Stay on 15th Street, through the first red light, for approximately 3 miles. You will pass a fire station on your right before the second red light. At the second red light, turn left onto Virginia Drive. Valley Creek Baptist Church will be on your left approximately 2 miles down Virginia Drive. You will need to enter the tea party at the very back of the church, not via the covered side door.

From Birmingham: Go 59S towards Tuscaloosa. Take the 18th/19th Street exit and follow the same directions as above.

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Monday, May 4, 2009

2009 Tea Party

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