It's been a week of end of summer activities...
We said goodbye to Grandma and Papa Harkins as they left their summer home in Hayward and headed back to Nevada. Grandma has plans to make it back for some volleyball and other grandkid activities in October. I am grateful for my parents health and independence. They are living their lives. As it should be...
Dan has been traveling, no surprise there, and I have been putting in many hours on the Shannon O'Hara Foundation. We sent off three scholarship checks as our 2014 recipients are ready to start their college experience. We have our board meeting this weekend, and we are prepping for another year of fundraising.
On that front, we finally received our long awaited news from the IRS: after 19 months, countless hours spend on hold, and years off my life, we have been granted our non-profit status. The Shannon O'Hara Foundation is officially a 501(c)(3) organization. Wahoo!
So, big things ahead very soon from the SOF - we will be able to accept donations online and even have an SOF store for people to buy t-shirts, visors, etc. We will be embarking on a capital campaign, hoping to get closer to our fundraising goal. Stay tuned...
While that's been occupying my week, Erin has been busy as well. She is in the midst of two solid weeks of volleyball practice. Lots of time to get to know your teammates and work on playing together as a team. To help with team bonding, tonight involves a team sleepover.
Tomorrow morning (Sat.) the entire volleyball program will be hosting a waffle breakfast fundraiser. (If you are available, come to the Mayo HS cafeteria between 8am and noon to support Smiley and enjoy all your can eat waffles!) So, lots of pre-season work to be done, but once school starts, it's game on - literally - as Erin and her b-squad play every Tuesday and Thursday night...
Speaking of pre-season work, Erin and I finished her school shopping yesterday. The last two items on the list: jeans and a homecoming dress. We accomplished both, which was no small feat! Actually, finding jeans to fit Erin's O'Hara sized legs (2 short, by the way) was much harder than finding a homecoming dress...
Yes, Erin is ready to be a freshman. Her posse of girls plans to go to Homecoming together, with or without dates. Perfect. They are ready to be a part of the high school experience. Erin doesn't seem to have any reticence about it, only excitement. I am grateful for her independence, too. You go girl...
