STORIES MLFG 2K10
-$10,000. Donation made in Maggie Lee's name- Community Foundation (SRV,BOS, LA)
Linda Tatum- Took time after work Friday to assist a co-worker who was in desperate need of help. (Tyler, TX)
-Caddo Middle Magnet School- Collected 200 shoes, 100 coats and Donation for The American Heart Association (SRV,LA)
-Grace Christian School- Welcomed home Troops at DFW (Dallas, TX)
-Doucet Family- Raised $360.00 for Rinky, our World Vision Child in India thru their art show (Flower Mound, TX)
-Mazzanti Clan- Donated items for Troops at Glenwood Tearoom (SRV, LA)
-DeAcetis Family- Baked cookies for firemen (Libertyville, IL)
Belinda Warren- Donation to KGLY, (Tyler, TX)
.AWESOME STORIES FROM ML4G-2009
For pictures and article from Shreveport-Bossier Christian family, click here:http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=49151&p=9
ML4G T-shirt sales made $1,260. for Watering Malawi- An organization which digs wells, changes entire villages and in turn frees girls Maggie Lee's age from the task of gathering water which enables them to get an education!
Amy Peters Necklaces raised $1,300. to dig wells in Africa, $1,000. for brain injury patients, $250.00 for Batson Children's in Jackson, $300.00 for the Catholic Charity The Gabriel Project for unwed mothers and $350.00 for the new fbcs youth building.
BOSSIER CITY, LA- Sari writes about working at her apartment complex when the groundskeeper asked if he could run across the street to buy the lawn guys fruit punch, ice and cups, (out of his own pocket) She said,"Sure."
Then he added, "I try to do a good deed for Maggie Lee every day. There's my ***MAGGIE LEE*** for the day!"
SHREVEPORT, LA - First Baptist Church School, Middle School helped with the 81st Street Early Childhood Education Learning Fair
ATLANTA, GA - Jackie had a MLFG Dinner Party where her special guests are invited to bring donations, clothes and toiletries to donate to the Atlanta Women's Shelter; the only day time shelter for homeless women and children.
TROPHY CLUB, TX - The 7th grade Destination Imagination Team participated in "Project Outreach," in which they collected $ for CD players and CD's to donate to Children's Hospital, Dallas. They have researched brain injuries and discovered that music often stimulates mood and brain function in recovering patients. This was Maggie Lee's DI Team in the 3rd grade and they are dedicting this year's efforts to Maggie Lee.
DALLAS, TX - Gina and Keaton are welcomed home troops at DFW Airport in Dallas, Reagan & GRACE ACADEMY is holding a food drive
Ft. Worth, TX - Colleen, Andrea and Kathy held a lemonade stand which raised over 5,000!
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL - Dana at Woodlawn UMC Children's Ministry held a clothing drive
HOUSTON, TX - St. Thomas Moore Catholic School held a Mass in Maggie Lee's name where the written good deeds of all students will be placed in a box on the altar
LOS ANGELES, CA - Dave helped feed the homeless
DENVER, CO - Lisa is becoming a "Big Sister," to an at-risk child. Go Lisa!
TROPHY CLUB, TX - Lakeview Elementary is having a Maggie Lee For Good WEEK!!!! and donating food items to the Northwest Area Food Bank
SHREVEPORT, LA - Cosse and Silmon Orthodontics helda canned food drive benefitting, "The HUB Urban Homeless Ministry."..the biggest contributor got an IPOD...and they matched each can with a donation
CARROLTON, TX - Bent Tree Bible Fellowship MOPS (Mothers Of Preschoolers,) Group collected a donation to send to "My Friend's House," Children's Shelter in Plano
ST. PETERSBURG, FL - Denise and FBC, St. Pete's Children's Ministry took snack bags to The Ronald McDonald House
SHREVEPORT, LA - Stephanie and First Pres. Preschool is made treat bags for the Families of Providence House
JETS Football organization- Held a canned-food drive benefitting area food pantries
FBChurch School - Preschool; Collecting Books for Providence House, Collected dog treats and donations for Robinson's Rescue
Trophy Club, TX - Northwest High School's Honor Society Raised money for the Northwest Texas Food Bank
Shreveport, LA - First Baptist Church School grades stuffed Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes by the dozen, Held a "Maggie Lee For Good," Fair at 81st St.Early Childhood Education Center, Collected Books for Providence House, Made Bracelets, Entertained Younger kids by acting out stories and held a canned food drive benefitting the Shr-Bossier Rescue Missi
-In Ft. Worth Colleen and Andrea raised $4,000.oo at a lemonade stand which they donated to Cook's Chi
-In Austin, a lawyer took on a case pro-bono in honor of Maggie Lee
-In Paris, Sara gave baguettes to the homeless under the Eiffel Tower
-In Tifton, GA, Annie Bell Clark EL. Raised nearly 2,000. cans of food for the food bank.
-In Atlanta, Jackie raised over $600. and an SUV full of clothes for the Atlanta Women's Day Shelter
-In Natchitoches, LA, a gentleman paid the electric bill of an elderly woman...
and the stories just KEEP COMING!!!!!
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