The Christine Mueller Memorial Drive
C's efforts (below) to help others in need, in Christine's name. She's been in the office products industry and sent this to over 50 influential peeps in the business--hoping to get them all they need at St. Ann's.
Just months before her passing, I was asking C what we could do to teach Christine how lucky she is and how others are not so lucky and we did not immediately know how to teach her that...so now, from heaven, she will see how generous others are to help those in need.
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As you know, my precious 4-year-old daughter Christine died suddenly on October 30. My husband Marty and I are unspeakably devastated by our loss. As I have been confronting my grief these past weeks, I saw an opportunity to try to help people whose lives have been devastated in another way -- by Hurricane Katrina. I am asking for your support as I organize the Christine Mueller Memorial Drive so that the beauty and goodness of Christine can be known and remembered as we reach out to others in need.
Next year, Christine would have attended Kindergarten at St. Raymond de Penafort School in Mt. Prospect. Recently, St. Raymond has partnered with the hurricane ravaged community of St. Ann in Metairie, Louisiana (http://www.stannschool.org/). Although badly damaged, St. Ann realistically has the potential and the commitment of its people to rebuild and begin again, and its #1 priority is St. Ann's School. As the St. Ann School clean-up progressed over the past 3 months, the 1,100 students have been attending classes in two different neighboring schools. On December 5, St. Ann School re-opened its doors and started holding classes. This is a huge rallying point for the community. The community feels that at school, the students have an escape from the realities of home. The sentiment is that if St. Ann students can be happy and safe during school hours, then they can forget a little bit about the devastation of their home lives. Approximately 40-50% of the community is living in homes that have been damaged at least as severely as the school.
Although St. Ann School has re-opened, they are functioning with just basic supplies. I am asking you to check your inventories for any overstocked, discontinued or used furnishings that you could donate to St. Ann School on behalf of the Christine Mueller Memorial Drive. Specifically, St. Ann School needs the following items:
-Edited out by MPM, they need lots of stuff-
As you can see from the photos below, Christine was a strikingly beautiful child. Strangers would constantly tell me how pretty she was, but they were people who only saw her from the outside. Christine was the ideal child -- nice, smart, sweet, friendly, lovable, fun, helpful, giving, thoughtful, and beautiful both inside and out. And what is most important and so special and comforting to me now is that her inner beauty far eclipsed her physical beauty. Christine had a compassion for others far beyond her years, and this made it easy to teach her about reaching out and helping people in need.
If you can donate any of these items to St. Ann through the Christine Mueller Memorial Drive, please contact me by phone or email so that I can help coordinate shipping arrangements. Thank you in advance for your generous support of the Christine Mueller Memorial Drive.
Carolyn Mueller
Just months before her passing, I was asking C what we could do to teach Christine how lucky she is and how others are not so lucky and we did not immediately know how to teach her that...so now, from heaven, she will see how generous others are to help those in need.
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As you know, my precious 4-year-old daughter Christine died suddenly on October 30. My husband Marty and I are unspeakably devastated by our loss. As I have been confronting my grief these past weeks, I saw an opportunity to try to help people whose lives have been devastated in another way -- by Hurricane Katrina. I am asking for your support as I organize the Christine Mueller Memorial Drive so that the beauty and goodness of Christine can be known and remembered as we reach out to others in need.
Next year, Christine would have attended Kindergarten at St. Raymond de Penafort School in Mt. Prospect. Recently, St. Raymond has partnered with the hurricane ravaged community of St. Ann in Metairie, Louisiana (http://www.stannschool.org/). Although badly damaged, St. Ann realistically has the potential and the commitment of its people to rebuild and begin again, and its #1 priority is St. Ann's School. As the St. Ann School clean-up progressed over the past 3 months, the 1,100 students have been attending classes in two different neighboring schools. On December 5, St. Ann School re-opened its doors and started holding classes. This is a huge rallying point for the community. The community feels that at school, the students have an escape from the realities of home. The sentiment is that if St. Ann students can be happy and safe during school hours, then they can forget a little bit about the devastation of their home lives. Approximately 40-50% of the community is living in homes that have been damaged at least as severely as the school.
Although St. Ann School has re-opened, they are functioning with just basic supplies. I am asking you to check your inventories for any overstocked, discontinued or used furnishings that you could donate to St. Ann School on behalf of the Christine Mueller Memorial Drive. Specifically, St. Ann School needs the following items:
-Edited out by MPM, they need lots of stuff-
As you can see from the photos below, Christine was a strikingly beautiful child. Strangers would constantly tell me how pretty she was, but they were people who only saw her from the outside. Christine was the ideal child -- nice, smart, sweet, friendly, lovable, fun, helpful, giving, thoughtful, and beautiful both inside and out. And what is most important and so special and comforting to me now is that her inner beauty far eclipsed her physical beauty. Christine had a compassion for others far beyond her years, and this made it easy to teach her about reaching out and helping people in need.
If you can donate any of these items to St. Ann through the Christine Mueller Memorial Drive, please contact me by phone or email so that I can help coordinate shipping arrangements. Thank you in advance for your generous support of the Christine Mueller Memorial Drive.
Carolyn Mueller
posted by Bike @ 4:29 PM
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She was an amazingly beautiful child, truly angelic then as now. That's quite a project C is cooking up. I hope it helps her to focus her grief energy on something like that which memorializes Christine for ever and ever. JJS
Hi, I'm Jovi, a regular reader and commentator on Juanita Sanchez's blog. I was curious about your blog and decided to check it out. I must say that I am extraordinarily touched by your story. It is obvious to me that Christine was a lovely child and that you were and are very proud parents. I am sure that through your efforts and love, her legacy will live on. I am so sorry for your loss. I am a teacher and although I don't have children of my own, I think I can honestly understand how beautiful and englihtening children can be. I hope you don't mind my commenting on your blog. I would love to keep reading it and learning more about your precious daughter.
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