Cioa, I am in Rome,Italy and Ciao means hi in Italian. So far we have seen the Coliseum and the Trevi Fountain to name a few. I trained like a gladiator and I am looking forward to our homestays on the 4 of July. I miss everyone so much and will give an update later. 

I finshed packing and I am ready to go! I leave at midnight tonight, so I can get to San Fransico at 3 A.M.!!!! I'm kinda nervous for my trip especially for my Italian homestay. A fun way to spend your 12 birthday. I will have accesss to Wi-Fi during parts of my trip so I can keep everyone updated. Less than 10 hours YEAH!!!

Thanks for all your support and wish me luck!

Bridget

Yodigity FUNdraiser for Europe!

Yodigity Yogurt at 2950 E. Nees Ave, Fresno, CA

Please join us on Thursday, May 10th from Noon-10 p.m. for some great yogurt. Yodigity will be giving Bridget 20% of their sales profit for the day. NO FLYER is needed. The weather is heating up and who couldn't use a little Yogurt to get us in the swing of Summer? This will be Bridget's last big FUNdraiser before she leaves for Europe on June 29th. Thanks for all your support!

 

For all of you that went to the Bunco Fundraiser, it was a great night and thank you for all your generous donations.  And congratulations to all our Bunco winners and raffle winners!

 

I have begun packing and I am getting really excited as the trip is starting to seem like it is actually happening.  I got my itinery and found out that I will be spending my 12th birthday with an Italian family for a home stay.  Wonder if they will have a birthdy cake :)

 

I am close to finishing my BIG project board.  It is my last assignment I have due and my other assignments will be packing, packing and packing.

 

 

 

 

Just got our Gold Canyon Candles order today and are sorting them out! Mom caught me off guard sampling one of the candles she bought. Thank you to all of those that ordered.  I hope that you will be able to come to my European Bunco Bash on Saturday, April 28th at 6 pm.  It's going to be a really fun night. We have gotten more items for the raffle including a gift certificate to Mother Mary's, two free pizzas from Me n Eds and an hour long facial certificate! Hope to see you there.

Thank you for all your generous donations so far.  Here is another way to help out:

Bridget is selling Gold Canyon Candles until Sunday, April 15th as a fundraiser for Europe. If you are interested, message me. If you need to do the sniff test, l can get you the "scent sheet" to sniff! The available scents are: Apple, Apple Spice, Autumn Walk, Cedar Woods, Cinnamon Vanilla, Clean Sheets, Cranberry Orange, Fresh Orange, Ginger Lime, Moroccan Amber Vanilla, Mulled Cider, Pomegranate, Sugar Cookie, Sweet Pea and Warm Welcome. Since it is an individual fundraiser she can only sell these scents and in these sizes:
26 oz. for $25
16 oz. for $21.50
8 oz. for $17
  You can call us at 593-6685 or email us at sponsorbridget12@gmail.com.  Thanks everyone!!!!

Well, I am learning things I never knew. Like a year before John F. Kennedy was assassinated he and his wife visited the Arc de Triomphe. They were greatly inspired by the Eternal Flame. Later, when John's grave was being built Jacqueline remembered the flame and had one built by her husband's grave; bet you probably didn't know that because I sure did not! I learned this while I was collecting information for my board on the Arc de Triomphe.

I went to the Poverello House (a homeless shelter) a couple of weekends ago. I wanted to share my journal entry with you...

"I was nervous to go because I have never done anything like this before.  After I went I felt like it was an eye-opener. My dad always talks about how lucky I am to have a roof over my head, a warm bed and it really gets annoying.  But now I know how true it is. Seeing their home, canvas tents, and all their belongings in one bag made me appreciate all the things I have.  The conditions that they are in, a child eagerly eating a meal with the knowledge she may not get another one for awhile. They are like me, they want to be liked and loved, they want to fit in.  Just their situation makes it a little harder. They deserve better than a garbage dump for a meal. They were all nice to me when they could have been jealous, spiteful, and mean because I had everything they wanted. To see them and their reaction to me made me feel grateful. I felt a light glowing from me as I refilled their water. I felt simple and whole. I felt that I was doing something noble and honest with my life in the image of God. I hope to serve at the Poverello House again in the near future."