As Andrea and her crew got things going, they invited me out to share their story and in as much as I had a pretty good idea of what the long term purpose of Positively Muskegon would be, I still had yet to focus it. I knew what I wanted to get done, but would I be invited in to peoples homes and business to help share their story? Would there be an audience for what we were doing? I mean, it's easy to grab headlines when someone gets shot, or a store gets robbed....but would people actually respond if some guy went all over Muskegon and found local people who put their pride and passion into making sure that kids had fond memories of the holidays? Keep in mind too, back then...I only had a Go Pro camera and a tiny little tripod to work with. I didn't even have the money for that, I had to get it 6 months same as cash at Best Buy. Well, it's going to be 3 years for Andrea and her group and it's 330,000 page views for us....so I guess you can say the true inspiration to all of this goes to Andrea and a group of moms from Wolf Lake.
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Well, here we are again talking about this years Giving Back Christmas. We're back in the hallowed grounds of the "She Shed" out behind Andrea's house. I am going to swipe the event description from their Facebook page - "Dedicated to the children of our community. We offer a Christmas card booth for kids to fill out Christmas cards for our veterans, fire fighters and police. We also choose a family or child to send cards to. We have an ornament/craft booth for children to make a gift for a loved one, we have a booth for the kids to wrap the gift they made, they can make it look super cute. We have a booth for Kids Food Basket, kids gets to decorate paper sacks for children in need. We have Christmas games they can play to earn prizes, we have a Christmas story area, for kiddos to sit and listen to some of the very best Christmas tales. We have a Christmas cookie decorating area, kids can design their own cookie and share or eat :) .....and we have SANTA!!We offer food and drinks and their are raffles for the kids and for adults. We have a bake sale and local crafters can sell items This event is free, donations of postage stamps are very appreciated."
This years party will be at the VFW at 6285 Apple Avenue on Sunday December 17th from 2p-6p.
Take a listen to our chat about this years even and some of the people that help put this on!
We've run the numbers up on readers, we've also made some technology advances on how we record the people who make this channel happen. Heck, we even got to the point where we were so busy that we had to add another whole website to accommodate the amount of stories that were coming in. But I want to tell you something from the bottom of my heart. Nothing we do is more important than finding people like Andrea and her friends who make a difference in their neighborhood. Muskegon is FILLED with stories like her's where people see a need... and they fill it. The leg work, the donation requests, the time treasure and talent that goes into making the lives of their fellow community members better....THAT IS EXACTLY what makes Muskegon the community it is. That is exactly why we started this page and that is exactly why we'll continue to work to share the stories of those who choose to make a better world for those around the. For more information on the Giving Back Christmas Event.... click on the image below to visit their Facebook page.
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