Mommy’s Light®
P.O. Box 494
 Lionville, PA 19353
 (610) 725-9790

 10th Anniversary Celebration August Email


 

August 10, 2007
 
Dear Mommy’s Light Community,
 
Over the past 10 years, I have been fortunate to be involved with Mommy’s Light in many ways. I knew Mary Murphy, the organization’s founder, and her son. Mary was brilliant - she could light up a room and uplift everyone in it with her kind words and beautiful smile.
 
When Laura Munts shared Mary’s vision with me, I knew that I wanted to be involved because the mission touched my heart and Laura’s passion was contagious. In the beginning, it was a daunting task to move from Mary’s idea to a practical business plan. Laura would call me often just to share all the things that were in the works to bring Mary’s dream to life – incorporating, filing with the IRS for non-profit status, recruiting a board of directors, finding out about non-profit postage, etc. My first job was to listen.
 
In January 2000, Laura asked me to be in the first Mommy’s Light volunteer training class, and of course I accepted. She asked for my feedback, which of course I gave. She and Andrew, her husband, had designed a beautiful training session; it has been tweaked since then but the essence is the same. In July 2000, she asked me to visit a grieving family with her, which of course I did. Over the years, she has asked for help with this or that event and of course I helped. Then in March 2006, Laura asked me to become Mommy’s Light’s Program Coordinator, which of course I am. I am grateful that she keeps asking and that I keep saying yes!
 
There are two things that I love most about being involved with Mommy’s Light – the people I work with are the best, and then there are the children I serve. I call them ‘my families’... I think that is what most Request Grantors call the families they serve. I have had the privilege of knowing an eighteen-year-old girl who, when her mother died, quit school to go to work so she could keep her three sisters together. The younger girls have remained in school. I have been delivering their traditions of back-to-school shopping, going roller skating and going out to the movies for four years.
 
One of the most extraordinary moments for me was meeting with a young mother and her husband just two hours before her death. We talked about ways to help their daughter keep her spirit alive. As Program Coordinator, every Mommy’s Light family has become ‘my family’ and I am blessed to know them.
 
Thank you, Mommy’s Light, for enriching my life.
 
Dale Bennett
Program Coordinator
 
Other News:

Please join us in welcoming Becky Cacace as Mommy’s Light’s Development Director. Prior to joining Mommy’s Light, Becky worked in Development for the Chester County Libraries, The Crossroads School, The March of Dimes and the Chester County SPCA. Becky can be reached at Becky@mommyslight.org.

10th Anniversary Update:

Please welcome three new 10th Anniversary Gold Sponsors:

  • The Susan Fazio Foundation for Melanoma Research – this Gold Sponsorship matches SmartPark’s challenge sponsorship!
  • Robert and Joan Dircks Foundation
  • Mally Beauty

Please also welcome our first 10th Anniversary Silver Sponsor:

  • The Gifts of Joy Foundation
Again, please consider becoming, or inviting your friends/businesses to become, a 10th Anniversary Sponsor. These Sponsors will be recognized throughout the year. There are 3 ways to participate:
  • Gold Pledge - $10,000 to be paid in full by May 31, 2008.
  • Silver Pledge - $10,000 to be paid in two equal installments of $5,000 each (due dates: May 31, 2008 and May 31, 2009).
  • Bronze Pledge - $10,000 to be paid in four equal installments of $2,500 each (due dates: May 31, 2008; May 31, 2009; May 31, 2010 and May 31, 2011).

Please call or e-mail Laura Munts at 610-725-9790 or laura@mommyslight.org if you’d like to help celebrate our anniversary with one of these special gifts.

You are invited join us for our 10th Anniversary party on October 27, 2007 at Gulph Mills Golf Club. For ticket information, email Alison@mommyslight.org.  Note that tickets are limited to the first 200 registered guests – based on initial registrations, we expect this event to sell out quickly.

Thank you to our current Gold Sponsors:

      • Mommy’s Light’s Board of Directors
      • The Comcast Foundation
      • The Philadelphia Affiliate of Susan G. Komen For the Cure
      • AstraZeneca
      • MC3
      • The Hankin Group
      • Main Line Today Magazine
      • Michael and Lynn Doyle
      • Fischer Cunnane & Associates Ltd.
      • SmartPark
      • The Susan Fazio Foundation for Melanoma Research
      • Robert and Joan Dircks Foundation
      • Mally Beauty
      • In Memory of Mary Murphy by the Munts Family- challenge match sponsorship

         

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