Operation Shower Blog

“There is always, always, always something to be thankful for.”
– Author Unknown

The 2nd Annual  Operation Give Thanks is fast approaching.  Mark your calendars for November 7th, 2009!   This year, we will be at the wonderful venue, Monarch!    Click here for the link to the official invite!

We are using this opportunity to collect silent auction items for our exciting fundraiser at Lumen on February 27, 2010.  Please bring an item from the Operation Shower Wish List (click to download pdf), or anything you would like to contribute.   If you would rather donate money, we are gladly accepting any donations, either here (see button below) or at the door.

See you there!
The Operation Shower Team

As you can see from the video in the previous post (insert subtle hint to watch the video here) we were fortunate to get our diaper bags for the A is for Apple Baby Shower at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital donated by Petunia Picklebottom.

Now, we are sure you’re familiar with Petunia Picklebotton and realize that saying, “click here to view their amazing diaper bags” is a bit like directing you to the Mercedes website but we just did it anyway. These babies are top of the line. Truly in a class of their own. Function meets form meets fabulous if you will.

The fact that we were able to include these bags in our Showers In A Box this event was such a joy. No one deserves them more than these women who not only have the concerns of having a partner or spouse in the military but also a baby in the NICU unit.

Thank you, Petunia Picklebottom, for your donation and for helping us honor these amazing families in such style.

Operation Shower just completed our A is for Apple, B is for Baby . . Shower !   We joined with the March of Dimes to hold an event that we will always remember.  We will write much more about it soon, but I wanted to share this amazing video from Stephanie Beaty|www.lifeographer.com.  She generously donated her time and these wonderful photographs!  I have to warn you, you may cry!

We’ve been working hard to make our upcoming event with the March of Dimes a special day for a group of deserving military moms who have babies in the NICU at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital.

We certainly haven’t been the only ones working hard though! A lot of people are on board to make this a success. There will be a lot more to come on all of the efforts of our generous donors and sponsors, but for now (while we catch our breath!) here’s a little sneak peek of the invitations.

Did we mention the design and time spent on these and the rest of our papery goodness to come were all donated by the lovely, Kim over at The TomKat Studio? Do we have the best donors or what?