Audrey Martin of Bedford, Texas is no ordinary 8 year old. She has
learned the value of giving at a very young age! Each year at her
birthday party, in lieu of receiving personal gifts, she asks her guests
to provide a gift that will go to a special charity. This year at her
8th birthday celebration in August, she selected Newborns In Need -
Dallas Area Chapter. Audrey read about Newborns in Need in Parent
magazine and reached out to find out what we needed here in our local
chapter. Audrey's friends got to have fun shopping for precious baby
items and then Audrey got to open gifts of sleepers, onesies, hats,
socks, booties, and bibs at her birthday celebration.
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| Audrey Martin and her mother, Laura, surrounded by gifts she received for Newborns in Need at her 8th birthday party |
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| Audrey modeling hat from Lee McNair |
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of our cherished volunteers, Lee McNair read about Audrey in our late August newsletter and
was touched to hear of Audrey's selfless act. In appreciation, he made
her a special hat as a thank you gift and brought it to our September 7th
meeting. (Lee makes numerous high quality loom knitted hats for
Newborns in Need each month. He includes a yellow ring on each hat he
makes that he says serves as a protective "halo" for each of the
babies.) Lee's special hat was presented to Audrey shortly after she
arrived and she was surprised and delighted, especially after one of our
volunteers explained that her hat included one of Lee's signature
halos!
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| Removing packaging & tags |
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| Selecting and packaging layettes |
Audrey and her parents, Laura & Glenn Martin, brought the gifts to our September 7th work meeting and then stayed to help. In addition to removing packaging from all the
gifts they brought, the three of them participated in putting together
the layette sets we take to Parkland each month and then stayed to help
clean up and put away tables. What a blessing to have their family join
us and to see someone Audrey's age feel so good about giving!
