Day of Celebration 2010
This year's Day of Celebration event was hosted at the Puerto Seco beach. The children always enjoying swimming so each year we host the event at a beach location. This year was the first time hosting the event in Puerto Seco and it was a wonderful success. Children from 16 different facilities attended the event.
The day consisted of swimming, hula hoop contest, bun eating contest, three legged race, sack race, manicures, make-overs and recognitions given to the "Best Child" and "Most Improved Child" from each home.
The FFP Jamaica staff worked very hard to organize the event and coordinate things between all the different homes. We spent hours packing gifts for each of the children, making the award sashes, and packing gifts for all the staff and administrators of the homes. When the day finally came, it was a great success and a huge sigh of relief for all those involved in the preparation. Each child went home with a thermal lunch box full of different items, including wrist and head bands. Each staff member also received gifts and each home was given two brand new bicycles.
The purpose of the Day of Celebration event is to do something unique and special for the children. We want to show them how loved they are and encourage fellowship amongst the different children's homes. It is a time when the children are truly celebrated and showered with love and attention. In that sense, the day was perfect.
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