Chance encounters in a frame shop. Sarah E. and I had just worked together framing her Baby Nathalie's tiny hand and foot prints as a birthday gift for her husband. Chic, blond and beautifully-blue-eyed Sarah barely looks 25 but her deep husky voice reveals a load of maturity. Tucked into her portable car seat, baby Nathalie quietly smiles through rare steel grey eyes. She's wearing an awesome pearl grey knit outfit that I begin to covet. "Sarah, would you consider donating Nathalie's outgrown outfits to Room to Grow, where they will benefit a baby born into poverty?"

JP brought in a photo and two beautiful watercolors she purchsed at an auction. MZ walked in with her friend SS, proud of her limited edition "egg in a nest". And there's JB, TA, CD and quite a few more...pity my scruples and my respect for their privacy that I abstain for revealing their names for I think they should be known and here's why. What they have in common is that the art they brought in were all acquired at one of our local fundraisers - in purchasing art they all gave to a cause that meant the world to them. Brava! Bravo!