And the winner is....

At the end of the assembly, they drew the prizes for the fundraiser.  You could feel the excitement emanating around the room and the kids could hardly sit still. 

As the prizes were doled out and each smiling face came up to collect it I couldn't help but smile with them and cheer as loudly as they were.

Kiya won an hour in the school gym for her and 11 friends, which is scheduled for this Friday.  Mylee came away disappointed but she is still little and doesn't truly understand the idea of a fundraiser. 

And then the moment the whole school was waiting for, even the teachers were holding their breaths, the drawing for the new bike.  For every $60 the student had raised they got one ticket for the draw for the bike.  So as a result both girls got 1 ticket each.  This was a beautiful brand new red bike from donated from Tim Hortons. The ultimate prize for a summer full of fun. 

So the VP calls up one of my favourite people at the school and she swirls the tickets and then another teacher shakes the treasure chest, out pops that little yellow ticket.  She hands it to the VP and she finds my eye across the way and smiles.  And the winner is.....KIYA

I am not sure you remember a post earlier about new bikes for the kids, but in March they both got brand new bikes.  A discussion was held in the house between me and the girls about what we would do if we won the bike. Kiya came up with ideas and well Mylee didn't really care, but in the end we all realized that the new bike wouldn't fit in our space.  Our ideas were quite inventive too. 

So prior to winning I had mentioned to the VP that if we won the bike we would be donating it back to the school for another fundraiser if they were short on this one.  And there Kiya sat not wanting to claim the bike as her own because she knew it wasn't hers.  I walked over and told her to get up and go and tell the VP what she wanted to do.  She was a little embarrassed with all her friends cheering and smiling and screaming in her ear.  The VP met her half way and Kiya hugged her and said thank you but I want to donate the bike back.

The VP took Kiya's hand and led her to the stage area and wrapped her arm around her.  Boys and girls Kiya has just told me something that I would like to share with you.  Kiya's family is very lucky, Kiya and her sister were bought brand new bikes earlier in the year and she has some news for you as to what she wants to do with the bike.  "Kiya, what do you want to do with the bike?"  and clear as a bell in the microphone Kiya says " I want to donate it back to the school so someone else can have a new bike".  My heart leapt with pride and I could see that Kiya felt really good about this decision too.  So in her hand went and out popped the next yellow ticket....the VP leads up with who's class and then Kiya says into the microphone "Isaiah".  Well this kid was quite surprised and on the way up to the stage he gave Kiya a high five/hug five type thing, I don't know what it is called but her daddy does it with his friends.  When asked how she felt about it by her teacher, Kiya said I felt like I had good karma, I did something to make someone else's life happier and it makes me feel good in my heart.