The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas have been so busy this year, and I realized today that I did not post about the success of our Eighth Grade Basketball Blowout in November! What a wonderful night of fellowship and fun! Thank you so much to Praise FM and all of our many volunteers for their support of this event; thank you to our families for coming out to support the eighth grade mission trip to Costa Rica! Between the Basketball Blowout and the Pancake Breakfast at Beef O'Brady's, the eighth grade class raised just over $3,000 for the mission trip.

Last Saturday, I had the opportunity to represent Naples Christian Academy at the Physician's Regional Winter WonderFest. Physician's Regional provided the Academy with a booth and the opportunity to promote the school during their Jingle Bell 5k and its corresponding WonderFest. I invited some of our current students and recent alumni to participate in the event as volunteers. They painted children's faces (and a few adults!) and helped facilitate a bean bag toss; we had so much fun together! Thank you to Lisa Bachota for connecting us with Heather Meyers, the Director of Marketing at Physician's Regional (and a Naples Christian Academy alumna)!