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Kids Youth Council supports OCFA Strike Team 1403C
Thanks to the generosity of Team Kids’ friends, the entire TK Youth Council, Il Fornaio’s Marcello Apollonio, and his staff of chefs, prep cooks, and servers, we were able to deliver a delicious meal to TK Board Member, Fire Captain Steve McHale, and his fellow Strike Team Members.
The TK Youth Council members mobilized themselves with numerous calls to each other's homes and cell phones. Each arrived at Il Fornaio, in their TKYC polos, ready to get to work.
We gathered the kids in the restaurant with Marcello (Managing Partner at Il Fornaio and TK Board Member) for a group photo next to the cart filled with trays of food and bread. Marcello called his chefs and staff to gather for a group picture. Through the viewfinder I see an incredible team, of children and adults rallied together with a single mission, to help feed, support, encourage, our weary friends, and partners, our firefighters.
The smiles of proud teenagers reflect their excitement of doing something important, are mixed with wide grins under big chef hats of folks sharing the same excitement. All the trays of delicious food, were decorated with words of encouragement and personal thank you messages, and decorated with the names of all the firefighters on the strike team.
We arrived to the VERY SMOKEY hotel to a room full of hungry firefighters along with their spouses, a few little children, and even grandchildren, who came to catch a few minutes with their loved ones before they jumped back onto the fire line. The firefighters looked very tired, but so did their loved ones fighting a different battle of anxiety, worry, and fear.
As the final dishes were stacked, the firefighters thanked all of us, as they surely moved up to rooms for much needed sleep.
The Council kids carried the leftovers out to their cars, then gathered for a quick photo on a fire engine. We drove home to stories from the kids of all the firefighters and how happy they seemed.
The irony of helping hands and karma, if you will, was that these kids who have been inspired and nurtured by our public safety partners, finally had the opportunity to help them. Each of these kids have been sitting at assemblies for years, watching the firefighters and police officers inspire them to help others when they are in need.
These public safety role models have supported the kids as they help the homeless, raise money for cancer research, and hurricane victims, and learn that it's ok to ask for help. Yet here tonight, the kids got to help some of the messengers of helping others, the firefighters themselves!
Thanks to the generosity of Team Kids’ friends, the entire TK Youth Council, Il Fornaio’s Marcello Apollonio, and his staff of chefs, prep cooks, and servers, we were able to deliver a delicious meal to TK Board Member, Fire Captain Steve McHale, and his fellow Strike Team Members.
The TK Youth Council members mobilized themselves with numerous calls to each other's homes and cell phones. Each arrived at Il Fornaio, in their TKYC polos, ready to get to work.
We gathered the kids in the restaurant with Marcello (Managing Partner at Il Fornaio and TK Board Member) for a group photo next to the cart filled with trays of food and bread. Marcello called his chefs and staff to gather for a group picture. Through the viewfinder I see an incredible team, of children and adults rallied together with a single mission, to help feed, support, encourage, our weary friends, and partners, our firefighters.
The smiles of proud teenagers reflect their excitement of doing something important, are mixed with wide grins under big chef hats of folks sharing the same excitement. All the trays of delicious food, were decorated with words of encouragement and personal thank you messages, and decorated with the names of all the firefighters on the strike team.
We arrived to the VERY SMOKEY hotel to a room full of hungry firefighters along with their spouses, a few little children, and even grandchildren, who came to catch a few minutes with their loved ones before they jumped back onto the fire line. The firefighters looked very tired, but so did their loved ones fighting a different battle of anxiety, worry, and fear.
As the final dishes were stacked, the firefighters thanked all of us, as they surely moved up to rooms for much needed sleep.
The Council kids carried the leftovers out to their cars, then gathered for a quick photo on a fire engine. We drove home to stories from the kids of all the firefighters and how happy they seemed.
The irony of helping hands and karma, if you will, was that these kids who have been inspired and nurtured by our public safety partners, finally had the opportunity to help them. Each of these kids have been sitting at assemblies for years, watching the firefighters and police officers inspire them to help others when they are in need.
These public safety role models have supported the kids as they help the homeless, raise money for cancer research, and hurricane victims, and learn that it's ok to ask for help. Yet here tonight, the kids got to help some of the messengers of helping others, the firefighters themselves!
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