[Northkeep] Made it through Terrible Ivan

[Tamberlin]

Congratulations on your nomation & good for you for
keeping all those kids safe & entertained.

Tamberlin

--- Flutterby Flutterby <clown_flutterby at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> 
> 
> Hey guys it is my Gelis,  
> 
> I am writting to tell you about the marvelous day I
> had yesterday.  Terrible Ivan gave me the
> opportunity of a lifetime.  To entertain and
> distract children from the not so great situation of
> being in a shelter for Terrible Ivan.  
> 
> My alter ego Flutter Bye went to the Pelham Civic
> Center where they set up a shelter and clowned for 9
> hours.  We had a blast we danced and sang songs,
> played tag, colored, read stories, kids tried to
> teach Flutter Bye how to be a cheerleader, I did
> balloon creations for 4 hours.  Took a 1 1/2 hour
> break and came back and did puppets and face
> painting.
> 
> I truly appreciated the Red Cross allowning me to
> make a difference for 50+ kids stuck in a bad
> situation.
> 
> One child informed me she expected to be bored and
> that she was having so much fun.
> 
> They wrote the story about it in the Birmingham News
> and have nominated me for Hurricane Heroes which
> apparently is something People Magazine is doing.
> 
> I just wanted to share with you'll this wonderful
> exciting day and to let everyone know that I hope
> their day was truly blessed as well.
> 
> Gelis of Iron Mountain

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I always say, if I didn't act a little crazy once in a while, I would go crazy. 
Albert Duran