Today Sue, Rose and I spent four hours out in front of the Windham Wal Mart with 14 middle schoolers and several adult volunteers.  We juggled and held a bake sale to raise money for the LOL juggling team's ministr trip to Burlington, Vermont next month.  It was a windy, cold day, which made juggling a challenge, but the kids and I were all able to perform a variety of props, including fire props.  It's always a treat to juggle fire because so few in door venues allow for fire routines any more. 

Being the day before Easter, we had a variety of Easter themed cakes and other goodies that people snatched up quickly.  A couple of former co workers from the last school where I taught came by, which was a special treat, too.

My teaching assistant, Ashley Mills, did a wonderful job organizing the event.  She's such an outstanding co worker.  We raised well over $300 toward our trip, and, in fact, we may have hit $400.  The final totals still aren't in yet. 

On the comical side, Noah split his pants almost completely in half- no exaggeration-  when they got caught in the mechanism of his pogo stick.  He briefly fixed them with masking tape, but his grandmother was there, and she quickly bought him a new pair... from Wal Mart, of course!  Then, Seth's diabolo rolled out into the parking lot and got run over; Twice.  He bent it back into shape, and he claims it works as well as ever. 

We are close to our goal of $1200 for our trip in May, and this was definitely a fun way to raise a portion of it.