Donation

I sat down tonight to write a letter to Nikki Metzger. I used stationary I had from when Jacob died. I only have a few pieces left and use for special reasons. Jacob's Gift is donating $500 to a scholarship at Northwest in memory of Gregg Metzger.

This is so completely bittersweet. Just last year, Gregg thanked me publicly at a Northwest School Board meeting (he was a member) for our donation of laptops to the elementary school. He said "Joanna, you rock!". I thought that was so wonderful of him to do that & with so much energy. He also bought a NW fball jersey for me to wear before the first game in '08. He dropped it off at 9:00pm on his way to work because he wanted me to have it for the game. Now, I am donating funds for a memorial scholarship for him. It's hard to believe.

You see, people like him are far & few between unfortunately. We all aspire to be positive, giving, caring, charitable, compassionate, etc. It takes work to want to help your community & trudge through the resistance that is there. Gregg was willing to do that. Now, Nikki is.

I am a better person for knowing him. I will continue to help Nikki raise funds for his scholarship if she would like me to. I know Gregg would have done the same for me.