September 14, 2022 • 14 mins
Come support families in local children's hospitals this year at the Shepherd's Little Sheep fundraiser. The event is from 10am-2pm at Strike and Barrel's amazing NEWLY renovated space and help us raise some money so we can bless HUNDREDS of new families.
This year we will offer a totally different experience than we did last year while still including LIVE music, food, drinks, duck pin bowling, new incredible yard games on the turf, an amazing renovated arcade, raffle prizes, and a silent auction. You will get to hear the amazing testimonies of what Shepherd's Little Sheep was able to do in 2022 because of YOUR generosity during last years event!
Purchase tickets or items for the Blessing Bags: Shepherd's Little Sheep
If you aren't able to make it - that's ok! You can still help spread the word or make a donation!
We can't wait to see how many lives we're able to bless in 2023!
ADULT WRISTBANDS INCLUDE:
-2 DRINK TICKETS (YES, alcohol is included!)
-Both, BRUNCH + LUNCH OPTIONS!
-Duck pin bowling, lawn games, LIVE music, entertainment!
KIDS UNDER 12 ARE FREE WITH ADULT WRISTBAND PURCHASE, PLEASE CLAIM HOW MANY KIDS WRISTBANDS YOU WILL NEED.
SILENT SPONSORS:
This is available for anyone, you will receive a t-shirt and hand written thank you card from us, we are so grateful for every penny donated and Shepherd's Little Sheep wouldn't be possible without YOU.
The Rachel Kendall Team is proud to be a sponsor of this wonderful event, and hope you will come out and join us this weekend!
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Mahala Landin (00:01):
Hey Triangle lovers. Welcome to Making Moves
hosted by The Rachel Kendallteam, where we will explore
together the top restaurants,community hotspots and events in
our area. Let's make some moves.
Hey, everyone, it's Mahalalandin with Making Moves and I
have got a very special guest. Ihave Kelsey Fry, who is going to
(00:23):
be with us today to shareeverything there is to know
about Shepherd's Little Sheep.
So, I'm gonna let you take itaway. Tell us all about what the
mission what the purpose whatthe drive is. And then we'll get
to the to the main topic, whichis what's happening this
weekend.
Kelsey Fry (00:41):
Yeah, so we Hi, good morning. First of all, we have
three kids. My name is KelseyFry. I have like a small, local
following in Raleigh. And now Iget to hang with Rachel Kendall.
And it's so fun!
Mahala Landin (00:58):
We're excited to have you! That's for another
Kelsey Fry (01:00):
I know, I know. But we started last year, we've got
topic.
three kids and two of our boys,they like to give me a run for
my money. And we have spent alot of time in the hospital. And
they're doing great and they'rehealthy, and they're amazing.
But in that process, we kind ofrecognized that there are a lot
(01:21):
of things out there for sickkids as there should be. But
there's not a ton of resourcesfor parents of sick kids. And
you know, over the last 18months, we just kind of realized
that there's a need for it. Andwe wanted to do something. And
we had some experience in thearea. And we thought that, you
know, we could do something thatwould give back to the parents
(01:43):
that have kids and theChildren's Hospital. So last
year, we reached out to youguys, and we had six founding
sponsors, and we just thought wewould have a fundraiser to raise
some money to give back to ourhospitals. And in Raleigh, we're
lucky to have like three amazingchildren's hospitals. And so,
(02:04):
last year, we were like, Let'sjust put together a party for
his first birthday for thelittlest ones first birthday.
And the littlest one, his nameis Shepherd, he will eventually
need a liver transplant. Butright now he's doing amazing.
And it kind of just gave us likea foot in the door to the
hospitals to get like socialworker's contacts and ask them,
you know, they send in thiscares team every time you're
(02:25):
admitted to the hospital, andthey kind of asked like, what
can we do for you? And I justkind of switched the narrative
eventually. And I was like, whatcan I do for you guys, like
we're in here for a bag offluids, it's not that big of a
deal. But the person next doorto us, you know, they don't know
what's happening with their kid,and we want to help them. And
they said, you know, parentshave to pay for parking when
they come here every day. Theyhave to pay for food to be
(02:50):
delivered if they're notadmitted to the hospital. So the
parent has to have their ownmeal, three meals a day. They
have to you know, you wantcoffee and the coffee in the
hospital...it sucks. Hospital. Iknow that. Yeah. So we just kind
of, they told us all of theselittle things that they could
benefit from, and we decided tostart making blessing bags that
(03:12):
are valued at $150 or a littlemore. And they just have like
all the basic necessities that aparent might need. So Visa gift
cards, they can pay medicalbills with, DoorDash gift cards
- they can order a meal forthemselves decent coffee, right,
just like the small things thatyou know, when you take for
granted. Oh, yeah, for sure.
Yeah. And they just bring like alittle glimpse of hope and a
(03:33):
little glimpse of joy. Andthat's all we can hope to do.
Right. So we started the firstevent was last year, and you
guys were part of it. And it wasamazing!
Mahala Landin (03:43):
It was amazing! So much fun.
Kelsey Fry (03:45):
Oh, it was so fun.
Mahala Landin (03:46):
Energy was great.
And seeing everybody that hasbeen a part of your story and a
part of your experience ofcreating this project. And this
philanthropy effort was reallyspecial. And then you tied it
together with a great birthdayparty, which obviously yeah, the
kids love to so I thinkeverybody got to play a part and
seeing all the children runningaround with their tickets and
(04:07):
selling tickets. And it was likea family affair of making things
happen, which was so special.
Kelsey Fry (04:14):
Yeah, we were used to having lots of kids in our
life, obviously. But we wantedto make it like an event that it
was family friendly, but also areally good time for adults.
Just so they could kind ofunderstand like, you're you're
helping us give back to peoplein your situation. Like if your
kid was sick. Let's, that'sthat's what we're doing here.
Yeah. So last year was kind oftrial and error. We just kind of
(04:36):
did something to see what wouldhappen. And it worked. And so
last year we raised to $12,000.
This year, we have an event thisSaturday from 10am to 2pm. It's
at Strike and Barrel in downtownWake Forest, which is really
awesome. Because last year, theyhad that space but this year
they've expanded like 20,000square feet, so it's gonna be
insane and we're their grandopening party, which is really
(04:57):
exciting.
Mahala Landin (04:58):
And if you've never been to strike barrel that
is that establishment and thepeople that run it are so
accommodating, and they're sogreat. We've done team events
there, I've done my daughter'sbirthday party, they're so fun,
they will make it, they willmake it everything that you want
it to be. Yeah,
Kelsey Fry (05:13):
They're in there, like they want to give back. So
they're, you know, they keep ourcosts really low. And we're just
grateful to support them. But Ithink it's gonna be really,
really great this year. So lastyear, we had six sponsors, The
Rachel KendallTteam was one ofthem. This year, we have 26,
which is insane. It doesn't evenfeel real. But like the amount
(05:33):
of people we're going to be ableto bless over the next 12 months
because of our sponsors, itblows my mind thinking about it
just makes me crazy.
Mahala Landin (05:42):
You mentioned Wake Med and yearly Wake Med has
one of the largest or is theChildren's Hospital for our
Triangle. Have you startedworking with other hospitals? Or
do you just focus on Wake Med?
Kelsey Fry (05:53):
Yes, we actually just got into Duke last month,
which is really, reallyexciting. Because we go to Duke
all the time. So we wanted toget in there, that was one of
our missions, it was a littletougher. We actually do have
Wake Med is coming on Saturdayto the event to give an impact
speech just to tell them liketell our event, what we were
able to do over the last 18months, which will be really
(06:16):
huge. But Duke is also coming tothe event, which is thrilling.
And then we this year, wemanaged to get Donate Life. So
they will come and set up atable. And they will be making
sure that people are organdonors. And if they're not,
they'll check to make sure thatyou are usually you can only do
that the DMV. So havingDonateLife at the event to be
able to do that is really,really awesome. But I think it's
(06:40):
going to be like, it's going tobe really, really fun. And if
you're local to Raleigh, orDurham, or Cary or Wake Forest,
or wherever you are. It's anevent that I can't really
explain when you get there, youleave and you feel good. And I
think that's rare these days.
And I think a fun part of thatis like a lot of these people
(07:00):
know us from the internet. Theydon't know us in real life. And
we kind of get to, it's likewhen everybody gets there. It's
like one big group that like hasa mutual connection at Yeah, and
it's really special. But, yeah,we're really excited. And we're
so grateful for virtual kennelteam to be a part of it.
Mahala Landin (07:20):
And we are very happy to be a part of it. When
you guys are delivering theblessing bag. Yeah, who's doing
that? How does that happen? Ithink you know, that's one of
those things. When I when I hearthe story, I'm like, Okay, this
was a really small idea. Thatvery quickly became a very large
idea. And you're one person youdo a lot of things. Yeah, hella
kids, you know, all that. Andso, how do you make that happen?
(07:43):
How do you get them out to thefamilies that need them?
Kelsey Fry (07:45):
I feel like I collect really amazing people in
my life. And I'm grateful forthose humans. So my brother in
law and my sister in law areactually the ones that came up
with the idea to startshepherds, little sheep, we were
sitting in the hospital one day,and my brother in law texted us
in a group chat. And I was like,it'd be really cool if we could
give back to people that are inthe hospital. And we had this
(08:08):
idea, and they talked to theirBible study about it and put it
together, and they were like,we're gonna do it, we're gonna
make blessing bags, we're gonnaconnect with a social worker,
and we're gonna start small,maybe 15 bags. And that
transpired so quickly and to,you know, hundreds and hundreds
of bags. So we do have teams ofpeople that will donate time to
(08:29):
stuff the bags. And thentypically, because of COVID, my
brother in law has been droppingoff boxes at a time to the
social workers at Wake Med. Dukeis going to be an interesting
situation, because they have somany floors in their children's
hospital that we're going to beable to pick which floor starts
first and see what else theyneed from us. But one thing that
(08:49):
we have tried to do in the nextyear is just having the ability
to have a social worker call usand say, you know, a parent has
been in a car accident and theircar seat, it doesn't work
anymore, they need a new carseat. And that's a $300 expense
that most people can't afford.
So ideally, in the next year, ontop of blessing bags will be
able to bless individual lives.
(09:10):
So whether it be that
Mahala Landin (09:11):
specific needs of what families are going through,
right. And I think that'simportant because so many times
we want to give back and we wantwe think it has to be a monetary
contribution, but it canabsolutely be a time
contribution to helporganizations like this. Again,
I go back to like being a mom,it's one of those things you
want your children to be a partof you want them to actually see
(09:34):
what is happening behind thescenes, you know, because it it
touches so many families. Kidsare so much more aware, you
know, I know my daughter's go toschool with you know, a little
girl that they like she has anautoimmune disease and she
doesn't have hair and she youknow, like they're so in tune
with what's happening. Yeah. Youknow, their classmates and
(09:55):
things. And so they start tothink about well, what does that
feel like? Yeah, like do theyhave to go to the hospital? Do
they have regular visits? Is itmore, you know, impactful to
them than it is to me? So Ithink it's really a great
educational service to dochildren to bring them to events
like this. And to let them see,like, it doesn't have to be
money. It can be time it can beparticipation, it can be so many
(10:18):
different things to give back.
Yeah, we,
Kelsey Fry (10:20):
This year, we actually added a table where
kids can make, like handmadecards for these people, and
we'll put them in the bags. Andyou know, that's a that's,
that's little, that's fun. And
Mahala Landin (10:31):
it's fun for them. They know, they're gonna
give it to somebody. I thinkthat's awesome.
Kelsey Fry (10:37):
Yeah, it's been, it's been really, really fun.
Even our fliers, like, we havepictures of Shepherd sitting in
a hospital bed. And you know,he's got cords all over. And
when kids see those flyers, theyask questions, and kids don't
hold back. Like they want toknow like, why does that baby
have stuff on him? Is he sick?
Does he has a scar on hisstomach? And those are
opportunities where we couldget, you know, we could tell the
kid to? You know, you don't askquestions like that. But no, we
(10:59):
want to tell them we want totalk about.
Mahala Landin (11:03):
Conversation screen for them to lead with
curiosity, and also thatcuriosity can lead to how they
want to, you know, be involvedin it. Yeah, for sure. So what
happens if we can't go to thisamazing event this Saturday?
Kelsey Fry (11:17):
That's a great question. So there are so many
opportunities to help supportus. And I know that this is a
big, like conversation forpeople that aren't local as
well. Obviously, you can come tothe event on Saturday, if you
can't come to the event we have.
It's called bonfire and you canorder T shirts that support they
say, good things are happening.
(11:39):
Yeah, good things are coming.
And they've got all of oursponsors on them. So you can
order a t shirt, a sweatshirt,gloves, a long sleeved one.
Yeah, they're, they're so great.
So that's another way to help.
We have an Amazon wishlist. Soif you want to donate just like
items that we put in our bags,phone chargers, insulated cups,
those kinds of things, they'reall listed on our Instagram,
which is at Shepherds LittleSheep. So, if you click the link
(12:01):
in that bio, it'll take you toall of the all of the things
that we have to offer. We've gotlike playlists of music, if you
need encouragement, we've gotall kinds of things on there.
And then honestly, just sharingthe events, like if you
screenshot one of our flyers andposted on your Instagram story,
we could we could not be anymore thrilled.
Mahala Landin (12:22):
And now you have the Instagram handle for
Shepherds Little Sheep. Sothat's a place to find
information. You've got awebsite?
Kelsey Fry (12:30):
We do have a website ShepherdsLittleSheep.com.
Awesome. It's it's the I wouldclick the link before I would
tell you to go there. We're newand we're figuring out all the
bumps and we are a nonprofittakes a while to be approved.
And we are officially officialthis year. So that's thrilling.
Yeah. But it's been it's been areally fun journey.
Mahala Landin (12:51):
Well, and I think that's why this was so important
to talk about the event beforethe event, because you know, it
was new last year. Super New.
Yeah, you guys still know it'sstill very new. And so many
times we worry about like, whatis what are we contributing to?
And is this real? And this is soreal, because it's so hands on?
Yeah. And it is growing, andit's getting legs in the
community, which is awesome.
(13:13):
Yeah.
Kelsey Fry (13:13):
And we actually like I don't know if this is helpful
information. But you know, whenwe talk about what we get to do,
a lot of people come out of thewoodworks and they say, you
know, we spent so much time inthe NICU and we were in the
hospital, and it's not alwaysnegative situations, but they're
still taxing on parents. And sowe're we're able to give a
little joy, and that's that'sreally the main mission.
Mahala Landin (13:35):
And it's totally in alignment with the mission
that we have. Yeah, which ishelping families create homes
and homes are everywhere, righthomes or hospitals homes or the
Ronald McDonald House homes are,you know, the four walls that we
come home to every day, so Well,thank you so much for sharing a
little bit of our having me alittle amazing what's happening
(13:55):
this weekend. It's a greatevent. Yeah, come see Kelsey,
come see the family.
Kelsey Fry (13:59):
I know if you're nervous to come, don't be, it is
one big party. You'll get a hugas soon as you get there.
Mahala Landin (14:04):
Absolutely. And we will come back and explore
all things Raleigh on MakingMoves NEXT TIME with you.
Kelsey Fry (14:10):
So fun, love that.
Mahala Landin (14:14):
Thank you for joining us on this episode of
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Making Moves hosted by TheRachel Kendall Team.
Hey Triangle lovers. Welcome to Making Moves
hosted by The Rachel Kendallteam, where we will explore
together the top restaurants,community hotspots and events in
our area. Let's make some moves.
Hey, everyone, it's Mahalalandin with Making Moves and I
have got a very special guest. Ihave Kelsey Fry, who is going to
(00:23):
be with us today to shareeverything there is to know
about Shepherd's Little Sheep.
So, I'm gonna let you take itaway. Tell us all about what the
mission what the purpose whatthe drive is. And then we'll get
to the to the main topic, whichis what's happening this
weekend.
Kelsey Fry (00:41):
Yeah, so we Hi, good morning. First of all, we have
three kids. My name is KelseyFry. I have like a small, local
following in Raleigh. And now Iget to hang with Rachel Kendall.
And it's so fun!
Mahala Landin (00:58):
We're excited to have you! That's for another
Kelsey Fry (01:00):
I know, I know. But we started last year, we've got
topic.
three kids and two of our boys,they like to give me a run for
my money. And we have spent alot of time in the hospital. And
they're doing great and they'rehealthy, and they're amazing.
But in that process, we kind ofrecognized that there are a lot
(01:21):
of things out there for sickkids as there should be. But
there's not a ton of resourcesfor parents of sick kids. And
you know, over the last 18months, we just kind of realized
that there's a need for it. Andwe wanted to do something. And
we had some experience in thearea. And we thought that, you
know, we could do something thatwould give back to the parents
(01:43):
that have kids and theChildren's Hospital. So last
year, we reached out to youguys, and we had six founding
sponsors, and we just thought wewould have a fundraiser to raise
some money to give back to ourhospitals. And in Raleigh, we're
lucky to have like three amazingchildren's hospitals. And so,
(02:04):
last year, we were like, Let'sjust put together a party for
his first birthday for thelittlest ones first birthday.
And the littlest one, his nameis Shepherd, he will eventually
need a liver transplant. Butright now he's doing amazing.
And it kind of just gave us likea foot in the door to the
hospitals to get like socialworker's contacts and ask them,
you know, they send in thiscares team every time you're
(02:25):
admitted to the hospital, andthey kind of asked like, what
can we do for you? And I justkind of switched the narrative
eventually. And I was like, whatcan I do for you guys, like
we're in here for a bag offluids, it's not that big of a
deal. But the person next doorto us, you know, they don't know
what's happening with their kid,and we want to help them. And
they said, you know, parentshave to pay for parking when
they come here every day. Theyhave to pay for food to be
(02:50):
delivered if they're notadmitted to the hospital. So the
parent has to have their ownmeal, three meals a day. They
have to you know, you wantcoffee and the coffee in the
hospital...it sucks. Hospital. Iknow that. Yeah. So we just kind
of, they told us all of theselittle things that they could
benefit from, and we decided tostart making blessing bags that
(03:12):
are valued at $150 or a littlemore. And they just have like
all the basic necessities that aparent might need. So Visa gift
cards, they can pay medicalbills with, DoorDash gift cards
- they can order a meal forthemselves decent coffee, right,
just like the small things thatyou know, when you take for
granted. Oh, yeah, for sure.
Yeah. And they just bring like alittle glimpse of hope and a
(03:33):
little glimpse of joy. Andthat's all we can hope to do.
Right. So we started the firstevent was last year, and you
guys were part of it. And it wasamazing!
Mahala Landin (03:43):
It was amazing! So much fun.
Kelsey Fry (03:45):
Oh, it was so fun.
Mahala Landin (03:46):
Energy was great.
And seeing everybody that hasbeen a part of your story and a
part of your experience ofcreating this project. And this
philanthropy effort was reallyspecial. And then you tied it
together with a great birthdayparty, which obviously yeah, the
kids love to so I thinkeverybody got to play a part and
seeing all the children runningaround with their tickets and
(04:07):
selling tickets. And it was likea family affair of making things
happen, which was so special.
Kelsey Fry (04:14):
Yeah, we were used to having lots of kids in our
life, obviously. But we wantedto make it like an event that it
was family friendly, but also areally good time for adults.
Just so they could kind ofunderstand like, you're you're
helping us give back to peoplein your situation. Like if your
kid was sick. Let's, that'sthat's what we're doing here.
Yeah. So last year was kind oftrial and error. We just kind of
(04:36):
did something to see what wouldhappen. And it worked. And so
last year we raised to $12,000.
This year, we have an event thisSaturday from 10am to 2pm. It's
at Strike and Barrel in downtownWake Forest, which is really
awesome. Because last year, theyhad that space but this year
they've expanded like 20,000square feet, so it's gonna be
insane and we're their grandopening party, which is really
(04:57):
exciting.
Mahala Landin (04:58):
And if you've never been to strike barrel that
is that establishment and thepeople that run it are so
accommodating, and they're sogreat. We've done team events
there, I've done my daughter'sbirthday party, they're so fun,
they will make it, they willmake it everything that you want
it to be. Yeah,
Kelsey Fry (05:13):
They're in there, like they want to give back. So
they're, you know, they keep ourcosts really low. And we're just
grateful to support them. But Ithink it's gonna be really,
really great this year. So lastyear, we had six sponsors, The
Rachel KendallTteam was one ofthem. This year, we have 26,
which is insane. It doesn't evenfeel real. But like the amount
(05:33):
of people we're going to be ableto bless over the next 12 months
because of our sponsors, itblows my mind thinking about it
just makes me crazy.
Mahala Landin (05:42):
You mentioned Wake Med and yearly Wake Med has
one of the largest or is theChildren's Hospital for our
Triangle. Have you startedworking with other hospitals? Or
do you just focus on Wake Med?
Kelsey Fry (05:53):
Yes, we actually just got into Duke last month,
which is really, reallyexciting. Because we go to Duke
all the time. So we wanted toget in there, that was one of
our missions, it was a littletougher. We actually do have
Wake Med is coming on Saturdayto the event to give an impact
speech just to tell them liketell our event, what we were
able to do over the last 18months, which will be really
(06:16):
huge. But Duke is also coming tothe event, which is thrilling.
And then we this year, wemanaged to get Donate Life. So
they will come and set up atable. And they will be making
sure that people are organdonors. And if they're not,
they'll check to make sure thatyou are usually you can only do
that the DMV. So havingDonateLife at the event to be
able to do that is really,really awesome. But I think it's
(06:40):
going to be like, it's going tobe really, really fun. And if
you're local to Raleigh, orDurham, or Cary or Wake Forest,
or wherever you are. It's anevent that I can't really
explain when you get there, youleave and you feel good. And I
think that's rare these days.
And I think a fun part of thatis like a lot of these people
(07:00):
know us from the internet. Theydon't know us in real life. And
we kind of get to, it's likewhen everybody gets there. It's
like one big group that like hasa mutual connection at Yeah, and
it's really special. But, yeah,we're really excited. And we're
so grateful for virtual kennelteam to be a part of it.
Mahala Landin (07:20):
And we are very happy to be a part of it. When
you guys are delivering theblessing bag. Yeah, who's doing
that? How does that happen? Ithink you know, that's one of
those things. When I when I hearthe story, I'm like, Okay, this
was a really small idea. Thatvery quickly became a very large
idea. And you're one person youdo a lot of things. Yeah, hella
kids, you know, all that. Andso, how do you make that happen?
(07:43):
How do you get them out to thefamilies that need them?
Kelsey Fry (07:45):
I feel like I collect really amazing people in
my life. And I'm grateful forthose humans. So my brother in
law and my sister in law areactually the ones that came up
with the idea to startshepherds, little sheep, we were
sitting in the hospital one day,and my brother in law texted us
in a group chat. And I was like,it'd be really cool if we could
give back to people that are inthe hospital. And we had this
(08:08):
idea, and they talked to theirBible study about it and put it
together, and they were like,we're gonna do it, we're gonna
make blessing bags, we're gonnaconnect with a social worker,
and we're gonna start small,maybe 15 bags. And that
transpired so quickly and to,you know, hundreds and hundreds
of bags. So we do have teams ofpeople that will donate time to
(08:29):
stuff the bags. And thentypically, because of COVID, my
brother in law has been droppingoff boxes at a time to the
social workers at Wake Med. Dukeis going to be an interesting
situation, because they have somany floors in their children's
hospital that we're going to beable to pick which floor starts
first and see what else theyneed from us. But one thing that
(08:49):
we have tried to do in the nextyear is just having the ability
to have a social worker call usand say, you know, a parent has
been in a car accident and theircar seat, it doesn't work
anymore, they need a new carseat. And that's a $300 expense
that most people can't afford.
So ideally, in the next year, ontop of blessing bags will be
able to bless individual lives.
(09:10):
So whether it be that
Mahala Landin (09:11):
specific needs of what families are going through,
right. And I think that'simportant because so many times
we want to give back and we wantwe think it has to be a monetary
contribution, but it canabsolutely be a time
contribution to helporganizations like this. Again,
I go back to like being a mom,it's one of those things you
want your children to be a partof you want them to actually see
(09:34):
what is happening behind thescenes, you know, because it it
touches so many families. Kidsare so much more aware, you
know, I know my daughter's go toschool with you know, a little
girl that they like she has anautoimmune disease and she
doesn't have hair and she youknow, like they're so in tune
with what's happening. Yeah. Youknow, their classmates and
(09:55):
things. And so they start tothink about well, what does that
feel like? Yeah, like do theyhave to go to the hospital? Do
they have regular visits? Is itmore, you know, impactful to
them than it is to me? So Ithink it's really a great
educational service to dochildren to bring them to events
like this. And to let them see,like, it doesn't have to be
money. It can be time it can beparticipation, it can be so many
(10:18):
different things to give back.
Yeah, we,
Kelsey Fry (10:20):
This year, we actually added a table where
kids can make, like handmadecards for these people, and
we'll put them in the bags. Andyou know, that's a that's,
that's little, that's fun. And
Mahala Landin (10:31):
it's fun for them. They know, they're gonna
give it to somebody. I thinkthat's awesome.
Kelsey Fry (10:37):
Yeah, it's been, it's been really, really fun.
Even our fliers, like, we havepictures of Shepherd sitting in
a hospital bed. And you know,he's got cords all over. And
when kids see those flyers, theyask questions, and kids don't
hold back. Like they want toknow like, why does that baby
have stuff on him? Is he sick?
Does he has a scar on hisstomach? And those are
opportunities where we couldget, you know, we could tell the
kid to? You know, you don't askquestions like that. But no, we
(10:59):
want to tell them we want totalk about.
Mahala Landin (11:03):
Conversation screen for them to lead with
curiosity, and also thatcuriosity can lead to how they
want to, you know, be involvedin it. Yeah, for sure. So what
happens if we can't go to thisamazing event this Saturday?
Kelsey Fry (11:17):
That's a great question. So there are so many
opportunities to help supportus. And I know that this is a
big, like conversation forpeople that aren't local as
well. Obviously, you can come tothe event on Saturday, if you
can't come to the event we have.
It's called bonfire and you canorder T shirts that support they
say, good things are happening.
(11:39):
Yeah, good things are coming.
And they've got all of oursponsors on them. So you can
order a t shirt, a sweatshirt,gloves, a long sleeved one.
Yeah, they're, they're so great.
So that's another way to help.
We have an Amazon wishlist. Soif you want to donate just like
items that we put in our bags,phone chargers, insulated cups,
those kinds of things, they'reall listed on our Instagram,
which is at Shepherds LittleSheep. So, if you click the link
(12:01):
in that bio, it'll take you toall of the all of the things
that we have to offer. We've gotlike playlists of music, if you
need encouragement, we've gotall kinds of things on there.
And then honestly, just sharingthe events, like if you
screenshot one of our flyers andposted on your Instagram story,
we could we could not be anymore thrilled.
Mahala Landin (12:22):
And now you have the Instagram handle for
Shepherds Little Sheep. Sothat's a place to find
information. You've got awebsite?
Kelsey Fry (12:30):
We do have a website ShepherdsLittleSheep.com.
Awesome. It's it's the I wouldclick the link before I would
tell you to go there. We're newand we're figuring out all the
bumps and we are a nonprofittakes a while to be approved.
And we are officially officialthis year. So that's thrilling.
Yeah. But it's been it's been areally fun journey.
Mahala Landin (12:51):
Well, and I think that's why this was so important
to talk about the event beforethe event, because you know, it
was new last year. Super New.
Yeah, you guys still know it'sstill very new. And so many
times we worry about like, whatis what are we contributing to?
And is this real? And this is soreal, because it's so hands on?
Yeah. And it is growing, andit's getting legs in the
community, which is awesome.
(13:13):
Yeah.
Kelsey Fry (13:13):
And we actually like I don't know if this is helpful
information. But you know, whenwe talk about what we get to do,
a lot of people come out of thewoodworks and they say, you
know, we spent so much time inthe NICU and we were in the
hospital, and it's not alwaysnegative situations, but they're
still taxing on parents. And sowe're we're able to give a
little joy, and that's that'sreally the main mission.
Mahala Landin (13:35):
And it's totally in alignment with the mission
that we have. Yeah, which ishelping families create homes
and homes are everywhere, righthomes or hospitals homes or the
Ronald McDonald House homes are,you know, the four walls that we
come home to every day, so Well,thank you so much for sharing a
little bit of our having me alittle amazing what's happening
(13:55):
this weekend. It's a greatevent. Yeah, come see Kelsey,
come see the family.
Kelsey Fry (13:59):
I know if you're nervous to come, don't be, it is
one big party. You'll get a hugas soon as you get there.
Mahala Landin (14:04):
Absolutely. And we will come back and explore
all things Raleigh on MakingMoves NEXT TIME with you.
Kelsey Fry (14:10):
So fun, love that.
Mahala Landin (14:14):
Thank you for joining us on this episode of
Making Moves. We want to deliverthe highlights of the Triangle
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Making Moves hosted by TheRachel Kendall Team.
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