ALSAC 2010 National Staff Meeting Danny Awards Ceremony

My colleague, Calvin I were award presenters at the Danny Awards Ceremony tonight.  The awards are pretty comical and honor our hard working colleagues throughout the country.

A little bbq for dinner?  Pulled pork sandwich, mixed in with some nacho cheese (?) and more bread.  Nothing but healthy cuisine for these national staff meetings!

After Calvin and I revealed our award winner, 2 smurfs ran on the stage.  Here I am finishing "smurfing" Chris.

A beautiful Memphis night.  It was h-o-t  this week so I did all I could to stay indoors.  Thankfully the Marriott is connected to the convention center, so very little time was spent outside.

A future in hosting awards shows?  Not likely, but it was fun to have the honor of being a presenter.

FLASH MOB!!!

During our meetings this morning we were surprised by...

A FLASH MOB!

"Don't STOP BELIEVING" rang throughout the auditorium while an entire department moved to the front to a perfectly choreographed routine!

How cool is this?

It was the perfect way to get our meeting started and reminded us...

that WE LOVE ST. JUDE!

Dinner at The Peabody

My colleagues and I have an awards dinner tonight.  I snapped some photos of the St. Jude campus before meeting for dinner.

It was great to catch up with my colleagues, who raise money for St. Jude throughout the country, during a reception before dinner.

Dinner was fabulous.  As was dessert.  Of course, in true Peabody fashion, it was a duck.

Thank you, Rick for your amazing leadership! 

Touring St. Jude

I get to be at St. Jude for a few days for our National Staff Meeting.  We started with a meet and greet with my Gift Planning coworkers.  What a warm welcome!

I toured St. Jude.  Whenever I enter the doors of St. Jude I am full of so much awe and inspiration.  It reenergizes me to do my job ~ to raise the critically needed funds to continue Danny Thomas' Dream.  No child should die in the dawn of life!

The art patient art work leaves me in awe.

And a gelato bar ~ a great new addition to the cafeteria!

Keeping it real!

So proud of my Delta Delta Delta sisters!  I love being an alumna that supports a cause so close to my heart!  They are ahead of their pledge of raising 10 million dollars in 10 years for St. Jude!

Founder, Danny Thomas

A walk down memory lane.  That's me in the Dorothy costume.  The TTU was the winner of the Halloween competition in 2004 with our theme of The Wizard Of Oz.

Shirley!  Shirley and I were co-facilitators for a weekly support group for St. Jude youth.

I miss you TTU!

With my girl, Stephanie ~ my fellow NBA Grizzlie stalker!

With my "two moms" Mama Jill and Mama D.

So blessed to work for ALSAC /St. Jude!!

Dinner with Eva and Kathryn at The Madison in Memphis

I got to sneak away for dinner tonight and met up with Kathryn and Eva, some of my Memphis peeps.

This makes me a happy girl!  Kathryn, Eva and I met at Sunday School at Hope Presbyterian and have shared many laughs.  It was great to catch up on life and love!

Eva and her hubby John are expecting their first baby, a daughter, this February.  CONGRATS!

Tomorrow starts my National Staff Meeting for work.  I'm looking forward to it.  I have the greatest job ever!!!