Happy Thanksgiving from Thumbuddy Special!

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Thumbuddy Specials Wishes You a Very Happy Thanksgiving! 

This fall has been very busy for Thumbuddy Special! We were able to award 3 adapted vans through our Sher-Love Van Program. Thankful to the John Schopp Family who donated their van in loving memory of their daughter, Rachael, who passed away this past June. Rafael’s family received their van, and in turn passed their van onto Jimmy’s family, who had a very tragic year, losing 2 family members due to COVID in the Spring. We also awarded an adapted van to Jalen’s family. Here are some beautiful pictures to enjoy!


John Schopp with the 2 families that were impacted by his generosity.

Our angel Rachael, was shining down on us this day!

Jalen and his new van
Thumbuddy Special is so grateful for all the love and support we received on our Reinvented Moms Day Out Program this year. Over 130 moms received Baskets of Love filled with Bombas socks, a beautiful scarf, notes of encouragement from other moms and a gift card to treat themselves to a little something special. The notes of appreciation and pictures of the moms donning their scarves are simple testament to the success of this project. 

Scarves modeled from the Baskets of Love Project
so thankful
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  We now have to reinvent our Christmas Wrapping Party to keep our families and the Thumbuddy Special staff safe. Please help us spread the word about this new initiative. In a normal year, we assist over 200 families with toys and a gift card to Aldi. This costs us only about $2,000, because we receive so many donated toys. This year, we have to change the mindset of a 30-year tradition to donate money or gift cards for this endeavor to be successful.      In addition, the notes of encouragement were so successful in the Moms Baskets, we are asking for Christmas Cards for our needy families to help them Feel the Love.

We have a goal of 700 Cards of Christmas Cheer and Encouragement. A simple Act of Kindness that goes a long way. You can drop them off at my house or put in the mail.  Take time during this Season of Gratefulness to:

Count your Blessings
Love on Your Neighbor
And Be Joyful!


God’s Love and Grace,
Mary Ellen and the Thumbuddy Special Organization   Follow us on all of our social media platforms to stay updated on all things Thumbuddy Special! We are now on Instagram and Twitter!

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