School for Cole

[Leanna_mom23]

Ok...so I have had the chance to tell my wonderful news to a few but thought I would go ahead and share for those I haven't told.

So, in all my research, and checking with friends, I found a school called Special Care ( http://specialcareokc.org/index.php?pr=Home_Page ) that I want so desperately to send Cole. He would get therapy 5 days a week and play (get therapy) all day long. So, I was determined to find a way even though it cost $170 a week.

Well, I had mentioned it to a friend of ours, asking for fund raiser ideas. He has been wonderful and rolled with it. He started making phone calls and posting in a forum for the baseball community here since we are always at the fileds with Shane. Our new friend John (the owner of one of the big ball fields) pledged to donate $1 per child, per team in last weekends tournament....for $148 teams. That is a donation of at least $1500...AND his family pledged to donate $50 a month for his schooling. So, he asked other teams to make pledges. A coach said his team would make a one time pledge of a minimum of $100...So, John wanted to meet Cole and when I met him and his wife for the first time I could only tell them how much we appreciate this opportunity and give them both a big hug! I just cried from the generosity of total strangers. Now John says, no worries, his school WILL be PAID for. I am still in shock!!

So, we went to tour the school and found out that Cole is #14 on the waiting list and all I can do is hope that at least 10 people have found other places and no longer will attend the school. Otherwise, we will have to wait until the new wing is complete to have 45 more openings. This should happen within this next year..... I am so impatient!

[cpmom610]

May. 8, 2008 at 9:49 PM yeah leanna im so happy for cole and it is the people like that who make this world a nice place to live

[krista8111]

May. 8, 2008 at 9:56 PM As bad as it gets sometimes times like this we are reminded there are good people. Praise God for providing this opportunity for Cole!

[L.J.squared]

May. 15, 2008 at 10:50 PM

"Praise God for providing this opportunity for Cole!"

I couldn't have said it any better!