Dan’s entry – Pancakes for everyone!

This morning we held a pancake breakfast fundraiser at the local Applebee’s restaurant. Now, it should be mentioned that I am not a morning person and I when I first heard that I would be waking up at 7 am on a Sunday in order to work a pancake breakfast fundraiser I was not too thrilled. Again, I am not a morning person. That being said, today was one of the best days that I’ve experienced working on the project so far. There were so many people that showed up; we kept running out of pancakes! I was blown away by the turnout, and I was amazed at the overwhelming generosity of our family and friends. Over the past week, there have been numerous times where I felt overwhelmed by the scope of this project, and there was a part of me that thought that we would be unable to pull it off. I was convinced that we would not be able to raise enough money to cover some of the expenses, but after today, I am starting to really believe in the so-called “Polyhouse Magic”. I don’t want it to seem like I think we are already there with the donations, but I do have a renewed sense of confidence. I just want to thank everyone that came out this morning for helping us—it really means a lot!

-Dan