So we found out tonight that Emmie was chosen for a $1000 scholarship towards her Ambassador Program. She had to write an essay and submit it with a complete application and her community and school activities. They had said they were calling the winners, and posting it on the website by end of business Feb. 8th. So when we didn't receive a phone call, and nothing posted to her account, we thought she didn't get it. Then tonight, I looked on her account, and there it was!! We were so excited! Ryan took Lucy out to get a cake, and came home telling Emmie it was for me, because I was having a rough day. He told Emmie to take it out of the box while he went to get me from the office - and much to her surprise, the cake said "Congratulations Emmie on your scholarship".
Scholarship - $1000
Cake to celebrate - $12.99
Emmie's reaction - Priceless
This was so awesome, because we were really worried that she wouldn't even come close to making it without scholarships. She is still babysitting, selling homemade hats, jewelry and flower hair clips, Razmatags fundraiser, etc. Slowly but surely she's chipping away at the cost of the trip.
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