A Fun Day At Bright Beginnings

The people were great at Bright Beginnings, especially the
children. Bright Beginnings is a day and evening care facility
for homeless children from all over Washington, D.C. Families
staying at other shelters bring their children to the shelter
and/or children come there after school. Bright Beginnings
provides a wide variety of innovative programs for the the kids
- they even have a jewelry making program and a small store
where they sell their creations.

Everything went smoothly; we even had a elevator this time.
However, our vehicle had an oil emergency and refused to move
until we fed it a couple of quarts of oil. After that, it was
fine.

Dave Quammen, our incredible art instructor who is committed to
the homeless, delivered a very interactive session to the 4 year
olds at the shelter. All the kids had a great time with Dave
and I think I had even more fun than them (see attached
picture). After the art class, we recorded parents and children
who performed for us in the upstairs conference room. We taped
an interview with Erika Bugai, the great program director at
Bright Beginnings; she is very supportive of Hearts Of Fire and
our effort to bring musical and artistic self-expression to the
homeless.

The only concern that we heard from the participants was why we
couldn't stay longer or come back right away.

We again spent the night at Dan & Amy's very comfortable home
and enjoyed a wonderful dinner and great conversations. Thank
you!