How Much Did We Spend on the Kids?

We’re not talking about our kids (even though we’ll be asking that come Christmas morning).

We are talking about a charity art auction that we were involved in over the weekend. The auction was to raise money for the Dreaming ZebraFoundation, who gives art and music supplies to underprivileged children.

BICO is a family business, and our family extends into the hearts and homes of the people we meet and help; and so giving to an organization like Dreaming Zebra, wasn’t hard to do…plus we got some really cool stuff that we didn’t need.

Like lunch with the Mayor of Vancouver…

Anyone have any thoughts that we should bring up during our visit?

All kidding aside…it was a great night for a great organization.

There’s more…

Do you remember the couple who had the vision to help fight homelessness, and BICO answered that call by moving a shed that became a small house for a homeless man (we posted the story a while back)?

The woman in the story is an artist, who created a couple of pieces for the charity auction.

The former homeless man, who happens to be a poet, worked with a local artist and also created a piece for the auction.

The most moving part of the night was when the MC, who knows the story really well, was trying to express the meaning of these pieces and who the artists were. The MC was doing a good job, but the words and meaning did not emotionally connect with the audience until Josh Fendell came up to the front and shared his and Shannon’s story in connection with the people involved in making the small house concept a reality.

Josh is a beautiful speaker that made a connection with the entire audience. From that short speech, people wanted to know more about BICO because of Josh.

However…

The night wasn’t about BICO, or any one person or organization. The night was about the kids who will benefit from the money raised.

It’s humbling to hear about other people’s struggles. As a family and as a business, we have issues that we have to deal with, but we are thankful and fortunate enough to be able to help others. We can’t always give a lot financially, but we give what we can; even if that is donating our time, listening, or sharing our story.

We are fortunate, because no matter what we have gone through in life, we have found each other. We created a family. We created a company. And no matter how big we grow or how small we stay, we will always be successful because of each other.

From our family to yours…

God bless you!!!!