The Dads of Maple Valley would like to thank everyone that donated shoes for the Shoe Drive for Haiti. We ended the month long shoe drive with 3266 pairs of shoes that are being shipped to Haiti to help the men, women and children survivors of the earthquake. The donations came in every sizes all the way up to a 12-½ women’s and 16 men’s.  We also received a donation of $6.50 from a young boy who emptied out his piggy bank so he could give more to the cause and help the kids in Haiti. It was a successful event and it shows that the people of Maple Valley and Covington like to help others in their time of need.

A big thank you goes out to all the Dads that helped over the month and especially during (and after) The Big Event weekend. I also want to thank Brad Johnson of Johnson’s Home and Garden and staff, The Tahoma Athletic Club and members, Scott Pudwell of American Family Insurance, Papa Murphy’s in Covington and Panther Lake for allowing us to have collection boxes at their locations for the month of February. There are some people that we would like to recognize for their efforts as well:  Nicholas Douglass, Gerrilee Douglass, Brittany Moyer, Jacob Moyer, Kathy Thompson, Lisa Hayes, David Huntley of Greg’s Japanese Auto, Lisa Fickel and her kindergarten class, Elizabeth Borgmann and her kindergarten class The Board of Maple Woods Neighborhood, Carrie Willis, Dennis Box, Ed VanderPol, Mark VanderPol, Oak Harbor Freight Lines (donated free shipping) and all the people in the community that donated shoes.

If there are any dads out there that would like more information on The Dads of Maple Valley – please e-mail: dadsofmaplevalley@yahoo.com

Grant Hayes

Founder of The Dads of Maple Valley

Maple Valley