One of the responsibilities of my job is to organize the patient "thank you" party at Cherry Hill. This is quite a task. Each patient that is in active treatment or observation (which is waiting for treatment) is invited, along with a guest to come to the park for the afternoon. They check in, get a wristband, fill out their name on two tickets. One for the many gift card prizes, and one for the higher end prize that they chose to put their ticket in of their choice. This could be an IPad mini, dri-beats head sets, Kindle Fire, Lego sets, IPods, Electric Scooter, etc. there is actually about 8 choices. We have Spankys bring 1200 sandwiches, chips, Wayne and I deliver a pallet of water from Costco & ice and we have a huge party. It's what the patients have come to look forward to each year. This year we actually had a theme of Olaf from Frozen. One of our patients little sisters dressed in a darling costume and let people take pictures with her. It was a lot of fun. This is something that gives me some anxiety as it brings more than 1000 people together, I reserve the park in January, I order the sandwiches, water, organize things, mail postcards, and with the help of the other staff members we pull it off. This was the last of the big events for me.
