You are Loved. Gateway CEO Cares. Inspired by a conversation with Dawn Mushill of the Troy Chamber, we did this today as a special way to give back! Students created their own Valentine's Bags to give to others today. Whether it be someone that has been special to them for a long time -- or someone they wanted to make feel special! It was a lot of fun! I had this feedback in one of our journals this afternoon - 'Today we made valentines to give to people to brighten their day. I loved this activity. It was very simple yet thoughtful. I gave one of my bags to a lunch lady at school and she was so appreciative and said it made her entire day. It is so amazing to see how one small gesture can brighten someone's day so much!'

I love all the learning we do in this program! Plus I wanted to thank the students for being awesome every day. Honored my mom Ms. Irma and found fun socks for our Gateway CEO crew too. Happy Valentines Day everyone.