Yes Virginia, there really is a Bento Fairy
Her name is Keeley McGuire. And yesterday, she spread her fairy dust over 25 elementary school kids in Kalamazoo, MI. She brought with her delicious bento lunches for all: turkey and cream cheese pinwheels, veggie straws, carrots with dip, grapes and watermelon, with a chocolate chip mini chocolate zucchini muffin for dessert.
If you think these kids are used to this kind of lunch, think again. These are children who live in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Kalamazoo. Children who are from families living below the poverty line. Their school, Tree of Life, gets no government money and relies on volunteers and donations for everything, including lunch.
” One little girl told me it was “the bestest lunch eva!” Melted my heart. Little did these kidlets know, I am the one that is thankful. They are a blessing to me - seeing them so happy and being able to do something special for them. ” – Keeley McGuire
Read Keeley’s full story HERE and see lots more pictures of this very special school lunch.
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Such a heartwarming post an awesome thing to do! Love her!
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Keeley, you are awesome! What a beautiful idea … and those children will remember that forever. I’m inspired
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Thank you both for your sweet comments!
The bento making would not have been possible without the awesome support of Kelly (EasyLunchBoxes) and JeeJee of AllThingsForSale.com ~ They are my bento fairies
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I love Bento and I think this is one of the greatest ideas as well.. Anyway, thank you for this awesome post shared.. Great job!
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I was honestly teary-eyed to read this post again. I’ve read it on your blog the day you posted it and was really touched by this deed. You are awesome Keeley. Such an inspiration.
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Awesome of you all to work together to make this happen. I love it.
Thanks Melissa! I love our community of lunch packing enthusiasts too. Together we’re stronger. And we have a lot of fun too!
I would like to donate to your cause. This was so awesome. It takes someone to show you something outside of your norm to change your habits. I commend you .
How lovely Annessa. Thank you for that! I have sent your info on to Keeley
Hi Annessa! Thank you!
If you’d like to donate to Tree of Life school and their wonderful mission, here is their website to do so: http://tolschool.org/donate/
Thank you!!!