Valentine Cheer 2014!

Valentine Cheer 2014!

Kudos to the creative, enthusiastic and all ’round wonderful Trinity Volunteers from the Arts of Life Chicago studio who joined our long-term Trinity Volunteers in the fun of Valentine Cheer 2014. Their beautiful paintings added a new touch to our Valentine decorations for the five Chicago and Northwest Indiana area Ronald McDonald Houses! They also served as classroom volunteers to lead the Valentine art project among students in the Gary Elementary School special education classroom. Arts of Life participants were absolutely wonderful role models for the young students who were delighted with the opportunity of creating decorations for our Valentine Cheer project working side by side with real artists. Please visit artsoflife.org to learn more about this fantastic organization that added so much beauty and good cheer to our Valentine Cheer 2014 project.

Mother & Son Clean Up Crew

VC14 Comer RMH Chefs and Sous Chefs

VC14 Fun Times at Comer RMH

VC14 Pancake Breakfast Crew

Derek lent his considerable dish washing skills to the VC14 Pancake Breakfast

VC14 Pancake Breakfast – Walter was such a great host.

Shelley, Marty & Dan making breakfast at the Ronald McDonald House

Breakfast Buddies Derek & Brian

VC14 Pancake Breakfast – The Hunt Family is All In

Pancake Chefs Shelley & Dan

Shelley & Derek make bright & beautiful fruit kabobs

VC14 Pancake Breakfast – Everyone’s in on the Action

All smiles helping Avery make VC14 Pancake Breakfast Fruit Kabobs

Brian assists Avery Brown our youngest TVC chef in making fruit kabobs.

Kenzie Cooks!

Griddle Men for VC14 Pancake Breakfast at Comer RMH

Chef Pals Walter & Greg are busy making bright & beautiful fruit kabobs.

Chefs are ready for VC14 Pancake Breakfast at Comer RMH

Chef Pals Dan & Jim

Gary Elementary School welcomed Trinity Volunteers to serve as lead classroom

Gary School students responded so well to our Trinity Volunteers from the Arts of Life who had great arts & crafts skills to share with the classroom.

Gary School special education students were charmed to have their Valentine art project directed by Trinity Volunteers from the Arts of Life Chicago Studio

Gary School Class 100 poses with role models from the trinity volunteer corps who led the classroom activity for valentines

Loyola RMH Director Lisa gets a hug and a smile along with the notecards Trinity Volunteers made for their family welcome bags.

Trinity Volunteers presented Loyola RMH staff with a bundles of Valentine themed notecards to put in the welcome bags for guest families.

Grandma Mary’s Valentine Making Station at the Loyola RMH was given the final touches by this group of enthusiastic Trinity Volunteers

Our 2014 Valentine Making Station at the Oak Lawn RMH was made more merry with paintings from the Arts of Life Chicago Studio.

Arts of Life cheerful house painting welcomes guests to the Oak Lawn Ronald McDonald House in celebration of the 2014 Trinity Volunteer Corps Valentine Cheer Project.

Trinity Volunteers made beautiful Valentine themed notecards to put in the welcome bags at the five Chicago area Ronald McDonald Houses

Mike, Steve, Dave & Walter brought Valentine Cheer to the Ronald McDonald House near Loyola Medical Center for VC14.

Karina loves her Trinity Volunteers cap and wears it under her winter headgear on a very cold day during our TVC Valentine Cheer 2014.

Remembering Grandma Mary at VC14

Fourth Anniversary for Grandma Mary’s Valentine Making Station at Loyola RMH — this is where it all started!

This collection of clown themed paintings from the Arts of Life Chicago Studio provide a delightful sense of Valentine Cheer in the house that Ronald built.

Trinity Volunteers from the Arts of Life Chicago Studio used some of their paintings to decorate the Loyola RMH for Valentine Cheer 2014

Making heart cookies for VC14 at the RMH near Lurie Children’s Hospital in downtown Chicago

VC14 decorations included Arts of Life paintings shown here with the artists gathered around a fun and unique musical sculpture in the Lurie RMH

VC14 at Edward Hospital RMH Family Room, Naperville, IL

The little Valentine Making Station in the RMH family room located within Edward Hospital in Naperville

Arts of Life paintings added a real sense of vibrancy to VC14

This Arts of Life painting stands near the entrance to the Loyola RMH welcoming visitors with Valentine Cheer and inviting them to enjoy Grandma Mary’s Valentine Making Station

While making heart cookies for VC14, we celebrated Chinese New Years with fortune cookies and Dave obviously liked his good fortune!

Mike served Valentine cookies and lots of Valentine cheer at the Ronald McDonald House near Lurie Children’s hospital in downtown Chicago

Mike and Dave enjoyed sharing the cookies they made for Valentine Cheer 2014 at the Ronald McDonald House

Dave shared lots of Valentine Cheer with these college students at the Ronald McDonald House near Lurie Children’s Hospital

Walter shared beautiful heart cookies with Kendall College culinary students at Lurie RMH for VC14

Arts of Life paintings welcome visitors to the RMH in Hyde Park for VC14

Hyde Park RMH Valentine Making Station 2014

Trinity Volunteers from the Arts of Life Chicago Studio shared their paintings to decorate for VC14

VC14 G’ma Mary’s Valentine Making Station at Hyde Park RMH

TVC & Arts of Life made dinner and decorated Hyde Park RMH for Valentine Cheer 2014