Once a year, I send an emailed reflection to everyone in our Streetlight community. We offer thanks to our volunteers, our patients, our team at UF Health, and the individuals in the community that enable Streetlight support through their valuable giving. Not everyone likes reading a newsletter, so I wrote our Year-End Brief inspired by a familiar holiday classic. The text reads to the tune of “My Favorite Things.” Two of our volunteers, LoréMorgan and Magnus Darrington, performed the song, and Streetlight’s new Patient Gaming Technology Specialist, Hunter Ross, created the video.
As we seal the year it’s now time to archive, The special moments of twenty twenty-five, Our hearts overflow as gratitude springs, These are a few of my favorite things!
Ending chemo with rainbow crystal making, Toasting with cider and forceful cupcaking, Speeches and smiles while everyone sings, These are a few of my favorite things!
Parties with Moe’s, bro’s, and lots of Krispy Kreme, Celebrating with an Around-the-World theme, Finishing treatment for whom the bell rings, These are a few of my favorite things!
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Renovations, Transformations, We moved rooms 3 times,
But now the new Teen Lounge has 4 screen TVs, And that makes me want to rhyme!
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Friends with sickle cell received our best wishes, Duffle bags, blankets, crocheted jelly fishes, “Warrior” bracelets tied up with wax strings, These are a few of my favorite things!
Patients played video game competitions, Sorted in 4 teams, unified ambitions, Red team still won amidst up and down swings, These are a few of my favorite things!
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Wheelchair basketball and crowds full of cheering, Great Strides for CF with hope persevering, Teamwork and triumph that lift us on wings, These are a few of my favorite things!
Thanks to all who, Gave support to, Streetlight through the year,
We carry each other, one community, And that’s the reason we’re here!
Love and Cheers, Emily Marchi Streetlight Director
