"Twirler"- Little Orphan Ballerina

Mrs. Hanebury's class is sending toys, clothing and fabric to an orphanage in the Ukraine. Mrs. Hanebury's son, Lloyd, is with Fathers House, an orphanage helping children in Kiev. The students have heard many colorful stories from Mrs. Hanebury about life in Kiev and about the many children in the village orphanages. One such story touched Ainsley, which she shared with me. When Lloyd was married, he had a little friend who could not go into the church to witness the ceremony. This little girl loves to dance and twirl. Lloyd refers to this little girl as "Twirler". After the ceremony was over, Lloyd and his new bride were greeted outside by "Twirler", who did a dance for them. Sharing a love for dance, made Ainsley relate to this little girl. When we went shopping for fabric to put into the care packages, Ainsley was adamant about wanting to get fabric for "Twirler" so that someone could make her something warm to wear (the Kindergartners have been learning about the weather of Kiev and know that it is very cold there). We looked and looked and finally found the "perfect" fabric for "Twirler". The fabric Ainsley picked is Pea green flannel with hot pink ballerina silhouette's all over it. When we were packing the bag to take to school the following day, Ainlsey was very busy at her drawing table. She was making a note to accompany the fabric. I only wish I would've taken a photo. The note said " Dear Twirler". "Keep on Twirling". "Your friend, Ainsley". Mrs. Hanebury said that the fabric, note and tutus would find their way to "Twirler" From one Little Ballerina to another....across the globe