On Saturday we had another opportunity to go down to
Portland (PDX), and spend some more time
with The Snider’s and BridgeTown, Inc.
After four days with them back in March/April, Marshall (Snider)
gave us an open invite to come back down.
He has been over-the-top in accommodating us. It is so important to have people like him become a part of
your picture; immediately willing to invest and open up their life to you, with
no “real” return. Through both trips down, I’ve been given a
lot to think about, chew on, and learn.
They’ve been growing experiences.
BTown Kids” is a branch of BridgeTown, Inc. that is most
visible during the summer months, as every Saturday holds a multi-site
event. We received personal tours
of all three BTown Kids sites.
While at each, we got to peek in on the differences and similarities,
while learning the history and meeting the directors. It was awesome seeing how the locations were so integrated
within their particular communities.
At the last site we got to meet up with Lesley, Sam, and Noah (the rest
of the Snider clan), it was fun seeing them again!
This time we left Seattle early and returned late the same
day- after the carved out BTown time, we went downtown for Saturday Market
(Angelina’s Gyros food-truck, we had on our first trip and vowed to visit
again), the Portland Aerial Tram (cool views of Mt. Hood and Mt. St. Helens, and our rides ended up being *free*), and
Deschutes. No Voodoo doughnuts this
time- too long of a line and that sun was blazin'!
Learn more about BridgeTown, Inc. HERE
Marshall, you inspire
me to dream and have a vision for an organization that matters, and to invest
in those who have little clue what they’re getting themselves into… it means so
much.
-j
