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AND A RESTROSPECTIVE

The days that the rains came down . . . on southeastern and coastal New Hampshire . . . the Monarch School of New England flooded; it flooded on Sunday ~ and again on Monday.

On Tuesday, 25 volunteers came to start the clean-up process. On Wednesday, 30 volunteers came to begin the sanitizing process. Monarch students are severely disabled and medically fragile; it was necessary to go beyond . . . everything was cleaned with a 4-1 bleach solution. No matter how big (like freezers and large filing cabinets) or how small (like desk top stuff). On Thursday and Friday more volunteers came to put everything back in place and make the school ready for students.

heart ~ full * heart ~ filled * heart-to-hands * hands-to-god * happy heart * light hearted

Next, the rug cleaners came. And the tile cleaners. Then the health department and the environmental safety people; all pronounced the school "good-to-go". And we did!

Happiness is . . . a clean, dry school: School re-opened nine days later. Students and teachers came with happy faces.