Happy birthday Nicolette

Apr 12, 2008- Permalink

I was just watching the local CTV news in Toronto and their community interest story was on a girl, Nicolette Nardi-Addesa, who was having her sweet sixteen party.

Mention sweet sixteen parties these days and your mind turns to the self-absorbed, vain, unappreciative girls on MTV’s My Super Sweet Sixteen. The type that yell “I hate you!” at the mother who bought them a Lexus in the wrong colour.

Nicolette is NOT that girl. She decided that instead of throwing a party that was about how much you could receive, hers would be about how much you could give. Tickets for her party required a minimum donation and the money raised would go towards the Children’s Wish Foundation so that a sixteen-year-old with a life threatening illness could have their wish come true.

Congratulations to Nicolette on her sixteenth…and congratulations for growing up to be a young woman who can think of others in this increasingly insular world. If you’re inclined to make a donation to Children’s Wish to follow Nicolette’s example, visit their site at https://www.childrenswish.ca/.