by Katy Grennier,
Youth Programs Coordinator
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney put
together the best summer kick-off
party yet.
About two months before My Picture
Perfect Summer began, financial
advisors Summer and Karen asked
what we would like the summer
kick-off to look like. They took our
few suggestions and ran. The circusthemed invitations set the tone for
how much effort went into the party.
They were shaped like a circus tents
with a pop-up. The exclusive invitations made our kids feel one-of-akind. The kids in the after-school
program were talking about who had
already gotten one and who was still
waiting.
When the big day arrived we could
not have asked for a better team of
volunteers, and they planned for
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Photo: JaQuay, Willie, Malik, & Jasayas race
across the yard.