Stacie Pottinger is a photographer I’ve been mentoring for a couple of years. She regularly makes the trek from Columbia, Missouri to Kansas City to show and discuss her photographs with me. I featured her work on the blog not so long ago. I invited Stacie’s cool son Isaac to participate in the Doll Project because he has been interested in and supportive of the children at the orphanage ever since he first heard about them.
Stacie wrote the following about Isaac:
“By the time the CTT friend/fund raiser occurs, Isaac will have completed 1st grade at Grant Elementary in Columbia, MO. His favorite subject in school is Art and he also enjoys Math. Isaac's favorite thing to do in the whole wide world is ‘be outside in nature.’ Whether that's going fishing, collecting sticks, walking the many creeks in Columbia, camping with his family or simply running around in the back yard or enjoying his tree house; Isaac is definitely in his element when he's outside.
When asked if he'd like to participate in the Doll Project this year he didn't skip a beat and replied with a resounding, ‘YES!’ The kids from St. Mary Kevin hold a special place in his heart ever since he watched the video about them last year and, with his older brother, Joseph, headed up a baseball/stocking cap drive at his school. They've already pooled their allowance to purchase stocking caps for next year's trip.”
**The legs of Isaac's doll are made from bottle caps. This is a pretty cool kid-to-kid connection that Isaac probably didn't even know about. The children at SMK use bottle caps they find on the ground for all sorts of games, including checkers. They also use them as wheels when they construct cars out of found wire and metal.
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