Our hero...Donna Tocci

I was just sitting here thinking about how...If it wasn't for Donna, a sort of distant cousin for most of us at the time, we would never have succeeded in organizing the most unforgettable family reunion our family has ever had.

I remember when Monica, my brother Glenn's daughter was doing a project in school about family history. She happened to mention to Donna that she was heading over to her grandparents to ask them questions about the family. Donna ended up taking a ride with her into the big city (Needham) that day. I happened to be in my mothers kitchen (like I do everyday to see what she has a cooking) when they arrived. After all the hugs and kisses, the questions started to fire. I noticed Donna was asking for more information than Monica was. I thought to myself...Is she really interested in all this family stuff, or was she just looking for some good gossip? Well, as it turns out the answer was both. She's a Tocci and what Tocci doesn't like a bit of gossip?

I think from that day on, Donna began to put her plan into action. She became a team leader and recruited other family members to help her find names, email addresses and phone numbers for everyone. She put together a committee to help with the huge task of making this special project the success that it turned out to be. She worked so hard to get pictures and information gathered from each of us, so she could create and publish that famous CD we all now have.

I want to personally thank Donna for all of her incredible effort and hard work that went into planning our first reunion. I know that with her as our leader, the second one will be even better than the first. Let's all be involved in the planning and help her out.

You are our hero! I love you.