I am Makenzie Hagerman, a senior at Yosemite High School in Oakhurst with a 3.5 grade point average. I believe strongly in my community and contribute my time to two very important organizations, Sierra Estates Assisted Living where I am a senior companion aide and Yosemite High School where I assist the special education students. 

 

With community service in mind, I choose a very challenging Senior Project and one that is very near and dear to my heart.

 

I am committed to bringing the first Christmas Box Angel to Oakhurst and to the entire San Joaquin Valley. She is a beautiful 4 foot 3 inch Bronze statue with a wing span of more than 5 feet her outstretched arms beckon you, on her right wing the word “HOPE” is inscribed amid her etched feathers.   The Angel stands in recognition of all of the children who have passed before their parents. I am one of those people, when I was just 8 years old; I lost my 2 � year old sister Madison Noel from an accidental drowning.  It devastated our entire family. We needed a way to heal and a place to direct our grief, that place would become the Christmas Box Angel, on Marco Island, Florida where my little sister passed away.

 

 

I want to bring this incredible gift of healing to the mountains and the entire valley, but I cannot do it alone.  It will cost $20,000 dollars to have our Angel cast in bronze and to provide the base that she will stand upon.  The Angel will belong to all of the lost children of generations past and future.  The Oakhurst Cemetery and Madera County have generously donated her permanent home.