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| Dancer's Cut for a Cure |
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Hi, my name is Alyson Love. At Sam's Day 2008, Sam's brother Ben and
dad Jay challenged me to grow my hair until next year (June 2009) . At
first, I didn't think anything about it. Then, a couple days after, I
decided I would do it for real. I really wanted to this because about 2
years ago, I volunteered at Sam's Day and fell in love with Sam's story.
I then decided that I was going to help by making bracelets. I still do
and I have raised more than I ever thought. Now, I want to help more,
and that's why I'm doing "Dancer's Cut For A Cure". I am so excited to
find out how much I can actually raise. Hey, guess what? Now my best
friend Kendra says that if I overpass my goal and raise $2000, she will
cut her hair too! This is for Sam and Ben! Raised as of Oct 5: $675
Please visit my
Fundraising Page Here - thanks. |
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| In lieu of giving holiday gifts to Mrs. Zicari and Mme. Martin, the
families of Pineland Public School school classes 3-1 FI and 3-2 FI
generously made donations of more than $450 to the James Fund.
Students in these classes had an opportunity to present on a charity they
knew something about and the classes at large participated in a vote to
decide which charity the donations would be directed to. Bennet
Woodley's presentation on Sam's Day won the vote. See the
letter
from Diana Birrell of The James Fund.
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| Campbell Family - Caitlyn and Taylor Campbell asked for donations to Sam's
Day in lieu of gifts at their birthday party. Their parents organized
a skating party on December 27th as a birthday celebration for their
daughters. The party was attended by more than 100 family members and
friends. The girls collected over $1,500 in donations for Sam's
Day. Thank you for your generosity and kindness!
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| The Woodley family of Pineland school held a lemonade stand and raised $30
for Sam's Day 2007! Thank you!
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| Alyson Love, a Grade 6 student at Maplehurst Public School volunteered at
Sam's Day. To help raise awareness, she subsequently did a
presentation
to her class about her volunteer experience and neuroblastoma. Alyson
then had a lemonade stand and sold her own handcrafted bracelets and
SickKids bravery bead necklaces to help raise more than $50 towards Sam's
Day 2007 proceeds. Alyson is a terrific kid and we wish her great luck in
Grade 7 at Aldershot!
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| On July 1st, Fran Davies put together a James Fund booth at the Buckhorn
Community Centre Canada Day Celebration. Wish bears and bravery bead
necklaces were sold; nearly $800 was raised for Sam's Day 2007!
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| Nancy Kumpf of Aldershot purchased the Puddicombe Winery Tour &
Tasting Party from the Sam's Day silent auction and has invited 15 friends
to attend the event on July 31st, and has requested for each to make a Sam's
Day donation in lieu of contributing to the tour/tasting. Nancy continues to
be innovative and creative in her support of our cause. Nancy continued
support is so gratefully appreciated!
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| Owen Cole is a popular little boy and has
received many gifts this year! He has been busy saving many of the new toys
he has received and has donated them to the Sam’s Day 2007 silent auction.
Thank you Owen for your thoughtfulness!
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| Jarius shaved his head and raised more than $200 and sent it to Sam for
the James Fund. Thanks Jarius! See the
letter
from Jarius written to Sam.
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Kate Martin's Battle of the Locks
“Battle
for the Locks” Bidding War in support of Sam’s Day 2007.
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Kate raised more than $4,000
for Sam's Day 2007 with her Battle of the Locks campaign. Team
"See Kate Bald" won out and Kate bravely kept her
promise to shave her head live at this year's event. |
With a little help from
Jennifer Letourneau of First Choice Haircutters (Fairview
Street, Burlington) Kate went sans hair...and looks great! |
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Jayne Morton's Pigtails of Love
Jayne
raised more than $800 with her "Pigtails
of Love" campaign in support of Sam's Day 2007. Jayne
had her signature pigtails snipped line at Sam's Day on June 9 and
donated her hair to Wigs for Kids. Congratulations Jayne!
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