Eat at Chili's on September 28, 2009

Ernesto, Jorge, & Randy getting ready for the Cancer Awareness Race in Modesto. This was Randy's first race ever.

Bryce, Brooke, Randy & Bailey with Ron, Jack & Jamie on the rooftop of our apartment in Seattle right before we came home in September 2007. The kids put the eyeballs all over Uncle Ron's face them took him all over the building "showing him off"! As you can tell from the huge smiles on their faces, they had a blast! Great memories of Bailey enjoying every moment of every day. Something we should all learn to do!

Just a quick reminder! If you eat at Chili's on Monday, September 28....100% of the profits will go to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital! We have a very close little friend Audra from here in California, who was treated there and is doing great! They do a lot of good research and cutting edge treatments there, so if you can, please help support them.

Thanks!

Kathy

Visit Cold Stone Creamery on Sept 24 to Support Make-A-Wish

Bailey with her Cold Stone Creamery cake at her Make-A-Wish Party where they told her that she would be swimming with dolphins!

Cold Stone Creamery® is dishing up free ice cream in exchange for a donation to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, an organization that grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. This September all Cold Stone Creamery locations nationwide will host a month-long fund-raising celebration, culminating with the eighth annual “World’s Largest Ice Cream Social” on Thursday, Sept. 24,2009 from 5-8 p.m.

Cold Stone Creamery has supported the Make-A-Wish Foundation since 2002, generating $3.2 million in donations. This year, 5-year-old Make-A-Wish® kid Jack teamed with Cold Stone Creamery’s Tastemaster™ Ray Karam to create his own ice cream Creation to commemorate the alliance. Jack was named “Junior Tastemaster” as he created his special Creation with sweet cream ice cream mixed with brownie, sprinkles and caramel.

During the month, every Cold Stone store will sell customizable paper wish stars for $1 each, which will adorn the walls of the store, to benefit the local Make-A-Wish chapter.The celebration will reach its peak during the “World’s Largest Ice Cream Social,” where guests will receive a 3-ounce portion of Jack’s Creation when making a donation to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

“Ice Cream and children is a simple combination, but throw in community support, and now we have a magical experience,” said Dan Beem, president of Cold Stone Creamery. “We are proud to have all of our Cold Stone stores nationwide coming together to serve ice cream to benefit this great cause year after year.” To help celebrate the “World’s Largest Ice Cream Social,” Jack will be at Cold Stone Creamery’s flagship store in Times Square New York. With Jack, World Wrestling Entertainment® (WWE®) Superstars the Hart Dynasty™ will also be at the Times Square Cold Stone location to help serve guests during the event. As part of WWE’s Make-A-Wish Road to WrestleMania26, WWE Superstars will make special appearances at a Detroit and Chicago Cold Stone location to help promote the month-long fundraiser.

Ice cream lovers and supporters of the Make-A-Wish Foundation are encouraged to visit their local Cold Stone Creamery on Thursday, Sept. 24, and throughout the month to participate in the fund-raising festivities.

For more information visit http://curechildhoodcancer.ning.com/events/eat-cold-stone-ice-cream-to

Please Vote! Please Vote!

Bryce was so proud to be the first one to climb on his big sis's wall!!!

A huge thanks to all of you who put your time, energy and love into making Bailey's Wall of Hope a reality. Many people in our community came together to honor our precious Little Miss Bailey by having this climbing wall put up at her school with this awesome sign honoring her and her
"Never Give Up" spirit!

Please take a moment to help bring Childhood Cancer Awareness to the national media. There is a show called, "The Doctors". It's creator and executive producer is Jay McGraw, his dad is Dr. Phil. They are asking people to vote for what they want to see on the show. Childhood Cancer Awareness is back in first place and we want to stay there! Please vote! You can vote EVERY DAY, so please take a few minutes each day to log in and vote for all of the childhood cancer issues. Here is how you do it. It is really easy and if they get enough of us voting they won't be able to ignore us!

1 - go to http://www.thedoctorstv.com/produce/home (you need to sign in...see below*)
2 - go to "vote for ideas"
3 - go to "most popular"
4 - vote for "Childhood Cancer Awareness Month" and any others that are related to Childhood Cancer

*Note: If you get a message when you try to vote that you haven't logged in or registered, it is because they will send you a "registration confirmation" to your email. You have to click on the link to confirm before you can vote.

Jeremy Camp Concert-Update

I don't know how many of you tried to get the $15 tickets but after many phone calls this morning I found out it was only in selected areas. Right now for Modesto you can only get them from itickets for the $37.50. Sorry for passing along confusing information...I was just excited to share this with you since he is such an amazing Christian artist.

Have a great day!

Kathy

Help us Find a Cure

Childhood Cancer Awareness Day

For the first 200 people who join us, we will have free hotdogs, chips & drinks!

Where: Pioneer Park in Newman, CA
When: September 12, 2009
Time: 12:00-4:00 pm

Why: *Each year in the U.S. over 12,500 children are diagnosed with cancer. *Cancer remains the #1 cause of death by disease of our children-more than Cystic Fibrosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Asthma, and AIDS combined. *Each year 3,000 children die from cancer.

Awareness=Change=CURE

Event sponsored by

Bailey's Treasure Box
www.comfortingkids.org

&

Gold Rush Cure
www.goldrushcure.org

*Come help us make cards for children who are in the hospital*

Jeremy Camp, Natalie Grant & Bebo Norman Tickets only $15 dollars for a limited time!

Hi,

FYI. I just got this and thought some of you might like the heads-up about these tickets. They are regularly $25.50-$37.50. I don't know what Calvary Worship Temple Center in Modesto will be selling them for or even if they are selling them. I tried to call them today but no one was there. Beardsley said if they sell them it will not be until after Sept 14th. I'm afraid they might be sold out by then.

Anyway, Jeremy was one of Bailey's favorite singers. He does such a great job sharing God's message and his personal testimony through his music. Plus he is just fun to listen to. Bailey felt a connection with him because when he was a newlywed his first wife passed away from ovarian cancer(she was 20-22 years old). A lot of his music has to do with how he came to God during this time instead of running away from him. He is a great Christian role model with a bit of an edgy look. He is going to be in Modesto on November 15, 2009...Bailey's "2-year angelversary" is on November 13. Coincidence...I think not! Our God is an awesome God! Natalie Grant is the artist who sings, "I'm in Better Hands Now"...the song that came blaring on the radio with those exact words when we started our car to go to Bailey's funeral. Coincidence...I think not!

You can click on the link below to see if they will be in a town close to you. If you have never been to a Christian Concert, this is a great one to go to. You won't regret it.

God bless,

Kathy

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$15 Concert Tickets! Courtesy of the Gospel Music Channel, beginning Saturday, Sept. 5th at 10 am (ET) and going through Wednesday, Sept. 9th at 11:59 pm, you can purchase $15 tickets to Jeremy Camp's Speaking Louder Than Before
5-DAY-ONLY SPECIAL PRICE!

--- On Fri, 9/4/09, Jeremy Camp wrote: From: Jeremy Camp Subject: "Speaking Louder Than Before Tour" 5 Day Sale To: "Kathryn Rocha" Date: Friday, September 4, 2009, 2:13 PM Hello Kathryn Rocha ! $15 Concert Tickets! 5-DAY-ONLY SPECIAL PRICE! SPECIAL LIMITED-TIME LABOR DAY SPECIAL FOR JEREMY CAMP'S SPEAKING LOUDER THAN BEFORE TOUR!! Presented by the Gospel Music Channel If you don't have your tickets yet for Jeremy's Speaking Louder Than Before Tour, now is the perfect time! Courtesy of the Gospel Music Channel, beginning Saturday, Sept. 5th at 10 am (ET) and going through Wednesday, Sept. 9th at 11:59 pm, you can purchase $15 tickets to Jeremy Camp's Speaking Louder Than Before Tour!! You don't want to miss this opportunity to get tickets to Jeremy's first headlining tour in nearly two years - featuring special guests like reigning Dove Award Female Vocalist of the Year Natalie Grant and critically-acclaimed singer/songwriter Bebo Norman! & nbsp; Take advantage of this limited-time special price, while supplies last!! Click here to purchase tickets for the concert nearest you! JeremyCamp.com Jeremy Camp Camp.com Buy Jeremy's Music on iTunes Twitter.com/JeremyCamp JeremyCamp.TypePad.com

Let's Get Faxing! All day September 3, 2009

Bailey(leukemia), Miranda(aplastic anemai), Audra (brain tumor)

Sarah(ALL),Caleb(ALL), Bailey(ALL),Miranda (aplastic anemai), Karigan (ALL)
(ALL is Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia)

All of these children are either cancer kids or siblings (ROCK Program)

In Jan 2009 PAC2 succeeded in having its question on “Increased Funding for Childhood Cancer” included in the Citizen’s Briefing Book presented to the incoming President. We’ve followed up with written letters and emails. He gets 10,000 to 15,000 emails and letters every day.

But…he only gets 1,000 faxes a day…..so….
One day…one Time….let’s double that number, triple that number….we can stand out, be heard, if we all do it together!

Let’s simply fax the President and ask for a September ceremony in the Rose Garden honoring children during National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. All on ONE day. All together.

When – September 3, 2009 – all day
What - A short note faxed to 202-456-2461.
(send a free fax at http://www.faxzero.com/ or http://www.myfax.com/free)

SAMPLE TEMPLATE: Quickly customize the first line of the following request. Add your name and fax it off.

RE: Nation Childhood Cancer Awareness Rose Garden Ceremony Request

Dear President Obama:
As the {FATHER, MOTHER, GRANDPARENT, AUNT, UNCLE, BROTHER, SISTER, COUSIN, FRIEND, DOCTOR, NURSE, DENTIST, PASTOR, TEACHER, PRINCIPAL} of {A/SEVERAL} childhood cancer victim(S) I am writing to request that you hold a ceremony in the Rose Garden in honor of September National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

Every year 12,500 children are diagnosed with cancer, and it is the leading cause of death by disease for children before age 20. 1 in 300 children are diagnosed with cancer before age 20 yet funding and awareness is woefully inadequate. This is not a “special interest group”. We are a large, diverse grassroots community passionate about providing all our children a stronger voice and assuring them equal access to research funding for Childhood Cancer. Our question on Increased Funding for Childhood Cancer was included in the Citizen’s Briefing Book presented to you by your Transition Team, question #5 in Health Care.

The awareness resulting from a ceremony would be a wonderful way to show your commitment to our future, our children. It would be an appropriate time to demonstrate that commitment by announcing full funding of the Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act. Thank you.

Warmest Regards,
YOUR NAME HERE