Oh how exciting Corin!! woohoo!! That is awesome!
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Oh how exciting Corin!! woohoo!! That is awesome!
What a great idea Corin!! Glad to hear you got one back yeaa!!
Corin-I do think that is AWESOME!!!
YEAH YEAH!!!!!
Steve and I are doing a Dr. Seuss basket, we started scoping things out today! He wants to do a Star Wars basket so that he can bid on it! LOL
Amy,
I wish I was going so I could bid on the Dr. Suess basket!
Would love to know what you find to put in it?
The Star Wars one sounds rally good too!
Dr. Seuss basket!!!I will be bidding on that one! I'll be thinking of you when I do Shaz!!! Infact if I win the basket--I will send you something from it Shaz!!
I think that is funny about Steve wanting to do a Star Wars basket and wanting to bid on it!!!GO STEVE!!!!
I can't wait to see all these baskets.
Just posted this to MySpace and Facebook... please feel free to copy and paste to send to family and friends and other CDH parents!
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You can donate a basket in honor or in memory of your child (or any other family member - they do not have to be a cherub) at our auctions at our Angel Ball and our Golf Tournament in July in North Carolina. This is a great way to be a part of these events if you can't attend or to remember your cherub's birthday or to just help out a great cause!
To participate all you have to do is put together a basket with a theme... any theme (rated PG and under of course). The only requirement is that it is nice, new items and valued at over $100. We prefer them all wrapped up with a bow, ready for auction and ask that you include a list of what's included (so we don't have to unwrap the basket).
You can get family and friends and local businesses (especially tourist bureaus and chambers of commerce) to donate items for the basket.
Examples for baskets...
- Hawaiin Theme (a travel agency is donating a trip to Hawaii, the basket includes the trip tickets, info, sunscreen, sunglasses, maps, etc)
- Disney Theme (you could include gift cards to the Disney Store or tickets to one of the parks, Mickey Mouse ears hats, figurines, framed cartoons, etc)
- Car Theme (you could include gas cards, keychain, car cleaning kit, tools, maps, etc)
- Photography Theme (you could include a digital camera, memory card, gift certificate to have prints made, picture frames, photo album, etc)
- Sports Team Theme (hat and jersey of your team, tickets to a game, autographed photos of some of the players, sports equipment, game pennant, etc)
Our members are throwing around lots of ideas of our site at http://cdhsupport.org/members/viewtopic.php?t=1597
You can include a short story about your child, their photo, a letter on why you're supporting CHERUBS. You can make the theme about your child (nursery theme or where you're from, etc). Photos of the baskets, along with a paragraph about your cherub will be posted to the site. Make sure to e-mail us that paragraph and a photo.
Donations are tax-deductible (make sure to include donor info with the basket). And please make sure to include your info so we know who the basket is in honor or in memory of!
Please mail these with SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION DELIVERY (because the mailman will leave them exposed otherwise) to:
CHERUBS
Event Auctions
270 Coley Rd
Henderson, NC 27537
We need to start getting baskets in. These events are to raise money for next year's conference for families of children born with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. For a lot of families this will be the first time they will get to meet other CDH parents and to learn about CDH. We do not charge members to attend, instead we hold fundraisers to cover the cost. Don't forget that we also have a conference this July in NC for CHERUBS Members. Info on everything can be found at http://www.cdhsupport.org
Thanks!
Dawn
We found several DVD's, two books that are collections of Dr. Seuss, at Kohl's they usually have Dr. Seuss books/stuffed animals that raise money for children's charities and maybe some stickers.
If you have your basket ready please post a photo! I'm working on the Angel Ball site and want to post photos of the items up for auction. We also need a photo of your cherub and a short paragraph about him/her or why you're donating a basket. And I need a list of what's in the basket.
If your baskets isn't ready for a photo yet but you have / know all that you will include, please post that too.
If you're ready to send your basket in, please mail these with SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION DELIVERY (because the mailman will leave them exposed otherwise) to:
CHERUBS
Event Auctions
270 Coley Rd
Henderson, NC 27537
Dawn, did you get our note/check ???
somehow I missed this basket deal ......
Corin, I just saw that you are getting some of the Red Sox to autograph some cards for your basket. I guess this means I HAVE to bid on you yours! My 12 year old has decided that he is another Big Poppy! He plays 1st base and bat 3rd. He even does that spitting thing that David Ortiz does! EEWWW!
lol-Lynne. So far I've only gotten one card back, I was hoping to get at least one more for the basket, but its been three weeks so I'm starting to think he might be the only one. It's Javier Lopez, he's a pitcher. Not a big name guy, but I was still really happy to get something back. Now I've got to go shopping for other stuff to fill the basket with.
Hey we know who he is! Sounds great!
Oh you guys I am soooo excited about the baskets! You all are coming up with wonderful ideas!!
I am involved with a group online that are all consultants for in home parties. We all take turns ordering from each other and we are split into small groups of 6-8 people.....so I think that there is over 45 people. I sent them an e-mail today asking for donations from each of them so we can make a whole basket from them.....Well i asm so excited because within a few minutes I had 2 responses. I asked if each would donate one item.....one of the ladies asked if she could donate several items AND gift certificates!! WOOHOO!
So here is an idea also......if I get alot of items from them we can also use some of the items for other baskets as fillers. So please please keep me posted on here what theme you are doing and how you are filling your basket. If you think that your basket needs more in it LET ME KNOW on here! 8-)
So as of right now I am doing a Scrapbooking basket (this could turn into 2 as I have a scrapbook store in my basement!LOL and it is all Tara's fault!) and the theme of the other basket is up in the air at this point. I also am going to do a "photo" themed basket.
I am going to update soon on the themes we already have! 8-)
Barb
ok here is an update on the baskets.....Let me know If I missed anyone:
Steph--Wine & Candle Basket
Tara--Dog basket
Corin-- Red Sox basket
AmyM-- Dr Suess Basket
LynneB-- Caterpillar Basket
BobbiS-- Dinner & Movie at home Basket
JudiT-- Baby Phat watch basket (oohhhh!!!) and a Gourmet Pasta & Sauce Basket plus one more (theme unknown--will know in a while!!)
Me-- Scrapbooking basket....and a few more with unknown themes (darn it I will decide soon! LOL)
wow!! I am already wanting to start the bidding on these! LOL
Ok did I miss any?? Anyone else know the theme they are going to do?
Here is another update on the baskets!! I just got off the phone with Judi and she has soooo many ideas in her head......and soooo much stuff going into baskets! LOL
Steph--Wine & Candle Basket
Tara--Dog basket
Corin-- Red Sox basket
AmyM-- Dr Suess Basket
LynneB-- Caterpillar Basket
BobbiS-- Dinner & Movie at home Basket
JudiT-- Baby Phat watch basket (oohhhh!!!) and a Gourmet Pasta & Sauce Basket, Victorian Romance Basket, Spa/Relaxation Basket and a VERY cool Chesapeake Bay Basket filled with some AWESOME goodies!!
Me-- Scrapbooking basket....and a few more with unknown themes (darn it I will decide soon! LOL)
OK now Judi you HAVE to stop THINKING woman or we will have to BUY you a UPS truck to get all of this to Dawn!! LOLOLOL
I can see it all now....a bunch of "marshmellows" fighting over the baskets....doh!! LOL
Wow, Judi you are going crazy!
All those baskets sound wonderful!
I am possibly going to do a Willow Tree basket too, if I can get some donations.
when are the baskets going to be auctioned?
corin , are you coming ?
i think they are going to be auctioned at the angel ball. Yup I will be there :)
I'm not coming to the ANGEL ball :( I hate I'll miss them ....
GLAD YOU are COMING !!!!
I'm going to bring BRAIN AGE FOR YOU LOL!!!
I get addicted to those types of things, you might not get it back-lol
UHOH .. well, i played my friends and then went out and bought one for me the next day LOL
Corin I have an extra Angel of Hope Willow Tree Angel. There's a start for you!
Thank you Amy! I really appreciate that!
I emailed the company that produces them today and got a response that they were considering my request.... so hopefully they will donate one or two!
Ok - I am now TOTALLY LOST on these boards/threads!
I submitted a post (that I even read earlier this morning on another topic about the Ball) about my baskets and I thought I posted it here.
Wish I could find it so that I could find it so I could cut & paste it here.
Tons of news on it if you can find it. xxoo Moi
Judi-you made that post on the conference committee forum. If you want to find posts that you have made:
1.click on your name '
2.look under where it says All About JudiToth it gives you all the info like Joined, Last visit, etc...
3. Find where it says Total Posts-right next to it you should see a number, thats how many posts you have made.
4. Click on Find All Posts By JudiToth
That will bring you to a list of all the posts you have made. It helps to figure out where you posted things.
Hope that helps :)
Hey Corin, can I give you my basket to take to the ball with you? I was gonna give it to Steph. If not no bigige!. I read a magazine article today that made me think of you. Your complete guide to travel with baby, it was in the July issue of Pregnancy! It might come in handy for you the upcoimg months!!
It's great that you e-mailed them too and they said they were considering your request!!
Barb, you missed me! I am doing a PartyLite basket (Candles & Accessories)
Kate-I will take the basket-it shouldn't be a problem. It's funny you mention traveling, we are packing up right now for a weekend in New Hampshire! This is going to be the summer of mini vacations :)
Corin--Have a safe trip and have a GREAT TIME!!!!!!
I think all the baskets are going to be WONDERFUL!!!!!
I still want to do 2 baskets but no idea what themes yet.
Corin - thanks for all your assistance in guiding me what to do on this board! You're the greatest!
Same with you Barb! I'll have to find that post and cut and paste it here somehow so everyone can see what I've got so far.
Dawn, don't worry, it'll come to you. One suggestion for one basket - a Seseame Street basket in memory of Shane. It doesn't matter what age he would be now - I'm sure he's still giving Jim Hansen holy headaches about Big Bird only having 2 feathers instead of 3! Or maybe if you think it would be more age appropriate, you could always do a "car" themed basket since Shane used to love rolling those little cars all over the place and especially under the TV big case.
As far as for doing a basket iho Debra, you had mentioned several things that she liked to do/hobbies.
Then again, you can do something totally unrelated. I mean there's no real tie with my baskets to Christopher, unless I do end up doing a fishing/tackle box basket. I doubt Christopher would have anything to do with a Romantic Victorian or Spa basket! NOT! LOL Now maybe he would've loved pasta, but who knows? Now the Chesapeake Bay basket and the fishing basket, I'm sure he would have related to.
The thing I'm trying to point out is that although I know you want to do something connected to both Shane and Debra, that it doesn't necessarily have to do anything with them, but something that YOU like. You'd still have their cards in the baskets stating it was donated in memory of them. Know what I mean? Don't stress about it too much, you've got so many other things that you're stressing over that if you stress too much over the baskets on top of everything else, you'll end up a basket case (no pun intended). Let us know if we can help you in any way!
Everyone is doing great! Love ya'll and have a safe Holiday weekend! xxoo Moi
I'm going to see if Christie can take over doing a basket in memory of Debra. I thought about Sesame Street for a basket but how many adults will bid on that? I need to see if I can get tickets to Sesame Place or something extremely neat for a basket like that.... rather than just SS toys. I don't know... maybe I'll just do a CHERUBS basket full of stuff from cafepress. You're right about not stressing over it! LOL on the basket case.
Dawn,
That's a good idea about Christie taking over doing a basket imo Debra. Maybe your Mom might even put in a small item, since I know it would mean a lot to her for many reasons.
There might be parents out there who's kids like SS. But I just had a second thought about the "car" themed basket. There are a lot of guys out there who collect the "match box" cars - some are even collectable ones and they are only $3-4 each at Wal-Mart. I get some of them every year for Christmas for Christopher's gravesite. And you can possibly add in one or two different types of remote control cars. Even the big "boys" like their toys! And they are also reasonably priced at Wal-Mart. Just a thought. I'm trying to come up with some ideas. If I think of any more, I'll let you know! xxoo Moi
Okay, here is my post that got lost and now found. lol I am making some changes to the original post to give updates.
I have been in several conversations with Dawn and Barb about what I can do.
My mom won't be able to make it after all and she wanted to donate her costs to us. Dawn came up with a wonderful idea that I can use Mom's donated money (and some of my own, if needed) to have napkins for the Ball printed up with the Logo & event info on it. Mom loved the idea, so I am now in search of a local napking printer.
I'm also doing I don't even know how many baskets! LOL
So far here is my list of baskets that I've already purchased items for:
"baby phat" gold "bling" watch worth $125
Romantic Victorian Basket (including wine & Godiva chocolates!)
Holistic Stress Management Basket
Gourmet Pasta & Sauce Basket
Chesapeake Bay Seafood/Items Basket (w/donated $50 gift certificate from our local Seafood Store that will ship; donated CB Jewelry from a local Jewelry store; donated CB non-perishable foods from our local Gourmet store; and a lot of other items I purchased from the Navy Exchange that you can't find anywhere else that are CB themed items. Have a couple of lighthouse dish towels, 4 different lighthouse cloth table settings, a wood Pelican bird, a couple of small lighthouses, a couple of coffee mugs & freezer mugs that say, "Don't Bother Me, I'm Crabby" with the crab on it, key chains, and several magnets that have crab recipes on it.
And a fishing tackle box loaded with tons of fishing stuff.
I haven't even hit the stores on the Island yet - every store owner I approached said that they always donate CB stuff to charity! So I'll hit the Island portion next!
I also went into an Embroidary store that was next door to the Jewelry store to ask about possibly printing napkins. They don't do printing only embroidary - and the owner is willing to donate something, possibly a tablecloth with the Angel Ball Logo & Info embroidered on it. He took a printed logo sheet from me and said he'd check it out with the person who does the embroidary and see if she could do it. Gave me his card to email the logo to him besides the printed one I gave him. He said he'd let me know soon. That would be awesome if we had that as the tablecloth for the cake table! Wish me luck on that! (Update: the lady who runs the embroidery machine said she couldn't do the Angel Logo. But they did give me 2 gift certificates to their store.)
My car is loaded with stuff and am waiting for a friend of mine to come help me sort out everything into the baskets and then will send them individually to Dawn in a box for final assembly at the venue since I'm terrible with anything that requires imagination/artistry/craftiness and also as a precaution just in case for some horrible reason I was unable to attend. (Prayers please that health holds up, PLEASE! Thanks!) Barb told me she'd print off the cards to insert into the baskets. Thanks Barb!
Oh, I also received 2 booklets of coupons from David's bridal, and while most of it is for use in their store, there are a couple of gift certificates that can be used for spa.com and vacations. I'm going to mail those certificates to Barb to see where she can use them as "fillers" for other baskets.
BTW - I'm going to have to mail down the individual baskets in seperate boxes to you Dawn and Barb & I will assemble them there. I remember you stating somewhere how we should address them, along with the directions for the shipping. Otherwise, I'll need a U-Haul to bring everything with me! Plus, want to make sure that if by some unforeseen reason I can't make it, that at least the baskets make it.
All of you Ladies have done such a wonderful job with all of your "missions!"
Ok - out for now. Wrote a novel again! LOL xxoo
Dawn-thats a wonderful idea about doing a CHERUBS basket! I know I would bid on it-I can't get enough CHERUBS and CDH awareness stuff!
Are you just asking all different types of businesses for donations? I need to get some guts and ask for donations!