CDH Awareness Project - Street Names Across The Country!

[StephanieOlivarez]

I hope you can get both counties to do this!!!
We have to get ONE town in the US to name a street after CDH!!!!

[Dawn Torrence Ireland]

This week I found out the easiest way to get a street named - go straight to home builders! They name the streets on their developments. They deal with all the town/county paperwork. Just have to find a builder with a new development who is open to raising CDH Awareness! They'll do anything to gain extra media coverage or attention to their houses for sale.

Or we can do the Adopt A Highway thing to promote awareness too!

As soon as all these events are over, I'm making this my big project for the fall! I'm determined to get at least 5 streets in NC named "CDH" or something to that effect to raise awareness. This will be awareness all year long, permanent and government approved.... perfect for all CDH families to join in and do!

Ok, who is going to have their photo in the newsletter first posing beside our first CDH street sign?

[Dawn Torrence Ireland]

I have 3 builders almost talked into CDH street signs! With developments in 3 different towns so that's good - can't have more than 1 street with the same name in the same town. Need to find some type of metal plaque that we can post under the street signs that explains what CDH is. Anyone have any ideas?

[Megan Smith-Weedon]

I want to live on CDH st!!!

[KatieValasek]

This is a great idea. I would love to have this in our town. Does anyone have a letter that we could read to get an idea of what to send into our Mayor?

[AmyMiles]

Oooh I will have to look into that, we have a new development going in near our home.

[StephanieOlivarez]

Dawn--I hope this works out!!!That would be AWESOME!!!!

[Dawn Torrence Ireland]

I'll try to come up with a letter, Katie. Really though, it's easier to go to a developer than the mayor or town council - less paperwork for you since the developer is doing it anyway. Just need to convince them why it's a good idea to have CDH St. (or Rd, Lane or whatever). I found out that for big developers they just pull names out of a hat they've named so many streets so they are open to doing this - and they love the idea of publicity coming to their new neighborhoods. Plus it gives them a "family" feel as it shows them supporting a children's charity. And, it doesn't cost them a dime more than it would for any other name they would've used.

Or... here's an idea... if you don't want to use CDH St, you can't use your cherub's name. If you post a sign with it about CDH, you're still raising awareness. You can have an unveiling ceremony, etc. Ideally, talk the developer into 2 streets -one CDH, one after your cherub and you can put up a sign at the crossing.

[AmyMiles]

oohh great idea!

[Dawn Torrence Ireland]

Now that the events are over, I am going full force with the CDH Street Sign Awareness Project! This is especially close to my heart because Shane was OBSESSED (serious caps needed here) with Sesame St. so having CDH St. and Shane St. would be so special to me. I'm bound and determined to get at least 5 CDH St's in NC before spring!!!!

Who else wants to participate in this?

And our on-line research gurus (hint hint Kara and Darlene and Barb)... can we find some metal sign store so that we can create a CDH awareness plaque of some kind to put under the street signs? Something nice like a small historical marker or something to that effect.

Ideally, I'd love to see a CDH Awareness Street Sign in every state by the end of 2009! With dozens and dozens of photos of you all cutting ribbons at your streets for ceremonies honoring / remembering your cherubs!