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Ronald McDonald "Under the Sea-The Seven Seas!"
Dinner Party
July 07,
2007
A themed dinner party was held to help rejuvenate the families living
at the Ronald McDonald House. They need
rejuvenation because they are in a strange city away from their
families and friends and their child is in the hospital with a serious
medical problem.<o:p></o:p>
This themed dinner party "Under the Sea - the Seven
Seas!" occured on the special date of July 7, 2007 or 7/7/07 and
so we had seven surprises set up for these families. We served Seven and Seven Mocktails, a
Seven Layer Salad and many other surprises such as a sundae bar which
we served, you guessed it… seven
toppings!!!<o:p></o:p>
It is so important for families to attend one of our dinner
parties because they need to feel important, they need to know that
strangers are caring about them and most importantly, they need to
smile!!! And when they walked away from
this dinner party, they were smiling from ear to
ear.<o:p></o:p>
Kit Andrews from Channel 12
new is the spokesperson for the House and we were very fortunate
that she and her husband and camera crew took the time to come to
this dinner party.
We normally cook for 120
people and I would say we had over 100 people in attendance. Our
volunteers for this event were mainly our scholarship recipients
and their families and friends. We asked our volunteers to
arrive at 4pm so that we can transform the dining area into a sea of
fish and then we had crafts for the children at 5pm and dinner was
served at 6pm. The dining room looked beautiful
and we think a great time was had by
all.
If you and your family would like to join us
at future Ronald McDonald dinners, please click here.
Future Event: Hopeful Hearts Picnic
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Date: Sunday, August 26,
2007
Location: Hartwell Rec Center
Zoom,
Zoom, Zoom is the theme of this picnic which is open to all families
who have a child with heart disease. It's great for these
families to meet and mingle with each other so that they can build a
network of friends amongst the heart community that they live in.
A racing good time will be had by all. For anyone who would want
to help defray some expenses of this picnic, you are welcome to donate
here.
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Future Event: 2007 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon
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Date: Monday, Labor Day,
September 3, 2007
Location: Midwest Grip & Lighting, 6851
Steger Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45237
Michael Angelo
Testa, our auctioneer, will be the telethon announcer for this year's
telethon again and we thought our supporters may want to help Michael
by volunteering to answer the telephones or whatever is needed by the
MDA. If you would like to volunteer, they are requesting specific
times, but if you need to leave early from your shift, I'm sure
arrangements could be made to do this.
The times
are:
1st
Shift :
5:00am - 10:00am
2nd
Shift:
10:00am – 2:30pm
3rd
Shift:
2:30pm –
7:30pm | Please RSVP to nancy@aubreyrose.org if you
would like to volunteer for helping the Muscular Dystrophy
Association. You need to be 18 years of age and they will feed
you very well!!! If you are interested, I will send you an
application for you to fill out and fax back to MDA.
Future Event: Float in the Harvest Home
Parade
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Date: Thursday, September 6,
2007
Location: Cheviot, Ohio
We
are having a float in the Harvest Home Parade and inviting our
Scholarship Recipients to participate in the parade. Many of them
will have sporting events so we may have spots for people to join us in
case you are interested. We are having Larry Smith and his
puppets joining us as well so if anyone wants to participate as a
costumed character such as Hattie the Witch, Snarfy our Dog and others,
please send an email to mailto:nancy@aubreyrose.org. This should be a great time for
all!!!
| Future Event: 2007 Let's Dance for the Heart of It!
Date: Friday, November 9, 2007,
6PM to 12:30AM
Location: The Syndicate, Newport,
Kentucky
Party among the Stars from
Groucho Marx to King Kong-remember
it's Hooray for
Hollywood and come dressed to impress(dress attire) or dress up as your
favorite Hollywood Celebrity or Movie Character - past or
present.
Contribution Includes:
Dinner, Dancing, Beer, Wine and
Entertainment
by The Blues
Brothers,
Live and Silent
Auctions
Live
Auction conducted
by Michael Angelo
Testa
Best Costume
Contest Prize
(Discount
available at Schenz Costumes)
$65 per person/$125 per couple if purchased by October 31st
($75 per person/$150 per couple after
November 1st)
Proceeds from the “Let’s Dance for the Heart
of It!” go towards
funding our Holiday Party for the Cardiac
Intensive Care Unit
and also for our “Healing the Worlds
Hearts” program
where we are goal is to bring two children from
within the
United States or from around the world to
Cincinnati Children's Hospital for
open-heart surgeries and
Aubrey's Foundation will fund this
operation in it's entirety.
To purchase
tickets, please go to:
http://www.aubreyrose.org/letsdance.htm#buytickets |
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Your Help: Donations
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Any amount of contribution can help the Foundation
nuture the spirits of many families. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt organization
designated by the Internal Revenue Code. We were founded February
10, 2001, which was 3 months to the date of Aubrey's death. Our
tax identification number is
91-2103451.
Did you know:
A $25 gift pays one
month’s prescription co-pay
A $50
contribution pays for a hospital clinic visit co-pay
A $100 donation pays for one x-ray film
A $500 contribution pays for rental of medical equipment
A $1,000 gift pays for diagnostic testing
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caring for seriously ill children.
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265-5801
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Wrap-Up
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Summer is flying by and the weather has been very
hot lately. We've been busy with planning future events with
the Foundation and also hosting the heart trasnplant picnic, our Ronald
McDonald dinner, supplying campers at Camp Joyful Hearts with a
backpack filled with goodies for them, hosting the Hopeful Hearts
Picnic this coming Sunday and planning the float for the Harvest Home
Parade and of course, working on our fundraiser - Let's Dance for the
Heart of It - Hooray for Hollywood!.
On a personal
note, Spencer has left for Eastern Kentucky University as a
freshman and Carly will be going to University of Cincinnati in
September. We, like many of you, are going through a transition
in our life. It is very welcomed but it's still a change. A
wise young man told me once to take time to be still, so while Jerry
and I are running the Foundation, we are trying to make sure to take
time for ourselves as well - which is very important.
We
welcome you at anytime to join in and help us with Aubrey's
Foundation. We would gladly love to have you join us.
Please don't feel like you have to spend hours at volunteering - We
would love if you could take the time to help us with many different
tasks such as making phone calls, for instance, that would help to
gather auction items for our Dance in November, would be
wonderful.
We truly appreciate all of the support and guidance
you have given us in the past, present and for future endeavors as
well.
Fondly,
Nancy |
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