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                                                                                  Heartstring Hotline: January, 2008

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In this Newsletter...Happy New Year to all and may your blessings for this coming year be plenty!

  • American Girl Fashion Show Auditions
  • 2007 Holiday Party
  • Ronald McDonald House Dinner
  • Golf Outing
  • If you would like to volunteer
  • Foundation Wrap Up

   

     

 

A QUOTE FROM A FAMILY WE HELPED

Words truly can not express how thankful we are for the Aubrey Rose Foundation. They have put a ray of sunlight in our lives and smiles on our faces. Our lives have been blessed in so many ways and their gift is one of those special blessings. Our little miracle, Laynie Marie is doing so good and has been a true blessing in our lives.
We promise to pass on the good deed and we will always have Aubrey in our hearts.

The Myler Family

 

 

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to help families caring for children with life threatening illnesses with our focus being on the family unity.  We strive to lift families from life's complexities during this difficult time by providing emotional and financial support.

 


    American Girl Fashion Show

        

    Come discover how generations of American Girls have used clothing to express their style and personality. Celebrate the sparkle and spirit of American Girl style at this fun filled event for American Girls, their families, friends - and favorite dolls!

    All proceeds benefit the Aubrey Rose Foundation

    We are in need of models...

    Auditions are currently being held at

    Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Dealerships

    To schedule an audition click here.

    For more info on how to participate whether by attending, purchashing raffle tickets or making a donation to help us reach our goal os saving children's lives with open-heart surgeries see below:

       

    2007 Holiday Party

    Below is some pictures from our Holiday Party

    Robert and his sister at our Holiday Party with

    Nate Lawrie, Glenn Holt, Nate Livings, and Chris Mandarino from the Cincinnati Bengals

    Blankets and wagon given to the Heart Center

    Jerry, Who Dey, Nancy & Gapper

     

    Christmas 2007

    As Gina Fries, Catering Manager at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, said it best when talking about our Holiday Party, “Words cannot express how wonderful and far-reaching this Party really is for these families.  This Holiday Party goes beyond anything that these families could ever expect or want!”

    Our Christmas is made by being able to host this Holiday Party.  We are so blessed to have many wonderful volunteers who not only donate their time but their talents too.  We want to thank Linda Hoff who made the cutest table decorations for our party.  The families were able to take these stuffed snowman back to their room as a lasting reminder of the joy these received from this Party.  A great big thank you goes out to Mike Evans who photographs the families for us so that they have a lasting memory of this very special night.  We also would like to thank Gapper attending this Party every year and to Who Dey as well as National City for donating his services.  We had so many wonderful people who hand-made quilts for us that we were able to present the Heart Center with 73 quilts.  We would like to thank Gina from Childrens and the two special people who make sure that our Party has everything we need, to Kojo and Udonis, we thank you!  They have been with us for every Party as well.  And lastly, to our many volunteers who take their time to wrap presents and to help make this Holiday Party a success - we thank you from the bottoms of our hearts and double lungs!

        

    Our goal is to "Wow" these families only if it is for a few short hours - but that magical feeling, we hope, will last forever!

     

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    Ronald McDonald House Themed Dinner Party-It's Abracadabra Time!

    Saturday, February 2, 2008 

    Our next Ronald McDonald House themed dinner party is scheduled for Saturday, February 2.

    If you ever want to help with one of our dinner parties, it's a volunteer experience for the whole family.  We arrive at 4pm and start decorating and start cooking and at 5pm we have crafts for the children and at 6pm, we have a delicious home-cooked dinner.

    Our theme this time is "Abracadabra" and we have a magic show scheduled for 7pm to entertain the families.

    Our goal for these dinner parties is to rejuvenate the families living at Ronald McDonald House.  We lived in Cleveland and Philadelphia Houses for about 8 months in total so we can understand what these families are going through.  Our mission is to boost these families spirits so they can continue caring for their sick child.

     

                                  

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    New Location!!!!

    Clear your calendar for our 8th Annual Golf Outing

    We're very excited to announce that Aston Oaks Golf Course is our new location

    Aston Oaks Golf Course
    Sunday, May 18, 2008

    1:30pm tee time

    If you or your business could help sponsor this golf outing, please send Nancy an email

    by clicking on the picture below:

    Dinner will be provided by Lance and his crew at

    More details to follow

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    If you would like to volunteer for the Aubrey Rose Foundation:

    Click here

    to send Nancy a message about volunteering for one of our many different events. 

     

    • We need help with our American Girl Fashion Shows

     

    • We need help with our 2008 Golf Outing
       for securing silent auction items and sponsors

     

     


    If you would like to

    contribute financially

    you can...

    DONATE ONLINE Click here to donate to The Aubrey Rose Hollenkamp Foundation and put smiles on the faces of families and siblings caring for seriously ill children.


    DONATE BY PHONE OR MAIL
    Call Nancy or Jerry Hollenkamp, Foundation Founders:
    (513) 265-5801

    Send your contribution to:
    Aubrey Rose Foundation
    4480 Oakville Drive
    Cincinnati, OH 45211

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    Foundation Wrap Up: Closing Notes

    2008 is going to be great!!!

    We're very excited about everything we have coming up this year starting off with our American Girl Fashion Show auditions and then the shows themselves in April, we have 4 unique Ronald McDonald Themed Dinner Parties as well as a new location for our 8th Annual Golf Outing!  We will also have 25 new scholarship recipients in June and please save the date for our "Let's Dance for the Heart of It!" on Friday, November 14.

    Helping families both emotionally and financially is another area we are planning on increasing both in the numbers and the amount of our grants that we are giving to families who are caring for children with a life-threatening medical condition.

    On February 10th, we will be celebrating the 7th year of Aubrey's Foundation!  With this comes mixed emotions  - that means that Aubrey has been gone 7 years but it also means that through this Foundation in her memory, she has been able to touch many, many children and their families through the love of her family and so many wonderful people who are helping us in very significant ways.

    Thank you from the bottom of our hearts and double lungs for being our significant support!

    Love to you and your family from our family!

    Jerry, Nancy, Carly, Spencer and Saint Aubrey Hollenkamp

    George and Nancy Frondorf, Aubrey's Grandparents

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