A special thanks to Rose of Sharon Jewelry customers participating in May 10/10 sale. Helping find a cure for CF www.cff.org.
May was National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness month – but for thousands of children, young adults and their families they never forget. I would encourage you to learn more about Cystic Fibrosis and how you can be part of the cure at www.cff.org.
Thanks for all your kind words of encouragement for Sarah.
Updating you on the Cystic Fibrosis Walk on behalf of Sarah – $1,500 was raised to help cure CF!
This letter from Dale, Sarah’s dad and my brother, tells the story. I want to add my thanks and remind everyone that there are only a few days left for our May 10/10. You’ll receive a 10% discount off all Rose of Sharon Jewelry in our artisan store plus we’ll donate 10% to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in your name! Sale ends at midnight May 31, 2010.
Thank you for your support and donation to the GREAT STRIDES event at Oaks Park (Portland, OR) on the 15th for CF.
Although Sarah was not able to attend. 21 friends and family came out to walk with/on Sarah's team and on her behalf. A few days before the walk she was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. They gave her intense medication to clear the infection from her lungs. She put a collection jar in her room and you had to donate to CF to enter. I think she collected $40. She went home Monday with antibiotics and other medication to do at home. Now she is back to her bubbly self again. We plan to go to the movies on Saturday.
We raised about $1500 to meet our team goal and I meet my goal of $150. Those who raised more than $100 got a tee-shirt to wear during the walk. There were twice the number of teams this year for a total of 99 teams. I don't know the total number of people at the event but may be 1000. Last year the event raised $123,000 and this year we raised about $165,000. The weather was a beautiful 78 degree sunny day. We walked 3 miles in a massive group down a path along the railroad tracks that run from Oaks Park to down town Portland. We walked at a pretty good pace and could feel it the next day. After the walk we had hamburgers and hot dogs. Many kids and families than road the rides and activities in the park.
Thanks to all of you it was a successful and fun event and I plan to do it again next year.
PS, sorry I don't have the final figures or the pictures from the event yet. Don't forget your donation is tax deductible.
Dale
P.S. I don't have the final figures or the pictures from the event yet. Don't forget your donation is tax deductible.
Dale
You can still donate to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in Sarah’s name. Many major across the U.S. provide matching funds for your CF donation, you’ll find info at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
The Japanese folk tale of 100 cranes meaning a thousand years of happiness is the inspiration for Sarah’s 1,000 cranes of friendship. Wishing such depth of friendship!
Sarah’s friends have long known that she suffers from a fatal genetic disease (Cystic Fibrosis) so the book written by a young survivor of Hiroshima touched their hearts when they were very young.
I cannot tell the story of friendship shared and love demonstrated as well as Jessica Banister did in her blog post. She and Yvonne Ngai were partners in bringing a million years of happiness into Sarah’s life.
Get your hankies ready, click over to Sarah’s Facebook page where she’s posted this beautiful story.
P. S. To thank Yvonne and Jessica, Sarah created a sterling silver bracelet with a silver origami crane for each of them.
Nothing like a great piece of handmade jewelry to commemorate a special event and seal a memory forever!
We love to share and what better way than to share our jewelry with you at a 10% savings plus share with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
During May, Rose of Sharon Jewelry will make a 10% donation to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in your name when you buy any our our one-of-a-kind handmade jewelry from our store.
You’ll find your 10% sale price listed on the main Rose of Sharon Jewelry web site by each piece of jewelry. At the end of the month, we’ll send each donation to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and we’ll send you a thank you card!
Learn more about Living with CF
This is another great milestone for our “favorite” niece (she’ll know what I mean) who lives with Cystic Fibrosis. Every year is a gift and she’s a wonderful gift in our lives.
Sarah has a wonderful youthful look. This picture is a couple of years old but she still looks as lovely. The Fullen family love winning bets from strangers trying to guess her age. Most think she is a teenager.
Okay – I know you get tired of the comments – Ms. Beatty. And hate having to show your ID all the time.
To learn more about CF and how to support the cure, see Monday’s Blog Post.
The Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Foundation is looking to make “great strides” in finding a cure for this devastating disease. Help thousands of CF patients by supporting Great Strides. Please RT.
Sarah (my niece and the youngest Rose of Sharon Jewelry artist) has beaten the odds she was given when she was diagnosed with CF as a toddler. Now CF patients can live into their 30s and 40s. There have been much welcome advances over the past 25 years but more help is needed to find a cure for this fatal disease.
Sarah, along with her Mom (Kelly) and Dad (Dale), are walking in the 2010 Portland Great Strides walk-a-thon for CF on May 15, 2010.
For someone dealing with CF (a genetic lung disease), walking all morning can be a real fete so you know Sarah is determined to make a difference in her life and the life of others!
To learn more about Cystic Fibrosis (CF):
You don’t need to pledge a lot – just what you can!
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