Businesses Support Children With Cancer
Are you involved with a business who values giving back to the community? Do you want to see your company logo on our sponsorship page with steller companies such as Virginia Business Systems, The Linhart Foundation, MassMutual Financial, McGuire Woods, Hunton & Williams, Whitten Brothers and Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU? Why not join our list of sponsors of the 2015 Heroes Art Ball. Your sponsorship directly benefits the children we will support this year. Some sponsor levels give you tickets to the ball and plenty of accolades. Sponsorship packages range from $500 to $10,000! Interested? Email Lisa at lisa@connorsheroes.org or call our office at (804) 897-1272.
Thursday Lunch Bunch!
Every Thursday, for the past 2-1/2 years, Connor's Heroes and CJ'sThumbsUp have been serving lunch to all the families who are on the Pediatric floor at Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU. I first met Roger & Rachel when their daughter, Charlotte Jennie, registered with Connor's Heroes. CJ is now an angel. Like me, they created a non-profit in honor of their child. They award cash grants to families in need. Thursdays are a great day. Families walk into the lounge and see a table full of delicious, healthy food. Families talk to Roger and Fran about the ups and down of their lives. The weekly Lunch Bunch is a great example of the one-on-one support we offer our Heroes. We are glad to have CJs Thumbs Up as our sidekick!
Meet More of our 2015 Heroes
Eric, Callen and Savanna share a love of life. They also share a diagnosis of childhood cancer. As we get closer to the 2015 Heroes Art Ball, you can read profiles of our brave heroes. They are working hard to create beautiful paintings with our hero artists. You will have the chance to bid on these pieces of art at the live auction. As Callen's mom said: Art has been an important part of Callen’s recovery. Callen hopes his works of art will similarly inspire others to stay strong and keep smiling!
Read the profiles of our 2015 heroes right here!
Be a Hero Family Underwriter
You can give a young Hero a magical night away from the hospital surrounded by the community who cares. Your gift of $500 makes you a Hero Family Underwriter. We'll surprise a family by telling them that their son or daughter will attend the ball thanks to you! You'll receive a picture and bio of the beautiful child you are sponsoring. Whether you are attending the Art Ball or not, you can make it a special night for a Hero Family.
Moms Helping Moms
Last week was the first meeting of Connor's Heroes new Programs Committee. Programs like our Heroes Bags and Backpacks and Superheroes and Sidekicks are offered to our families who register with Connor's Heroes. As I looked around the room, I loved seeing all of the Hero Moms and Dads sitting with our board members. Who better than the parents of children with cancer to advise us on the best ways we can directly help our Hero families? One mom, Chrissy, posted in Facebook: "I am thankful for my Connor's Heroes family and... for each and every one of those fellow Cancer Fighting Mammas in that room... They are are such a blessing and encouragement to me." Fran, Erin, and I look forward to working with this great group of parents. Stay tuned for details on our programs and how you can be a part of our community of heroes.
Amazon’s Giving Site Raises Money for Connor’s Heroes
If you shop on Amazon, did you know that you can automatically donate a portion of your purchase to help our Hero Families? When shopping use smile.amazon.com and not the usual amazon web site. You log on using your same credentials. Select Connor's Heroes as your charity! Shop like you normally do and every quarter we'll receive a check. Remember to bookmark
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Businesses stand in support of our Heroes
Hunton & Williams, McGuire Woods, and Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU are our latest heroes for sponsoring this year's Heroes Art Ball on May 1, 2015. In return, they will receive tickets to the ball and lots of accolades. My goal is to, for the first time, raise $100,000 for the hundreds of children who will need our help this year. Will you help our heroes by sponsoring this year's Heroes Art Ball? Click here ►
Win a Motorcycle! Raffle benefits Connor’s Heroes
Our friends with the Heroes Run motorcycle rally are gearing up for another great event this Fall. The first Heroes Run raised money for the outreach that Connor's Heroes offers to the families in treatment at Children's Hospital of VCU and was one heck of a party! What's cool about this year's event is our friends are building a motorcycle to raffle at the rally. You can follow the progress of the build on their blog http://www.chopcult.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40663&p=652283#post652283
Here’s to our Volunteers - our Heroes!
In a few hours, our volunteers made a big difference in the lives of our Hero families. Volunteers spent one morning writing inspirational notes for 40 of our families. Tucked in each note was a gift card for gas or groceries. It depended on what the family needed the most to help get them through another week of treatment. A crew of volunteers filled our Heroes Bags and Backpacks with donated items. The volunteers packed each one for a boy or girl, carefully choosing items for a particular age. If you want to volunteer for Connor’s Heroes, contact Erin at erin@connorsheroes.org or call our office at (804) 897-1272.
One mom sent Fran an email expressing her appreciation for the gas gift card:
We received the gas card last month and I want to say thank you for that. We travel to Richmond at least two days per week since this has all begun. The gas cards are a great help to me, especially since I am missing work without pay when I take him to appointments or stay with him during hospitalizations. It's hard to believe it's almost all over. It's been a challenging road and we are forever changed by this path we've walked. I am thankful for all who supported us through this difficult time.
Bon Air Elementary Whips Childhood Cancer
Would you take a pie in the face to whip Childhood Cancer? The principal of Bon Air Elmentary did! The lucky student who got to pie Mr. Tetlow was a former Hero, Wyatt! Wyatt has been cancer free for a year and a half. Mr. Tetlow is the father of our amazing board member Celia. This is a great example of a community of heroes from the past and present who rally for a future without Childhood Cancer.