Talkin’ about diggityFEST on Channel 8
Lisa's at it again! Enjoy this interview of Lisa on ABC 8 News. She's talking about all the fund you can have at Sunday's diggityFEST. You'll discover why readers of Style Weekly vote it their favorite family festival year after year.
Get Your Motors Running
Join us on Saturday as dozens of motocyclists ride through Southside in support of all the hero kids who are battling childhood cancer. After the ride, they are throwing a festival with The Sweater Band (a Weezer cover band), great food and beverages at Capital Ale House. Enjoy this great video about the event. All proceeds will benefit Connor's Heroes. Details are at The Heroes Run Facebook Event Page. Can't make it? Don't worry, you can support the event by making a donation at https://connorsheroes.myetap.org/fundraiser/Heroesrun/.
Don’t miss your child’s favorite band at diggityFEST!
The Diggity Dudes announced the scheduled line up for this year's diggityFEST! Of course, it's all subject to change. Remember, diggityFEST happens rain or shine, Noon - 5 pm and is free! Plan your Sunday to see your child's favorite performer or plan on spending the whole day. You can find complete information about diggityFEST here.
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| Hope Harris & the Cousins Jamboree |
Steven Courtney & the Suitcase Musicians |
The Diggity Dudes |
Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Players |
Joanie Leeds & the Nightlights |
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diggityFEST 2014 Sponsors Rock too!
diggityFEST is Central Virginia's first and only all-kids music festival. Year after year, readers of Style Weekly vote diggityFEST as Richmond's "Favorite Family Festival." It's easy to see why. Performing on the stage are many nationally recognized family music favorites including GRAMMY nominated, Justin Roberts & The Not Ready for Naptime Players. There's also a Kid's Zone, Daddio Patio and vendor fair. If your business is targeted to families, diggityFEST is your chance to introduce yourself to families from the area. Last year, over 3,5000 attended the event. diggityFEST offers many levels of sponsorships from $250 to $2000. Email allison@connorsheroes.org or call (804) 897-1272. Add your company's logo to the list of sponsors so far.
See Lisa’s Interview about Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
WWBT Channel 12 featured Lisa on its noon day program. Lisa did a great job talking about Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and the upcoming diggityFest! If you follow Connor's Heroes on Facebook, you can watch the interview here.
Let’s Put Pediatric Cancer On The Road
Virginia license plates are a great billboard in building awareness of many nonprofits and causes. So why not childhood cancer, the #1 disease killer of children? Two pediatric cancer nonprofits in Northern Virginia, Ellie's Hats and Team Mathias, are pushing for DMV to offer a license plate for childhood cancer. The process is simple. You complete the application and submit it with your check for $10. Ellie's Hats is collecting the applications and fees. Once they have 450 applications in hand, they will submit them to DMV. Then we wait...
Click the license plate below to open the PDF of the application along with detailed instructions. The sooner you submit your application and we reach our goal of 450 applications, the sooner we will see Childhood Cancer on cars in Virginia.
CHF participating in new fundraising website for RVA!
Live To Serve is a new website dedicated to helping nonprofits raise money. It's a mix of Groupon and Kickstarter - two popular crowd funding sites that are transforming nonprofits and businesses. Connor's Heroes is one of six nonprofits asked to participate in the launch. Our campaign is simple: we need 25 Heroes Backpacks to stock for the rest of the year. Here's how you can help us raise the $2,500 to give backpacks to our hero patients.
Step 1: Go to www.LiveToServe.com
Step 1: Select Connor's Heroes
Step 2: Shop Vouchers For Local Merchants (Juleps, Segway of Richmond, for example)
Step 3: Watch Your Donation Contribute To Our $2,500 Goal
Live To Serve has vouchers for restaurants, services and activities ranging in price from $8 to $150. When you purchase your voucher 50 to 70% of its value is a direct donation to CHF. Take a moment to visit the website and purchase your gift certificate! Remember, your purchase benefits our hero patients.
Show You Care: Be a Sponsor of diggityFEST 2014
diggityFEST is Central Virginia's only, family-friendly music festival. It is repeatedly voted by Style Weekly's readers as their favorite Family Festival. Last year over 3,500 adults and children spent a beautiful afternoon dancing, jumping, and laughing to national and local performers. If your company targets families then consider being a corporate sponsor or vendor. You can have a table at our family exhibition fair, sponsor our family activities or be a food vendor. Most sponsorship levels receive significant media publicity and VIP tickets for you, your employees or clients. All children with be provided with a "passport" that will encourage them to visit your table so that they can collect a stamp and be eligible for great prizes. Email lisa@connorsheroes.org or call (804) 897-1272 between 10 am and 3 pm. Details are at diggityFEST2014!
Meet CHF’s New Development Director, Allison Wixted
Allison found her passion in life when her daughter, Taylor, was born with Down syndrome in 2005. Although she began her career as a pharmacist, Taylor inspired her to pursue a career in the nonprofit sector. Allison volunteered with the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Richmond and later served on staff as their first Executive Director. She has also earned a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from VCU's Nonprofit Learning Point. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, Dennis, and their three children, nine-year-old twins, Landon and Taylor, and 7-year-old Karis.
You can reach Allison by email allison@connorsheroes.org or by calling our office between 10a-3p, (804) 897-1272
Will you run for Connor’s Heroes??
The Board of Directors of Connor's Heroes is organizing a team to run the Amazing Raise 5K on September 16 at the Boulders. When you register as a member of Team Connor's Heroes, you will raise money for us too! All ages can participate. To join our team and to raise donations for Connor's Heroes follow these four steps:
- Go to the registration page
- Under Team Registration select Join An Existing Team
- From the roster, choose Connor's Heroes
- Use the password "beahero"
- Create your own personal fundraising page by going to this Fundraising Page link.
- Tell all your friends that you are participating and raising money for Connor's Heroes to provide individualized support to children with cancer and their families.
The race is part of the Amazing Raise, an online giving event that, last year, raised over $1 million dollars for 450 area charities. Connor's Heroes received over $1,000 in individual donations and our race team raised $3,000! This race coincides with September's National Childhood Cancer Month! Let's show the spirit of gold ribbons in support of our hero patients. You can find complete details about the Amazing Raise online giving event and the 5K at https://giverichmond.guidestar.org/Home.aspx
