September 2010 - Sunshine Foundation

September 2010
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Sunshine Introduces Two
Exciting New Programs!
Dream Come True Program
Sunshine Foundation hand delivered a dream to
Daniel, an 11 year old boy from Runnemede, NJ, who
has severe autism. The good news was made in person
by Bill Sample, Sunshine Founder and President
Emeritus, and long-time volunteer, Hank Blaszczyk!
This is the first of many dreams that will be hand
delivered in Sunshine’s exciting new Dream Come
True Program! “We hope these personal visits will
bring excitement about the dream-come-true for the
children and their families and show them how much
Sunshine cares,” says Bill Sample. Daniel’s dream
vacation to Disney World is scheduled in September.
The family will stay at Sunshine’s Dream Village!
Left to Right: Hank Blaszczyk, Sunshine Volunteer, presents
Daniels’ brothers, Andrew and Ryan, Daniel, and Daniel’s mom
with a dream trip package!
Airport Greeters Program
Dream families will now be greeted by Sunshine
Foundation volunteers when they arrive at the Orlando
airport as part of Sunshine’s new Airport Greeters
Program. Special thanks to Tammy Tsirigotis, a
Sunshine volunteer, who greeted the August families!
Left:
Tammy waits for the family
to arrive at the Orlando
Airport! Tammy is the first of
numerous volunteers, who
will be greeting families
when they arrive on their
dream trips!
Right:
Isabelle and her family
arrives in Orlando to
start her exciting
dream trip! Isabelle is
5 years old and has
Chiari 1 malformation.
Her family is from
Ishpeming, MI!
Select Sunshine in your Workplace Campaign!
If you participate in the United Way, Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) or your employer’s workplace
giving campaign, please consider selecting Sunshine Foundation! The following is a list of some of the
many campaigns that support Sunshine Foundation!
United Ways
United Way of Southeastern PA - # 00317
United Way of Greater Mercer County - #6590
United Way of Kitsap County
United Way of Northeast Florida
United Way of Delaware
United Way of Burlington County
United Way of Gloucester County
United Way of Camden County
Combined Federal Campaigns # 11868
Gulf Coast CFC
The Lake County Illinois CFC
New York City CFC
Global Impact CFC Overseas Area
CFC of Philadelphia
South Jersey CFC
Corporate Employee Giving Campaigns
Aetna Giving Campaign
Albert Einstein Medical Center
American Express “Just Give Campaign”
Ameriprise Financial Employee Giving
Bank of America
Beneficial Savings Bank
Bristol Myers Squibb Co.
Computer Associates International
Edison International Employee Contribution
Employees Fund of the Boeing Company
The Garfield Foundation
Gary Barbera Chryslerland & Jeepland
Genuardi’s Foundation Employee Campaign
Honeywell Hometown Solutions
Kennedy Automotive Group
KPMG’s Community Giving Campaign
LexisNexis Cares
McGraw Hill Companies Employee Giving
Merck Employee Giving Campaign
Network For Good
New York City Transit Authority
Progress Energy
The Prudential Foundation
PSEG Power of Giving
Quebecor Printing Atglen, Inc.
Sears
University of Florida Campaign for Charities
Verizon Foundation
Washington Mutual Employee Giving Program
Wegman’s Food Markets Inc.
World Reach Inc.
State/County/City Employee Campaigns
Gloucester County Employee Charitable Campaign
Camden County Public Employees Campaign
Florida State Employees Charitable Campaign
City of New York Municipal Campaign
Laura’s Dream Comes True
Laura is 12 years old and has Leukemia. She is from New
York, NY. Laura loves animals and dreamed of going to
Discovery Cove to play with the dolphins! Her family
stayed at Sunshine Foundation’s Dream Village
during their time in Central Florida. Laura’s favorite
part of her dream come true trip was interacting with
dolphins and other animals at Discovery Cove and
swimming with her family at the Dream Village! Laura
is seen in the picture to the right, playing with a new
friend she met at Discovery Cove while on her dream
come true trip to Central Florida!
The Sunshine Reporter is a monthly newsletter highlighting the children, donors, volunteers and
work of the Sunshine Foundation. Sunshine Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) organization, is dedicated to
answering the dreams of children who are chronically ill, physically challenged or have been abused.
Sunshine proudly uses over 84% of its donations received for its children’s programs. This
publication is produced, assembled and distributed by staff and volunteers to reduce costs.
Welcome Sunshine’s New Chapter
Sunshine Foundation welcomes Monmouth County
Miracles as our newest All Volunteer Chapter!
These wonderful volunteers have held multiple
fundraisers to benefit Sunshine! The most recent
fundraiser was a Pub Crawl in Keansburg, NJ! Thank
you to all the volunteer chapter members who made
this a success! Visit www.sunshinefoundation.org for
more photos from this fun event! If you are interested
in starting a volunteer fundraiser chapter, email
[email protected] and see how you can
make dreams come true in your area!
The Monmouth County Miracles All Volunteer
Chapter at the Pub Crawl Fundraiser!
Harley Owners Group Answering A Special Dream!
Thank you to the Polk County, FL Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.) for holding multiple
fundraisers to make dreams come true! This wonderful group held a bike night at the Lakeland
Flying Tigers game! Advanced ticket sales to the game benefited Sunshine Foundation and will
help answer Jesus’ dream! Jesus is 12 years old and has Cerebral Palsy. He and his family were
special guests at the game and
Jesus even threw the first pitch!
The night also featured bike
displays and a bike parade. On
October 2, 2010 H.O.G will host a
Day for Sunshine event that
features a poker walk, BBQ, 50/50
& antique bike show at the
Lakeland, FL Harley Davidson.
Proceeds will answer Jesus’ dream.
Jesus throws the first pitch at
Sunnie greets Jesus and
Visit www.sunshinefoundation.org
the Lakeland Flying Tigers!
his family as they arrive
for more on this event!
at the stadium!
All Volunteer Cape Atlantic
Chapter’s Craft Show
The All Volunteer Cape
Atlantic Chapter of
Sunshine Foundation
recently held their
25th Annual Sunshine
Foundation Craft Show
Fundraiser! The event
was held in front of the
Ocean City Music Pier.
All profits benefited
Cape Atlantic Volunteer Chapter
Members at the Sunshine Table!
Sunshine Foundation!
Thank you Cape Atlantic
Chapter for holding this wonderful event every year!
Boscov’s Friends Helping
Friends Shopping Passes
Tuesday,
October 5, 2010
is Boscov’s
Friends Helping
Friends Day.
$5.00 shopping passes can be
purchased through Sunshine
Foundation that offers 25% off
purchases throughout the day.
Sunshine receives the entire $5.00
to make dreams come true.
Call 800-767-1976 to purchase a
Friends Day shopping pass.
Donate now at www.sunshinefoundation.org and see what a dream can do...
Sears/ Kmart’s Billion Points Program
Adopt
A Dream!
What Would You Do With A Billion Kmart/Sears Points?
Sunshine is one of the featured charities in the Sears and Kmart Shop Your
Way Rewards “What Would You Do With One Billion Points” Contest.
We need your help!
Upload a short video of what you would do with the points and help
Sunshine Foundation win points as well! Remember to say you would pick
Sunshine Foundation to receive points to make dreams come true for
children in need!
View contest information here at
www.sunshinefoundation.org
Sunshine Foundation
President, Kate Sample, is
challenging Sunshine Foundation Chairman, John Mavrakis, to a Foul Shot
Shoot Off to answer the dream of Tianna! Thank you to everyone who
sponsored last year’s Boss's Challenge and made Sean’s dream come true!
Please consider sponsoring John and Kate again this year!
2nd Annual Boss’s Challenge
Courtside at Wells Fargo Center
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Boss’s Challenge: 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Kamryn is 5 years
old and has
severe static
encephalopathy.
She is from Broken
Arrow, OK and
loves to play
outside!
Formerly
Wachovia Center
*76ers Game to follow: 7:00 p.m.
Want to join in the fun? Email
[email protected]
to see how you can compete in
the foul shot shoot off to raise
money to answer a child’s dream!
You can also help Sunshine by attending
the 76ers game on October 12, 2010!
Tickets will be available shortly through
the 76ers website. You need to enter a
code for tickets to benefit Sunshine!
Code & pricing coming soon to
www.sunshinefoundation.org
Kate Sample with the 1st
Annual Boss’s Challenge
Dream Recipient, Sean!
John Mavrakis with
Dream Recipient, Sean,
and Sean’s mom!
Sponsor John or Kate and
answer Tianna’s dream! Tianna
(pictured right) is 13 years old
and is from Philadelphia, PA.
She has heart and respiratory
failure. Her dream is to got o the
Dream Village!
Roy Lee is 4 years
old and has
cerebral palsy. He
is from Elizabeth
City, NC and likes
music, especially
drums!
New Castle County Chapter’s Sunshine Scramble
Sunshine Foundation thanks the All Volunteer
New Castle County Chapter for hosting their
15th Annual Sunshine Scramble to benefit
Sunshine Foundation! New and exciting to this
year’s Sunshine Scramble was a helicopter golf ball
drop contest! Golf balls were sold and then
dropped over the 18th hole. Whosever landed
closest to the hole won a 42” flat screen television!
Visit www.sunshinefoundation.org to view more
pictures under past events!
All Volunteer New Cast County
Chapter Members at the 15th Annual
Sunshine Scramble!
Kyah is 6 years
old and is blind.
She is from
Englewood, FL.
Kyah wants to be
a teacher when
she grows up!
Your generous donations made these dreams come true in August 2010!
Name
Age
Hometown
Dream
Diagnosis
Complete
Date
Hospital
Family
Angela
13
Fredonia, NY
All-Terrain
Wheelchair
Cerebral Palsy
8/5/2010
Cleveland
Clinic
3
Gabriel
10
Bronx, NY
Dream Village/
Discovery Cove
Severe Autism
8/5/2010
Montefiore
Medical Center
4
Laura
12
New York, NY
Dream Village/
Discovery Cove
Leukemia
8/5/2010
Mount Sinai
4
Eliza
5
Bryan, TX
WII Game &
Accessories
Osteogenesis
Imperfecta
8/6/2010
St. Jospeh's
Regional
4
Darlyn
9
New York, NY
Dream Village/ DW
Sickle Cell
Disease
8/12/2010
N.Y.
Presbyterian
4
John
8
Greenbrier, TN
Therapy Bike
Cerebral palsy
8/17/2010
Vanderbilt
Children's
5
Ann
7
Red Oak, TX
Dream Village/ DW
Congenital
Hypotonia
8/19/2010
Children's
Hospital
4
Bryson
4
Meridian, ID
Dream Village/ DW
Chromosome
20q13..33
Deletion
8/19/2010
St. Luke's
5
Isabelle
4
Ishpeming, MI
Dream Village/ DW
Chiari 1
Malformation
8/26/2010
Children's
Hospital
6
Joshua
8
Bellevue, NE
Dream Village/ DW
Severe Brain
Injury
8/26/2010
Nebraska
Medical Center
2
You can help make more dreams come true! Donate Now at www.sunshinefoundation.org and see what a dream can do...
Thank You to Our Generous Dream Makers® of August 2010!
Abrams Foundation
Aetna Giving Campaign
AirTran Airways - Headquarters
All Volunteer Loveland Chapter
All Volunteer Wishing Well
Chapter
America's Charities
Olga Anastasia
Maynard Arend
Maxine Baral
Linda Barnes
Barbara Bateman
William & Mary Ann Beck
Marc & Susan Berman
Ralph & Grace Bertelle
Beymer UMW Thrift House
Bill's Gun Shop Inc.
Hank & Mary Blaszczyk
Eugene Bonetti
Donald P Brandoff
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Tommy Bull & Family
Rosemary A. Calcese
Donna Cantore
Tom Carey
Albert & Marion Carpenito
Chateau Bleu Resort Motel
Eric J. Christiansen
Chick-fil-A at Horizon Center
Citizens Supporting Mike Nofs
Richard Clawges
Todd Cloward
Joyce & Bob Comunale
Robert Cunningham
Barbara & Michael Curilla
Delaware Valley Packaging Group
Deluca Music
Disney Worldwide Services
William Drown
Joan T. Duffy
Paul & Stacy Erickson
Ewing Edge Softball Organization
Robert and Doris Fenton
Fiesta Pizza & Restaurant III
Elliot & Marian Fisher
Anna B. Flanigan
Franklin Mason Press
Barbara Funk
GDM Advisory Group, Ltd.
Geno's Steaks
Russell Gervasi
Give Forward
Raymond and Annette Glebocki
The Gold Foundation
Scott G. Gordon
Dr. Daniel Gottlieb
Keri & Shawn Green
Jay Greenblatt
Charles and Patricia Hall
Eleanor Hertzog
Thomas & Lorraine Humphrey
Isdaner & Company, LLC
James W. Hegedus Memorial 5K
Race
Dr. and Mrs. Don Johnson
Dee Johnson
Just Give
John King
Edward & Dorothy Kelley
Paul Kelly, Sr.
Lee Kenney
Carol M. Kershbaum
David and Lorraine Kostinas
KPMG Community Giving
Campaign
Leslie Kramer
David & Nancy Kuchler
Joseph & Ruth Laks
Mary Anne LaMonica
The Lane Construction Corp.
Josephine Lesniak
Barbara & Gary Lewis
Vicki Lewis
LexisNexis Cares
Lighting By Design
Liquor At Ovation
Mr. Allan Manaysay
William & Shirley McCann &
Family
Merck Employee Giving
Campaign
Robert Michaelson
Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
Janet A. Montagna
Paula Morocco
Nancy Mrazik
Myers Asphalt Contracting Inc
Myrtle & Hugh Ryan
New York City Transit Authority
Judy & Baats Nissenbaum
North Penn Imports, Inc
Kimberly Offhaus
Office Of Emergency Medical
Services
Charles & Kathleen Ogan
Thomas L. Osterman
Norman & Arlene Peck
Kathleen M. Perri
Robert A. Kutney -Phase One
Properties
Arnold Pfannenstiel, D.D.S.,
F.A.G.D.
Z.M. Platas
Claire Primo
The Prudential Foundation
Matching Gifts Program
Pumpernick's Deli
Ilene S. Rattet
Arlene Riblet
Mary Frances Risavy
RMTS LLC
Michael Jarett Sacks
Judith W. Sampson
Rita Sasse
Diane Seidman
Southwestern Elementary School
Stewart Title of Four Corners
James Storey
Suburban Diner
Clifford Tantum
Richard Trehuba
Anna Vetrano
Marilyn Vogel
Wachovia Bank
Karl Wagner
Barbara Walker
Wal-Mart Supercenter Store
#3347
Waste Gas Steel Fabrication
Charles and Mary Webb
Webb's Realty
John Wrighter
Robert Zerbe
You can be a
Dream Maker
too!
Donate now at
sunshinefoundation.org
and see what a dream
can do...
James W. Hegedus Memorial 5K Race
Sunshine Foundation thanks the family of James W. Hegedus for holding a
very special 5k run in memory of James. James loved to run and it was his
dream to compete in the Boston Marathon. Shortly after qualifying for the
Boston Marathon, James tragically lost his life at 22 years old. Every year
James’ family holds the James W. Hegedus
Memorial 5K Run to honor his life and his
longtime dream of competing in the Boston
Marathon. The funds raised from this day will
help Sunshine answer the dreams of children
on our waiting list. Thank you for making
dreams come true!
James W. Hegedus is
seen here running in
the N.J. Marathon.
Right: Family and friends of James run in James’ memory.
Refresh the Dream Village
You can help Sunshine Foundation
receive a $50,000 grant from Pepsi
with the click of a mouse. Visit
www.refresheverything.com/dreamvillage and
vote every day for the Dream Village idea.
One online vote per person is permitted everyday.
You can also vote daily using your cell phone.
Text 102200 to Pepsi (73774). Standard text
messaging rates apply.
Gene Butcher Hike
Gene Butcher departed on his 700 mile charity
hike of the High Path Trails
of North Colorado! Along the
way he will be spreading
sunshine and raising funds
to answer the dream of a
child on Sunshine’s waiting
list. Gene, thank you for
making so many
Gene spreading Sunshine
dreams come true!
with his Hike for Dreams!
Helping Hands Day
Holiday Gala
Thank You, Synergy
Donations and
Volunteers Needed!
Saturday,
September 25, 2010
The Dream Village is preparing
for their Annual Holiday Gala
on December 4th and through
the month of September you
can purchase a table of 10 for
$1,000 ($1,500 after Oct. 1st).
Sunshine Foundation thanks
Synergy for holding a charitable
fundraising network event to
help answer the dream of a child
on Sunshine’s waiting list!
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Dream Village
Helping Hands Day
Join us at the
Dream Village and spend
the day volunteering to
make repairs to this magical
place! Lunch and beverages
will be provided.
Dream Village Holiday Gala
Saturday, December 4, 2010
6:00 p.m. at the Reunion Resort
in Orlando, FL!
For tickets and sponsorship
information:
To help or donate email
[email protected] or
[email protected] (863) 424 4188
Donate now at www.sunshinefoundation.org and see what a dream can do...
Left:
Kadeja is 17 years old and is
from Philadelphia, PA.
She has cerebral palsy and
paraplegia.
Form your team now for
the 3rd Annual Dream
Village Softball Tournament in
Winter Haven, FL!
Saturday, October 30, 2010
For more information call Rich at
(863)424-4188 or
[email protected]
Events
September 19 - Lansdale, PA - 12th Annual Keenan Honda Sunshine Foundation Golf Tournament!
September 20 - Winter Park, FL - Whole Foods 5% to Sunshine Day!
September 27 - Limerick, PA - Limerick Twp. Police Association’s 7th Annual Golf Classic!
September 25 - Davenport, FL - Helping Hands Day at the Dream Village!
September 29 - Harrisburg, PA - 20th Annual Wharf Restaurant Golf Outing!
October 5 - Ocean City, NJ - All Volunteer Cape Atlantic Chapter’s Golf Classic!
October 5 - Nationwide - Boscov’s Friends Helping Friends Day
October 6 - Hammonton, NJ - All Volunteer Wishing Well Chapter’s Bingo Night!
October 6 - Ocean City, NJ - Cape Atlantic Block Party!
October 12 - Philadelphia, PA - Boss’s Challenge!
For more information on upcoming events visit www.sunshinefoundation.org
Sunshine Foundation Appreciates Memorial Donations and Honors Your Loved Ones…
Ophelia Alvarez
Marie Band
Antonio Barbato
Reginald Bentivogli
Doris Bolam
Claire Boyd
Dorothy Brodt
Sonya Burstein
Mary Beth Carey
Charles J. Costello
Letia Cresswell
Madeleine DeNaples
Kate Deni
Marie Finn
Harry Fishman
Theresa Fox
Allie Geiser
Sara Harte
Catherine Iarola
Joyce Johnson
Rick Keller
Sidney Lewis
Fred Longo
Brian Osborn
Thomas Nigro
Anna Mary Pingitore
Donald Reighn, Jr.
Shannon Warren
Sunshine Foundation places the utmost priority on protecting the privacy of our donors. Sunshine
Foundation keeps all donor information in strict confidence. Sunshine Foundation will not sell or trade a
donor's personal information to any other entity. If you have any questions or concerns please
contact us at 1-800-767-1976.
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