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April
2008 :
Upcoming Events:
Card Making Event to cheer up kids in the hospital on Sunday,
April 27 from 1 to 3 pm for the National Global Youth Service
Day.Event sponsored by Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Irvine
(corner of Yale/Irvine Center Dr). Great event for the entire
family. Community service hours available. We are looking for
groups to help us with the event. To volunteer or sponsor the
event, please email us.
March
2008 :
Bring your family and friends to this great game!
Benefiting:
Kids Who Care Foundation (www.kidswhocareclub.org)
At the
CSUF Titan VS. UC Riverside Baseball Game
http://fullertontitans.cstv.com/index-main.html
Saturday, March 29, 2008 @ 6pm General Admission Tickets: $7
Adults $5 Kids *Parking is $5
Watch Risha throw the first pitch!
Be in a drawing to win the “Ultimate Fan” Giveaway!
*Mention “Kids Who Care” name and receive FREE kids admission
Please RSVP to: annetteromo08@yahoo.com
Event organized by Five Star Public Relations
TV Show Fundraiser in April. Everyone is invited to join us for a
TV Show taping. The bus will depart out of Irvine. If interested
in joining us, please email.
Volunteers needed for our booth at the Youth Expo, OC Fair Grounds
10-4pm on Saturday, April 26. Please email if interested in 2 hour
spots.
Shraddha M and Rhea S, a BIG THANK YOU for donating one item
from your birthday gifts to Nicole who is very sick. Thank you for
having a BIG KIND HEART!
Thank you to Diana T and Jack T for their donation. It is truly
appreciated.
A Special Thanks to Joe G at the “Children’s Ministry at
Voyagers Bible Church.”,Irvine for making 11 beautiful card quilts
and laminating all of them and even helping us with the postage!
About 120 children participated in either making a card or
assembling the quilts. Ages were from Kindergarten to 6th grade.
Thank You for caring!
Thank you to Rosa V from Marshall Reddick Seminars and Sue from
State Farm in collecting empty ink cartridges for our stamp drive.
February
2008 :
On a sad note: We tragically lost a very dear friend with
cerebral palsy. Kelsey had gone thru over 30 surgeries in her 14
years of life. She was a big inspiration, a beautiful, kind,
caring and loving child. She will be truly missed. God bless her
soul and her amazing family who fought till the last second for
her life.
We would like thank Marsha M from Placentia, Ca for making a
quilt. We appreciate your group's caring and kindness. We hope
that you will continue making more quilts for us.
Thank you to High School Youth Action Team, Irvine for benefiting
KWCF for their Battle of the Bands event. It was a big success and
a lot of fun. We appreciate your donation and support. We would
also like to thank Robert and UCI Alpha Phi Omega volunteers -
Bryan and Lea for helping us out that day.
Anaheim Arsenal minor league basketball team, Thank you so much
for donating 40 tickets to the game at the Anaheim Convention
Center. These tickets were distributed to our volunteers and their
families and also to the families staying at the Ronald McDonald
House in Orange, CA. Everyone had lots of fun and really enjoyed
the game. Thank you.
January
2008 :
Event: Battle of the Bands
Who: Five local high school bands: Mistaking Angels, After the
Arson, The Less You Know, Sail Heezer, Racket on Claremont, and
Shant the Mute
What: Local high school band showcase and benefit concert.
Where: Heritage Park Community Center,14301 Yale Ave,Irvine, CA
92604
When: Friday, February 8, 2008 7:00-11:30 PM
Why: This Battle of the Bands will be benefiting the Kids Who Care
Foundation (www.kidswhocareclub.org)
Cost: $6 or $5 with canned goods (all canned goods will be donated
to Families Forward)
December
2007 :
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
Dec. 22 Card Making Party Sponsored by SCORE, Irvine at their
Irvine Location in Woodbridge. Open to the public. The card quilts
made by them will be sent to Ronald Mcdonald House in Orange for
CHOC patients.
The 40 card quilts (1000 holiday cards)that were made at the
Holiday Card Party were sent to:
Declan K, diagnosis Lissencephaly, England
Jack B for transplant at Great Ormond Children's Hospital, London,
diagnosis Neuroblastoma
Reuben D, Scoliosis at Great Ormond Children's Hospital, London
Luke H Great Omrond Children's Hospital, London, X-Linked
Lymphoproliferative Syndrome (XLP)
UCI Children's Hospital, Orange,
Ronald McDonald House, LA for CHLA Hospital
Ronald McDonald House, Rochester,MN for Mayo Clinic,
Ronald McDonald House, Fairview,MN for Fairview Hospital
Our annual Holiday Card Making Party sponsored by Total Woman Gym
in Irvine was a big success! Thank you to all the volunteers that
came and to all the businesses for caring. We made over 40 card
quilts in just 3 hours! That means this holiday season we will
bring smiles to 40 children in the hospitals! A special Thank to
all of the following businesses at Heritage Plaza: Total Woman
Gym, Ace Hardware, Irvine Design Center, The UPS Store, Machilato,
Seattle's Best Coffee, Lamppost Pizza, Finnesse Hair Salon,
Wendy's, Ralphs and Caspian Restaurant. Additional Thank you to
Albertson (Tabuco/Jefferey), SCORE, Marshall Reddick Network,
Vista Verde (Mrs. Wesson), Youth Action Team, KWCF Laguna Hills
High School Club, KWCF University High School Club, Mayor Krom,
Curt Christianssen (Photographer), ICTV, Kids Factory, UCI Circle
K Club,and to all the volunteers for all their hard work and
valuable time.
November
2007 :
Card quilts sent to Aidan in Los Angeles, CA, David and Anna in
England, Dawson in Rochester, MN, and Matthew also in Rochester,
MV. On top of that, more cards were sent to two Ronald McDonald
Houses in Rochester, MN to cheer up kids staying there.
To the people who made a difference in a child's day, we would
like to give them a special thank you!
* UCI Middle Earth Residents
* Hermanas Unidas de UCI
* Linda Vista Elementary School, Mission Viejo
* La Tierra Elementary school, Mission Viejo
* City of Irvine Programs:
* Deerfield Community Park After School Program
* University Park After School Program
* Tiny Tots Program
* Youth Action Team for Middle School and High School students
Thank You for caring!
Help us by donating Empty Laser & Inkjet cartridges
Start collecting today, to help us towards the mailing cost of
"Get Well Soon" card quilts that are sent to children in the
hospital/Ronald McDonald Houses across the country. Each card
quilt costs between $8 to $24. Help us bring a smile and Make a
Difference! It’s FREE!
• Businesses: We can arrange for a pre paid shipping box free of
charge sent to you directly for UPS pick up. If you would like a
drop box set up your location.
• Students: Earn a gift certificate for every 50 cartridges saved!
Help start the program by contacting businesses and schools.
Email us at kidswhocareclub@yahoo.com if you have any questions.
THANK YOU to Rosa from Marshall Reddick Seminars for donating
office space to KWCF! We are very grateful for their donation and
we appreciate their support very much. Now we will be able to
accept UCI students for internship on an ongoing basis. Allowing
us the use of this site is a significant millstone for KWCF, since
it provides much needed office space for our growing foundation.
Exclusive Opportunity Drawing
50/50 Raffle Drawing
Proceeds collected will be split between the winner and the Kids
Who Care Foundation (www.kidswhocareclub.org)
SUGGESTED DONATION for the drawing: $20 (Tax Deductible)
Drawing held at Total Woman’s (Irvine) Kids Who Care Holiday Party
on Dec. 9, 2007 . (Winner need not be present to win)
Please email to get the drawing form or visit Total Woman.
Forms & donations can be dropped off at Total Woman, Irvine or
mail to: 2913 El Camino Real #516, Tustin, CA 92782 Tel:
949-233-0568
December 2007 Holiday Card Making Party:
Sponsored by Total Woman, Irvine
Date: Sunday, Dec.9 from 2pm to 4.30pm
Place: Total Woman, Irvine (Culver/Walnut)
**Need a volunteer group to help at the event.
Other Business Sponsors needed
October
2007 :Media Releases:
* KOCE aired on 10/22 @6.30pm & 10/23 @ 8am
* Saddleback Valley Newspaper 10/27
* Irvine
World News 10/26
* OC Register 10/20
*
Korean Broadcasting Service to be aired in Korea in
Dec
The following event took place on
Friday, Oct.19
400+ students from preschool age
to high school participated in making cards to cheer
up kids in the hospital nationally and
internationally. Some card quilts were taken to UCI
Hospital, Ronald McDonald House, and mailed to Mayo
Clinic and England to cheer up some patients. Over
1000 cards were made by the following after Risha
gave the presentations:
* Linda Vista Elementary
School, Mission Viejo
* La Tierra Elementary
school, Mission Viejo
* City of Irvine Programs:
* Deerfield Communy Park After School Program
* University Park After School Program
*
Tiny Tots Program
* Youth Action Team for Middle
School and High School students
Volunteers for this event: Anisha, Risha, Rhea,
Chet, Grace and UPS Sales Team
A BIG Thank
you to:
* Mayor Krom for presenting KWCF
with Certificate of Recognition
* Fantastic job
by the student council from LA TIEERA ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL & LINDA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL for
donating $75 towards the stamp drive to mail the
quilts out. Keep up the great work! Thank you so
much Mrs. Peterson, Linda Vista Elementary School
for awarding Risha with a Proclamation award
*
Total Woman Gym and Spa in Irvine and Mission Viejo
for donating Gift bags for students, teachers and
volunteers
* Elephant Bar Restaurant "Free Kids
Meal" for all the elementary and preschool students
* ORIGIN 8 for donating stuffed animals and
backpacks for UCI Hospital and Ronald McDonald House
* Paul Gaddy from PC House Calls for donating
computer
* Marshall Reddick for donating office
space to us
* UCI internship started. Welcome
Grace!
* George from Monarch Beach Rotary Club
for their donation & ongoing support.
* KWCF
volunteer t-shirts were printed with the help of
Gaurav and Monarch Beach Rotary Club
* UPS Sales
Team (JoDawn, Jan, April, Erin, Al, Dave and Fred)
for volunteering with KWCF event on Oct.19
*
Sujata helping out with Have A Heart Volunteer Fair
at UCI, a big success!
* Beth and caring ladies
at the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints for
making beautiful card quilts once again for us on
their service day.
* University High school Club
started by Jonathan. Congratulations!
* Thank
you to Mrs.Kays 3rd grade class at Foothill Ranch
Elementary School, Foothill, CA for making card
quilts for us.
* Help with Postage stamp drive and earn rewards
* Collect Empty printer ink cartridges and earn
rewards
September
2007 :
Card quilts sent to Jessen and Colton
at Mayo Clinic, Rochester. Also, stuffed animals
sent to Ronald McDonald House, Rochester, MN to
cheer up kids staying there.
Thank you so
much to Mrs M from Tiny Tots for having her 3
and 4 year old classes make "Get Well Soon" cards.
We truly appreciate her ongoing effort to cheer up
the kids in the hospitals.
We would like to
Thank Chhaya from ORIGIN8 Inc. for donating
rolling backpacks and 100 stuffed animals! Because
of their generosity we will be able to send a
stuffed animal with every card quilt! THANK YOU
Chhaya.
Risha, Rhea, Amber, Chet and Anisha
went to the Ronald McDonald House in Orange
to cheer up the families staying there. A
movie/desert night was held. We gave out card
quilts, stuffed toys and rolling backpacks to the
families staying there. Rolling backpacks and
stuffed animals were donated by ORIGIN8 INC to us.
June
2007 :
Due to computer problems we were
unable to post updates in May. Here are all the
updates:
Yati, Thank you so much for creating a
link on our website for "My Journal". Now parents
will be able to write their journals and share their
stories with their friends and family.
Thank you
to Beth for having the women of the Irvine Stake of
the Church of Jesus Christ- St. Latter Day Saints
and Mrs.Oftebros's Westwood Elementary class for
making over 200 cards! Thank you to all the women at
the church who helped put 10 quilts together.
Fantastic job! The quilts will be sent to Ronald
McDonald House and to Osmond Hospital in London,
England.
Thank you to Sapna P. for having Girl
Scout Troop at Westwood Elementary make cards and
put together 2 card quilts. Good job Sapna! Cards
will be given to children at the Ronald McDonald
House.
Thank you to those of you who attended
the KWCF fundraiser: Are You Smarter Than A 5Th
Grader. The TV show was aired in June at 8pm on Fox
11. So don't forget to check it out!
Kunali
Shah received Kids Who Care's Caring Heart Award for
all her hard work and commitment to bring a Smile to
child in the hospital.
On Sunday, April 22,
2007 on National Global Youth Service Day, Kids Who
Care Foundation dedicated the service day to the
Virginia Tech tragedy for the students who lost
their lives and got injured. The Kids Who Care
Foundation created an 80 piece Condolence cloth
quilt for the Virginia Tech students with the help
of students from the community. We also made 22 "Get
Well" Card Quilts: one for each injured student.
These 525+ cards were made by over 250 students,
some as young as 4 years old, as well as parents.
Community groups also joined in creating the Card
Quilts, such as Girl Scout Troop 1431, Jain Center
Youth Council, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church ,
Creeker's Club, Kids Who Care Orange Coast College,
Kids Who Care Laguna Hills High School Club, UCI
Circle K club, Boys & Girls Club and High School
Youth Action team, and Kids Who Care Volunteers.
Mrs. M from Tiny Tots and Ebony helped with drafting
messages, Boys and Girls Club hosting the event,
Curt Christianssen took pictures, UCI mailed all the
quilts, Mayor Krom invited us to UCI's Memorial for
Viginia Tech students to share the quilts made by
all of you, Mr Hammeras, Brywood Elementary donated
butcher paper, Mrs. Amoroso at Brywood Elementary
had a mini memorial with all the quilts, Melissa at
the City of Irvine for helping with all laminations,
Irvine World News for printing the story along with
many more caring individuals and groups. All the
pictures will be uploaded on the website once we
find a volunteer.
Once again, Thank you to
all of you for your continued support and kindness.
Please don't forget to visit KWCF website every
month for updates. If you are not registered on the
website, under volunteer, please do so. We are
always looking for volunteers of all ages. April
We are deeply sorry for
the tragedy at Virginia Tech University. At the
upcoming card making party on this Sunday,April 22,
we will honor the students that were injured/lost
their lives; by making card quilts for them. Please
come and give us your support.
You and your
friends are invited to the KWCF’S National &
Global Youth Service Day Event!
Millions of
Young People WILL CHANGE THE WORLD ON NATIONAL &
GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY
Get your community
service hours and help bring a smile!
Date:
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Time: 2:30pm-4:30pm
Location: Boys & Girls Club of Irvine, 295 E
Yale Loop, Irvine Irvine
Event open to the
public. Adults & kids 4yrs & old are
invited.
Please RSVP to:
kidswhocare.occ@gmail.com
Event hosted by Boys
& Girls Club of Irvine and Orange Coast
College’s Kids Who Care Club
Sponsorship
available for this event.
Thank you to all
of you who participated in the KWCF's TV Show
Fundraiser. We truly appreciate your support. It was
a fun event and everyone enjoyed it. A BIG Thank you
to TRADER JOES, Woodbury, Irvine, RALPHS on
Jamboree, Tustin and TINY TOTS, Irvine for their
donation. We would also like to thank Jack T, Brenda
Kommareddy, CPA, Greater Irvine Lions Club, Vasant
S, and Sarita H. for their donations. We sincerely
appreciate your generosity.
March
2007 :
Kids Who Care Foundation's
Field Trip Fundraiser
Join us for a
Live prime time TV Show taping of “Are you
smarter than a 5th grader?” It airs on FOX TV
Channel, Thursdays at 8pm
http://www.fox.com/schedule/
Date: Wed. April
11, 2007
Raleigh Studios, Manhattan Beach
(Taping will last for about 3.5 hrs)
Bus
Pick-up time: 10.30am Drop off time: 5P.M.
February
2007 :
Thank you so
much to Kris A. for donating her car through Cars 4
Cause. It is appreciated very much.
Thank you
to Jack, Bread for the Journey for their ongoing
donation.
Principal Edwin Neely, Marian
Bergeson Elementary school, San Juan Capastrano
School District thank you so much for making 7 card
quilts for your Character Count program. A Big Thank
you to all your students and teachers for helping us
make a difference. The card quilts were given to
kids at Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles. Way to go
kids!!!
Thank you to Vicki W and her Girl
Scout Troop 609, Irvine for making a card quilt. The
card quilt was given to the Ronald McDonald House in
Orange.
January
2007 :
Wish you all A Happy, Healthy & a
Prosperous New Year!
2006 Updates:
• Over 4000 Cards and 165 card quilts sent to
the following hospitals in the last 2 years to bring
a smile to the kids: Childrens Hospital of Los
Angeles (LA), Childrens Hospital of Orange County,
Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo), Irvine Regional
Hospital (Irvine), Mayo Clinic (MN), St. Mary's
Hospital (MN), Great Osmond Street Hospital
(London), Fairview Medical Center (MN), Birmingham
Hospital (U.K.),Ronald McDonald House in LA, Orange,
MN, and Germany. Thank you to Mayor Krom and all our
caring volunteers for making a difference.
•
Risha, KWCF founder won the Kohl’s Kids Care program
at Regional Level 2006 contest (over 1000 stores)
and was received $1000 in scholarship
• KWCF
featured on ABC, NBC, ICTV, U.S.Embassy of India's
website & magazine, O.C.Register, Irvine World
News, Saddleback Valley News, Rancho Margarita
paper, India Journal, India Post and several others.
• KWCF presentation given to the following:
Rotary Club of Monarch Beach, San Juan Capistrano
School Board, National Global Youth Service Day at
UCI, Del Cerro Elementary School-Mission Viejo,La
Medera Elementary School-Lake Forest,Cielo Vista
Elementary School- Rancho Santa Margarita, Linda
Vista Elementary School-Mission Viejo,Vista Verde
Elementary School-Irvine
• Risha for KWCF was
chosen "Hero Kid of the Year" by Mission Hospital’s
Spirit of Giving. Over 1,000 students in Orange
County made cards for the Kids Who Care Foundation,
and all the card quilts were put together for us by
Mission Hospital’s Spirit of Giving staff. Over
1,500 cards were made by the students in just 3
days! For this event, Risha was the spokes person
for Mission Hospital’s Spirit of Giving and spoke to
over 1000 kids at different schools to inspire other
children. We received a big basket of supplies for
the foundation:
. Bread for the Journey, Irvine
chapter recognized Risha & the Kids Who Care
Foundation for extending our services to another
country.
• We would like to thank Boys &
Girls Club of Irvine, Bread for the Journey, Sarita
Haberlein and all our donors & volunteers for
their contribution to KWCF including the fantastic
KWCF board members.
• Laguna Hills High club
started by Kunali S. and Orange Coast College Club
started by Smriti J.
• Events were held at the
Ronald McDonald House to cheer up the kids staying
there.
. Soneji from Sarathi foundation created
a CD for us to send it to kids in the hospital along
with the card quilts.
December
2006 :
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
KWCF Holiday Card Making Party was a big
success! Over 4000 cards made by our caring
volunteers in the last 2 years! Thank you to over 80
volunteers and Mayor Krom that came to help bring a
smile to a child. Over 500 cards were made in just 2
hours and 23 card quilts to sent out to the
following hospitals: CHLA, Ronald McDonald House
(Los Angeles, Orange,& Rochester,MN) and to
Great Osmond Street Hospital, London, England.
Please do not forget to check out KWCF on ICTV
Channel 30(Irvine community)on Wed night at
6.30pm/7p.m. If you do not live in Irvine, you can
watch it on their website www.ci.irvine.ca.us
Thank you the following for their support for
this event:
. Mayor Krom for being our Guest of
Honor and supporting our foundation
• Gretchen
and her staff from Boys and Girls Club of Irvine for
always supporting us
• Congratulations to Kunali
for starting Laguna Hills High School KWCF Club and
her team for doing a fantastic job in organizing
this event and starting KWCF club at their school
• ICTV Channel 30: Thank you for doing KWCF’s
Media Release
• Saddleback Valley News: Thank
you for the Press Release on Laguna Hill’s High
School Club
• Congratulations to Smriti for
starting the club at OCC
• Vons (Irvine
blvd/Yale) for their donation
• Albertsons
(Jeffrey/Trabuco) for their donation
• Ace
Hardware (Walnut/Culver) for their donation
•
Jack from Bread for the Journey for their donation
• Eve T, Roger A, Dave R, Rajesh B and Sandhya K
for their charitable contributions.
• Sarita
Haberlien for being the Web sponsor
• Trader
Joe’s (Laguna Hills) for their donation
• Ralphs
(El Toro/Moulton) for their donation
• Mail
Boxes, Laguna Hills for their donation
• UPS
Store (Irvine Blvd/Yale) for their donation
.
Thank you so much to all the volunteer board members
of KWCF for their amazing hard work and time: Chet
S, Jack T, Sandhya K, Kamal V, Rajesh B, Kathleesn
S, Nivedita B, Yati T, Anita Mc, Anisha S, Risha S,
Kunali S, Smriti J, Kathy T November UpdateL
Get your Communtiy Service hours and help
make cards for critically ill children in the
hospital!
You & Your Friends are invited
to:
Party: Card Making Holiday Party!!
Place: Boys & Girls Club of Irvine
295
E.Yale Loop, Irvine
Time:2:30pm to 5:00pm
Date: Sunday, Dec.03, 2006
Bring a gift
under $5 for gift exchange and just label boy or
girl on the wrapped gift for our KWCF kids gift
exchange and don’t forget to bring in potluck
holiday munchies to eat while you make the cards!
KWCC Wish List for 2006:
•Cash donation
$5 per family/per month (sign up online or mail in a
check or bring it with you!) •Gift card from Copy
Max/Kinkos/UPS store •Clear Packing Tapes, Postage
stamp books •Volunteers needed (professionals,
students, seniors) •Business sponsors needed for
card making parties and website
If you would
like to volunteer or sponsor this event please email
us at: kidswhocareclub@yahoo.com
Thank You to
Boys & Girls Club of Irvine for sponsoring this
event and Laguna Hills High School Club for
organizing this event. Also Thank you to Albertson
(Jeffery & Trabuco), Vons (Irvine Blvd &
Yale) and Ace Hardware for their donations towards
the party. Thank you Jack from Bread for the Journey
for his donation for the the event.
October
2006 :
Congratulations to Kunali, Laguna Hills High
School student on starting KWCF High School Club at
her school. She has 65 students join the club. We
are very proud of her and all the students that are
supporting KWCF at Laguna Hills. Wat to Go!!
Thank you so much to Bonnie Baeza's 3rd grade
Brownie Troop 2331 at Myford Elementary School for
making Holiday cards to send to the children at the
Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital, London. Keep
up the great work girls!!
Becky Gipson thanks for
designing all the Halloween theme products on our
website. They look cool! Viewer's please don't
forget to check out our products. Christmas products
will be comming soon including Holiday cards!
September
2006 :
Thank you so
much to Dr.Lackey for arranging KWCF presentation to
Capistrano School Board. Risha gave the presentation
to the CAPO School Board and we hope that the
Capistrano School District will continue to support
us in the future.
Thank you Nivedita for her
ongoing help with the computer
programming.
August
2006 :
Card Quilt sent to Megan Hierons,
3 years old from England. Megan's Diagnosis. NED
from neuroblastoma, but been left paralysed and is
having surgery to have her spine pinned. The card
quilt sent to Great Ormond Street hospital,
London.
Thank you to George Rendon & the
Rotary Club of Monarch Beach for allowing Risha to
speak at their meeting and donating funds to KWCF!
We appreciate your ongoing support very much.
A Big Thank you to Kohl's department Store
in Irvine for throwing a party and awarding a
certificate to Risha for winning at the regional
level for community service.
Way to go kids!
Kids at the Mandir Summer Camp, in Irvine put
togather 7 card quilts to send it to children at the
Childrens' Hospital of Los Angeles. Cards were made
by YMCA, After School Program in Newport Beach and
Tiny Tots, Irvine. Thank you Mrs. M for having your
4 year olds make cards for us.
July
2006 :
Awesome! Kids Who Care is
now on U.S.Embassy, India's website and their
magazine SPAN. Check out the article by visiting the
link.http://usembassy.state.gov/posts/in1/wwwhspconmayjun06.html
Congratulations to Risha again for being chosen
the Regional winner by Kohl's Kid Care program and
winning the scholarship!
June
2006 :
Thank you so much to the
Leisure Living Store in Temecula, CA for their kind
donation. We truly appreciate your kindness and
understanding.
Thank you to Rancho Middle
School,Irvine Project Success for making a beautiful
card quilt.
Congratulations to Risha for being
chosen the store winner for Kohl's kids Care
program.
April
2006 :
Congratulations to Risha for being chosen the
“spokesperson” for the National and Global Youth
Service Day Banquet at UCI on April 28, 2006, hosted
by YMCA. She is the youngest spokes person to speak
at this event!
Thank you to YMCA Central
Orange County branch for partenering with us in
making cards on on-going basis. They made over 300
cards for us in honor of the National Global Youth
Service Day! We appreciate your partnership very
much!
Card quilts delivered to
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles and to the Ronald
McDonald House of Los Angeles to cheer up the kids!
Thank you to all of you for making the cards and
putting the quilts together!
Thank you to
all our following businesses for their donations
towards the National & Global Youth Service Day
Card Making Party: Boys & Girls Club of
Irvine, Bread for the Journey, Juice It Up
(Jeffrey/Trabuco), Starbucks
(Jeffrey/Trabuco), Quizmos
(Jeffrey/Trabuco), Elephant Bar Restaurant
(Irvine), Cirlce K club, Sarathi Yoga Foundation,
CVC Audio & Video Supply (Fullerton), and
JJ Printing(Cerritos)
A GREAT big thank
you to Christine at Circle K club from Irvine Valley
College for hosting the National and Global Youth
Service Day Card Making Party on April 23, 2006.
Thank you to all Circle K club members from UCI,
Irvine Valley College and Orange Coast College for
volunteering your time for us. All of you did a
wonderful job and we appreciate your support very
much. We would like to thank all the other community
volunteer students that came to make a difference,
especially, Jerrod, Natalie, Rhea and Risha for
their ongoing support. All the volunteers were given
a Certificate of Appreciation.
Boys and
Girls Club of Irvine: Thank you for always being
there for KWCF and believing in us and supporting
our cause. You have helped us bring smile to
hundreds of kids by allowing us to use your
facility!
A HUMANGOUS THANK YOU to Soneji
from Sarathi Yoga Foundation for developing a “Yoga
Relaxation for Children” CD for KWCF. We hope that
this CD will help the children in the hospital relax
with some simple yoga techniques and help bring some
inner peace within them. We are hopeful that this CD
along with the card quilt will help bring joy to the
child that needs it the most!
A BIG Thank
you to Edward @ CVC Audio and Video Supply for
duplicating our Yoga CDs and to Derek @ J J Printing
for making all our labels. Anita, thank you for
creating a beautiful CD label for us. We truly
appreciate your in-kind donations and support. These
CDs will be sent to the children in the hospital
along with the card quilt!
Nivedita B, an
ENORMOUS Thank you for your continuing support with
our computer programming needs for our website. You
have been an immense help to our foundation in
restoring all our lost information and helping us
make our website better. We are very thankful to you
for all your hard work and strong commitment to
KWCF!
Mrs. Wesson at Vista Verde Elementary
School was awarded "Appreciation" award from KWCF
for all her support to KWCF. Risha was once again
invited to speak to all first graders at her school
and have them make cards. Thank You to all the first
grade teachers and their students for making over
100 cards for us.
Thank you to H.U.G.S for
making such beautiful card quilts and especially
choosing KWCF as their first community service
project. We are truly honored. Keep up the great
work!
A card quilt sent to Hamburg, Germany
to Aneri who is 7yrs old, “…is suffering from A-L-L
since she was 5 yrs. old. She had undergone two
Chemo therapy cycles in India for last two years
without any success. She moved to Hamburg Germany
with her parents this February for BMT scheduled for
March 1st. Upon arrival in Hamburg, doctors
discovered that she has second relapse, and will
have to wait for remission before BMT is even
considered. She is currently undergoing third Chemo
cycle in Hamburg. Her chances of successful
remission are 30% or less according to her medical
team in Hamburg”. We hope that the card quilt cheers
Aneri up and we will pray for her speedy recovery!
Aneri, the yoga CD is on its way for you! Keep
smiling and you will be flying soon!
Thank
you to High School, IL for making really cute cards
for the card quilt. All your cards were put together
at the KWCC Card Making Party.
KD, Thank you
so much as usual for updating our scrapbook and
creating the Press Release board. We appreciate your
support always!
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Millions of
Young People
WILL CHANGE THE WORLD!
ON NATIONAL & GLOBAL
YOUTH SERVICE DAY
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You and your friends are
invited to the
Date:
Sunday, April
23, 2006
Time:
3:00pm-5:30pm
Location:
Boys & Girls
Club of Irvine
Event open to
the public. Adults & kids
4yrs & old are invited.
Please RSVP to:
kidswhocareclub@yahoo.com
Sponsorship available for
this event.
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KWCF
nominates
Kunali,
13yr old, for the
National & Global Youth
Service Day!
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Thank you to
our caring
kid from Ortanville, MI
for making very creative
cards. We appreciate your
support very much.
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Kunali,
once again Thank you so much
for creating all the
PowerPoint slides for our
website. We appreciate your
hard work very much.
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A card quilt
was sent to Jennifer, from
Macon
Georgia.
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Thank you
Saddleback District students
for making the cards
and Spirit of Giving for
putting the card quilt
together for us.
She has the following:
Septo-Optic-Dysplasia
(Totally blind &
missing part of her
brain, The Septum
Pellucidum & The Corpus
Callosum ).She was also
born with Turner
Syndrome (stunted growth
)and anomilies of her
arms and feet. She has
thyroid deficiency,
adrenial
deficiency,cortizol
deficiency,lipid
problems, advanced
osteoperosis, scholiosis,
bronchial asthma,
chronic sinisitus,
chronic ear infections,
migraine headaches,
female hormonal
problems, high blood
pressure , salt
deficiency, severe
reflux, chronic pain and
muscle spasims. In other
words, though she may be
young, her little body
is aging rapidly and she
suffers (painfully) what
most people take a life
time to feel in old age.
February:
A lot of exciting publicity for
KWCF
this past month! Check out the
exposure we have had:
TV
CHANNEL:
February 3, 2006:
ABC Evening News &
NBC Evening News
We
hope you had a glimpse of the
exposure/acknowledgement we're proud
to be a part of! If not,
please be sure to
check out the
advertisement copies linked below:
LOCAL NEWSPAPERS:
February 3, 2006:
Saddleback Valley News - Page 1
Saddleback Valley News -
Page 2
January 27,
2006:
Orange County Register
January 25,
2006:
Mission Hospital's WebSite
MISC. LOCAL NEWSPAPERS
(February issue)
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Trabuco Canyon News (February
issue)
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Irvine World News (February 9,
2006)
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Indian Express, Northern Issue
(February 10, 2006)
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India Post (TBD/February)
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Indian Journal (TBD/February)
MISSION HOSPITAL - Spirit of Giving:
Once again a
HUMUNGOUS THANK
YOU to Mission Hospital Spirit of Giving
for recognizing
Risha as a
Hero Kid
and giving her the opportunity to be
their spokesperson at the schools listed
below. Risha
truly enjoyed speaking to the kids about
the Kids Who Care
Foundation and inspiring them.
Rhea great
job supporting your sister! Best of
all, over 1,500 cards were made by over
1,000 kids in the South Orange County.
Spirit of Giving
staff put over 75 card quilts
together for us! Awesome
Andrea!
Thank you -- all the kids, teachers and
principals at the following schools. We
appreciate the cards very much and we
hope you all can continue to support us
by making more cards!
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Linda Vista Elementary School:
13 quilts, 344 cards
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Cielo Vista Elementary School:
12 quilts, 300 cards
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Del Cerro Elementary School: 34
quilts, 700 cards
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La Madera Elementary Schhol: 9
quilts, 225 cards
Recent
requests for Quilt Cards have been made
by the following facilities listed
below. We will be
working hard to get theses request done
soon, but it just goes to
say that we will need more
'Card Makers' to join us on
Card
Making Day! If anyone would like to participate
at any time, here's instructions to
download -- and as always, we appreciate
any time and/or effort anyone can donate!
As you can see, we have a
few international requests
as well.
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Birmingham Children's
Hospital , England
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Childrens Hospital of Los
Angeles
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Ronald McDonald House, LA
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Queens medical
centre, England
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Ronald McDonald House, Orange
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Mission Hospital, Orange
County
January
2006
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Risha is chosen
"Hero Kid of the Year" by
Mission Hospital, Spirit of Giving. Over 1000 students in Orange County will be making cards for the
Kids Who Care Foundation, and all the card quilts will be put together for us by Mission Hospital Spirit of Giving staff. Over 1,500 cards will be made by the students in just 3 days! For this event, Risha will be speaking at the following schools to inspire other kids:
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Del Cerro Elementary School, Mission Viejo
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La Medera Elementary School, Lake Forest
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Cielo Vista Elementary School, Rancho Santa Margarita
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Linda Vista Elementary School, Mission Viejo
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Here's a
link to the
O.C.Register press release dated
2/1/06.
Rancho Santa Margarita newspaper will be publishing the story in their February issue.
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Bread for the Journey, Irvine chapter has recognized
Kids Who Care Foundation for extending our services to another
Country.
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Mr. Soneji, from
Sarathi Yoga Foundation has created a special "pain management through Yoga"
CD for Kids Who Care Foundation. KWCF will make copies of this special
CD and will be distribute to the kids in the hospitals
together with the card quilts to help them with their pain.
Mr. Soneji has been teaching Yoga for the last 30 years. For more information on his foundation, please visit
www.sarathi.org
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Bread for the Journey has also recognized
Risha for being "the youngest person to receive the grant from".
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A BIG THANK YOU to
Anita McDonald8 our volunteer web designer for all her hard work and dedication for giving a new look to our website, especially the photo gallery
-- it is a big hit! We at
KWCF truly appreciate her time and support very much.
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Welcome
Teri Siplivyt and
Shahin Alinaghian for joining our
Board. We are very excited to have you on our team and look forward to working together to make
KWCF grow!
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Thank you to
Sam, 2nd grade Brownie Troop at Brywood and
Rhea
for making a very cute Valentine card quilt.
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Over 1,800 cards
sent to kids in the hospitals all across the country!
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Risha received the
Student Service Award"for starting the foundation from the Irvine Prevention Coalition.
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Risha has been chosen
“Giving Kid Hero" by
Spirit of Giving, Mission Hospital, Mission Viejo. She will be giving presentations at
5 Saddleback schools in January and deliver the cards to the
Mission Hospital on to bring joy with all your help!
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We will be sending cards on regular basis to RMH-LA and Orange, CHLA and trying to work out the same with
Mission and CHOC Hospitals.
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During the Holiday season, 2 barrels of toys & books for kids affected by Hurricane Katrina were collected
by kids from Westwood Basics Plus Elementary School. Additionally, two more barrels were collected
for Tsunami victims by kids from The Mandir, an
Indian Temple in Irvine.
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KWCF's Annual Community Talent Show fund-raiser was a big success! Our talent ranged from pre-school children to UCI students, participating in the event to show off their talents to raise funds.
We would like to
thank all the volunteers, participants, businesses, Radio Disney, Irvine High, ICDP, Uni High KWCF club for their support and hard work.
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A big Thank you to our sponsors:
Bread for the Journey, Irvine Chapter and Sarita Haberlein for their continuous support.
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Needless to say that all this was only made possible by the continued support from the
Community. Special thanks to the
members of the Board, volunteers and all the adults and kids who supported all our card making parties to provide the valuable support to make it work. Also, Thank you to all our financial donors for believing in us and continuing to support us. Without their support, we would not have been able to make a difference. While the Board is confident that we will continue to grow in the coming years, we need to continue to augment our resources to support the foundation and its events.
December
2005
The Holiday Card
Making Party was a big success! We made over 150
cards in 3 hours, and with the help of Mrs. Wesson
from Vista Verde, we got an additional 160 cards!
Thank you 1st graders for helping us make a
difference! 14 card quilts were put together, with
each quilt consisting of 20 cards. Thanks a whole
bunch to UCI's Sigma Chi Fraternity, Priyal, Risha,
Rhea, Roshani, Jason, William, Rebecca, Nilay,
Aisha, Shivani, Rini, Riya, Chris, Sarah, Chelsea,
Lanlang, Andrew, Christopher, Branden, Jeffrey,
Phillip, Russell, John, Jonathan, Asa, Robert,
Richard, Anthony, Hannie, Michael and Suzanne for
all your help.
Also, a big thank you to the Boys & Girls Club of
Irvine for donating their facility. We appreciate
your on-going support. Card quilts were distributed
to Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, The Los
Angeles Ronald McDonald House kids, and Make A Wish
Foundation children. We look forward to seeing all
of you in February's party.
November
2005
We have got 2 barrels placed at the "Mandir"
in Irvine for the Tsunami kids. Please drop off toys/books to help
bring a smile to the Tsunami kids during this Holiday Season. We
need more locations. Please email us at kidswhocareclub@yahoo.com
if you would like to help.
Sponsored by KWCF, Westwood Elementary collected 2
barrells full of toys & books for the kids affected by
Hurricane Katrina. Thanks a million Mary & Kathy for arranging
that and helping us bring smile during this Holiday Season!
Kudos to the 3rd graders at Oak Hollow Elementary school,
Draper, Utah for making the cards for the KWCF quilts. Keep up the good work.
Thank you to Jack at Bread for the Jouurney, Irvine
Chapter and Sarita H. for their ongoing donations.
Way to
go Girl Scout Troop 2202, (4th grade-Santiago Elementary School)
for making beautiful card quilts.
October
2005
Thank you to Monarch Beach Rotary Club for
their generous donation. We appreciate that very
much!
Thank you to Brittany at Families Forward Forward for
getting the card quilts made. We look forward to getting more card
quilts from them in the future!
Thank you to Sarita H. and Jack from
Bread for the Journey, Irvine Chapter for being our sponsors.
Thank you to Trisha at YMCA, Brywood for having the kids
make cards for KWCF.
September
2005
We are pleased to announce that we are now
getting requests for card quilts from England!!
Nathan from London, Fox Ward, who is at Great
Ornard St. Hospital in London for Bone Marrow Transplant on Sep.27
- We wish you all the best Nathan for a speedy recovery.
Good Luck!
Kathryn from Cornwall,
UK who is at the Cornwall Hospital in UK for Prolactinoma
-- Kathryn we hope you can get out of there soon!! We will
be praying for your speedy recovery as well!
Cards
sent to:
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Cho-Jui-Kao, 8yr old
from Taiwan who is at CHLA getting treated for
Neurobrastoma.
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America, 4yrs old from
Mexico who is at CHLA being treated for Hemangioma.
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Cynthia, 6yr old from
San Diego at CHLA, diagnose: Liver Transplant
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Amelia, 9yrs old from
Los Angeles at CHLA for cancer
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Ariana, 2yrs old from
Guam at CHLA for Retinoblastoma
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Nicholas, 9yr old from
Moscow at CHLA
Thank you to Kristin
Miller from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints, Puyallup-WA for having the kids make cards. We truly
appreciate your support.
Thank you Martin, Sean, Risha and Rhea for helping with
Ronald McDonald House , LA movie/desert night. The kids enjoyed
the movie and the yummy desert.
August 2005
Calender Cover
Art Contest: deadline Aug.30
Thank you Christine for a sponsoring a fabulous card
making party! The kids had lots of fun. The event at Ronald
McDonald House was also a lot of fun. A Big "Thank you" to Kavita for organizing it and to Tripti, Hina, Nihaal, Risha, Rhea, Hector, Christine
and Deborah for making it a success.
Card quilts were given to the following
kids:
They all absolutely loved the cards made by
all of you who partiicpated in the April & July card making
parties.
August 2005 Movie night at the Ronald
McDonald House, LA on August 31. Please RSVP to kidswhocareclub@yahoo.com -- Limited
Space. Don't forget to enter the Art contest. Deadline Sep15,
2005.
July
2005
Upcoming Events open to all:
Sponsorship still available
Card Making Party July 13
from 4-6pm held in Tustin Ranch sponsored by Christine. Please RSVP : kidswhocareclub@yahoo.com
Ronald McDonald House Event-July
22(Limited invitations)
Art Contest: 2006 Calender Cover
Contest. Kid,s help us design the 2006 Calender Cover, keeping
the foundation in mind and win a trophy! All entries must be
submitted by Sep.15 and mailed to 2913 El Camino Real,
PMB 516, Tustin, CA 92782.
Thank you to The Haberleins for their ongoing donations.
June 2005
Thank you to Moms Club of Northwest Irvine for their kind
donation.
Congratulations to Risha
for receiving Irvine Student Service Award for community
service!
Card quilts given to:
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Ava, 6yrs old from Arizona for Brain
Tumor at CHLA
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Hiran, 8yrs old from India for a very rare
Brain Tumor at CHLA.
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