My son, Nathan, is a scimitar syndrome survivor. Little Aubrey Rose also had scimitar syndrome, but did not survive. Her family created a charitable foundation in her name. I received this newsletter from the Aubrey Rose Foundation:
Our Mission is to help families caring for children with life-threatening illnesses with our focus being on the family unity.
We Strive to lift families from life’s complexities during this difficult time by providing emotional and financial support.
Hello Everyone,It’s our Anniversary – We are in our 10th Year!!! We started the Aubrey Rose Foundation on February 10, 2001, which was three months to the date of Aubrey’s death. Starting this Foundation gave us a focus to get up everyday and to live. We know that Aubrey would want us to live and to thrive and that’s exactly what we’re doing with the Foundation. Can you believe that this is the10th anniversary of the Aubrey Rose Foundation? It’s hard to believe and somewhat bittersweet.
This has been a labor of love for us and so very healing to be able to help so many children and their families. At the same time, it’s also a reminder everyday that our full-faced, always smiling, beautiful little girl, Aubrey, is no longer here with us. We also know that even though she is no longer with us, she is still touching people even in her death! We had a doctor tell us that Aubrey’s story is a story from the Bible and it needs to be told and so Jerry and I have our work cut out for us in spreading her word and we’ll be doing this forever – with a smile on our faces!!!
We thought we would share with you a little blurb that a father of one of our scholarship recipients wrote to us after hearing us speak. The writing from his heart touched us very deeply.
“I was moved by the work you do and especially by it’s inspiration. This is a tremendous example of how blessings can come from a great loss… Through this scholarship program, you are creating a stimulus for teenagers to think beyond themselves and to consider God’s purpose for their lives….While this scholarship itself is generous, more important is the opportunity to reinforce the value of life and to examine how they can and should impact the lives of others.”
We truly felt that God gave us Aubrey for a reason and her job was to make people aware of their blessings in life and to reach out and pray more and when God called Aubrey home, that’s when our job began! We have been charged with a huge mission and we welcome this gladly but we also know that we have to work hard and work smart to carry out this mission of helping millions of children and their families. 10 years is just the beginning… wait until you see what we have instore for the future!
Thank you to all of you for your love, your faith and your continuing support of the Aubrey Rose Foundation.
Love to you and your family!
Jerry, Nancy, Carly, Spencer and Saint Aubrey Hollenkamp
George and Nancy Frondorf, (Aubrey’s Grandparents)
WHAT WE ARE DOING FOR OUR TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY
What we would like to do is celebrate! Everything to Aubrey was a party whether it was going to church or to the doctors and so whatever we do, we want to make it fun and festive and we want to put a huge smile on your face all the while doing it!
In order to do this we have some fun things up our sleeves. We will be having a Thank You Party at Aubrey Rose Foundation/Writely Sew headquarters to thank all of our sponsors, supporters, scholarship recipients, and our amazing friends of the Foundation. More details will follow on this exciting event!
In March, we are planning to kick off the “Tell Us Your Story” contest. Share your story of how Aubrey Rose Foundation has made a difference in your or your family’s life and be entered into a drawing with the chance to win great prizes
We are hoping to receive a number of great entries – so don’t forget to share your story! Over the next few months, during the contest, we will be sharing stories from contest entrants, so stay tuned!
Another challenge for us was to set some goals for the Foundation and we wanted to share these with you so that the Aubrey Rose Foundation can grow and continue helping thousands of children and their families.
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Increase awareness and understanding of the Aubrey Rose Foundation and all it has to offer/provide
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Inspire the communities to embrace our mission – helping children with life threatening illnesses
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Enhance relationships within the communities and with current key organizations/groups
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Expand relationships in other communities and around the world
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Celebrate a decade of achievements
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Set goals to achieve even more in the next ten years.
We welcome you to join us at our different programs that we have and we would love for you to attend our fundraisers as well but more importantly, we want you to share with those around you what the Aubrey Rose Foundation is all about.
If you hear of a child with a life-threatening illness, please share with the parents that we can help them; if you have an 8th grader going on to Catholic education, let them know that they can apply for a scholarship, and if you want to volunteer as a family somewhere, come and join us at one of our Ronald McDonald House themed dinner parties – you are welcome anytime! The Aubrey Rose Foundation has many different facets but the bottom line is to help put smiles on the faces of many children and their families through financial, emotional and spiritual support! We welcome you all to join us in our mission!
The Aubrey Rose Foundation is headquartered out of Cinncinati, Ohio, but their charitable deeds are far-reaching. They assist families from many parts of the country, AND they have provided life-saving surgeries to two children, Elena from Russia and Hannah from the Philippines, through their “Healing the World’s Hearts Program.”
To learn more, visit their website at www.aubreyrose.org.
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