Billboard Campaign Launched

Thank you to Ben Weaver from Weaver Media and Paul Prosser from Lamar Outdoor Advertising. Together they donated multiple billboards around town that will run throughout the 2008 calendar year. This is an extremely generous in kind donation that is valued at close to $150,000. Ben and his creative team designed the billboard. So keep your eyes open when traveling around town. Our sincere thanks to Ben & Paul.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Caring For Children Angel Awards

On Friday November 9, 2007, Michael Hockney, our co-founder was recognized for his work with our foundation by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.

The Caring for Children Angel Awards is given to a total of five outstanding individuals who do exceptional work to improve the well-being of Michigan children.

A diverse panel of community leaders from across the state selected all of this year’s nominations and chose four adult finalists and one adolescent. From among the four adult finalists, one was honored as the “Grand Angel”, received a trophy and a $5,000 donation for his or her affiliated nonprofit organization. The other four adult finalists and “The Littlest Angel” received a trophy and a $1,000 donation for their respective charities.

The event was hosted by WDIV Local 4 news anchor Rhonda Walker. This event was a great opportunity for our foundation to be recognized by many distinguished guests and although Michael was not selected as the Grand Angel, we certainly felt like winners. Thank you to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for hosting such a wonderful event.

A Generous Donation by Auburn Pharmaceutical

Jeffrey Farber, the President of Auburn Pharmaceutical contacted us shortly after our A Night of Hope event in April of 2007 after seeing a story about our foundation on Fox 2 news. We met with Jeff to answer his questions about our organization and our future goals. Jeff and his company have always been very active in giving back to the community by supporting many worthwhile causes. Jeff has been looking for a true grass roots organization like ours to get involved with for some time. Recently Jeff and his company donated $5,000.00 to our efforts. Jeff’s contribution will go directly to the foundation to continue supporting Michigan children and families dealing with cancer. This generous donation demonstrates Auburn Pharmaceutical’s commitment to their employees, customers and other members of the community that they are backing the effort to improve the lives of children with cancer in our community. We are honored to have Auburn Pharmaceutical as one of our supporters. Thanks Jeff!

Thank You BOMA of Metro Detroit

The Building Owners and Managers Association of Metropolitan Detroit is a professional trade association whose 350+ members either own or manage commercial real estate, or provide goods and services to the industry. Over the last year and a half BOMA has been supporting our foundation through their fundraisers. On Friday September 14, 2007 BOMA had their annual Summer golf invitational. Representatives of our foundation were in attendance, including Board Member Steve York who spoke about our foundation to the BOMA members. We wish to thank the entire BOMA management team and all of their members for their continued support. A special thank you to Janet Langlois-Resto, Executive Director and the golf committee members for putting on a fantastic event. BOMA raised close to $9,000.00 for our cause.

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Tiger Game Fundraiser

On Sunday September 23, 2007 we held our 2nd Tiger game fundraiser . A special thank you goes out to Kimmy and her staff at Hoot’s On The Avenue. Kimmy had shuttles running all day during and after the game. Her staff did an amazing job serving a top notch buffet lunch for all of our attendees. Thank you to our Co-Founder Robin Sanderson for planning and organizing an incredible day. You even did a great job with the weather Robin! We do not have a final number raised from the event after expenses, but we know that it was a huge success. Congratulations to our raffle winners: 1st Place Winner of The Disney Trip, Tom Nieman of Greenfield, Wisconsin. Tom generously supports all of our events – Way to go Tom! 2nd Place Winner of The Framed Autographed Magglio Ordonez Picture & 4 x 2008 Tiger Tickets, Bill Schulze of Grand Blanc, Michigan. Congrats Bill! Our 3rd Place Winner of The Barrel of Cheer is Erin Drallos of Clarkston, Michigan. Erin owns Footprints Photography© and you can see her work throughout our website. She also provides complimentary photo sessions for all of the families that we support. Thank you so much for all that you do Erin & congrats on winning! Thank you to everyone that came out and supported the event.