Evening of Inspiration – Art Auction
Corey Petit is an uncoming artist who is attending Rowan college to become an art teacher. He has a natural knack for sculpting and painting and his natural talent is exemplified in his work. We will feature his artwork that evening and people can explore his talents and bid silently on his works. We will […]
Raffle Tickets Still Available
Tickets for the 50/50 Raffle to be drawn at the Evening of Inspiration in March are still available. Click the link below to purchase 50/50 Raffle Tickets to support The Alesia Shute Foundation (Proceeds benefit CHOP)
Fundraising Fun
I had been contacted by some very good friends about their son Seth and his Bar Mitzvah. He has been raising money for his Mitzvah project and donating it to my foundation. If you remember, his older brother did the same and it was not only a wonderful experience to be involved with this and […]
Up for Air
December has already proved to be a little “breath of fresh air”. While there were many occassions to be thankful in November, in general I was thankful for the opportunity to focus on my needs and the needs of my family. This has helped me to grow and has enriched my life despite the loss. […]
The Storm
Being directly affected by the storm has been quite trying on us, particularly my husband and I and I have been a bit distracted from work and such. Losing our home, and everything we have worked for over years of being together was such a shock that I just now feel like I am beginning […]
Raffle Tickets Now Available
Tickets for the 50/50 Raffle are now available and can be purchased online! Click “Buy Now” below to purchase your tickets through PayPal. First prize is $5000 and second prize is $2500! Tickets will be $20 each and the drawing will be held at the 2013 Night of Inspiration! All proceeds will benefit The Children’s […]
Ways to Help
It does not take much to reach out and help others. If you are a computer savvy person, you can Google “Childhood Cancer” and from there find ways to help. You can volunteer for an event, donate money, find families in your area that need support, etc. For example, my volunteers get to do things like […]
Coping with the News
I have written about finding out terrible news about your child’s health, now I am going to share some ideas on how to deal and cope with the news. Finding out that your child is ill, going to need numerous treatments for long extended periods of time (maybe even years), maybe surgery, or any other shocking […]
September 11th
Is there anyone in the world who cannot tell you what they were doing on September 11th? Most of us cannot remember what we did all last week, but we can tell you where we were at the moment that changed the world – what we were doing and exactly what we did the entire […]
Statistics Shift
Without boring you with too many details, over 13,000 children under twenty are diagnosed with some form of cancer each year. Although the survival rates are at around 80%, these numbers are staggering! The chances of a child developing some other health problem as a side effect of the treatments are very high as well, […]