We are thrilled to inform you that Eleanor’s 5th Birthday Surprise was a HUGE success!! Thanks to some amazing people and some Blufairy pixie dust, we were able to turn a difficult day into a memorable celebration!! The look of pure joy on Eleanor’s face captures the moment perfectly… THANK YOU for helping make this birthday so very special for not only Eleanor, but her parents and grandparents as well. A special thanks to...

Shhhhhhhhh, this birthday surprise is a secret!! Little Eleanor is about to turn 5. She’s a miracle child. At birth, doctors didn’t believe that she’d live to see her 5th birthday. On November 3, 2011 she will defy the odds and turn 5. Her happy parents planned a mack-daddy, two-week vacation at Walt Disney World in Orlando to celebrate their amazingly strong little warrior. Only now their celebration is not going to...

Cupcake Bottlecap Necklace Imagine this… it’s a week before your 10th birthday and your mom drops you (and not your little sister) off at a shelter and walks away. Sure, she promises that she’ll be back in time for your big, double-digit birthday but the workers there have only had ONE parent ever come back for a child in the 16 years they’ve been running this home. It’s pretty much a given that you’re...

Meet Sadie… She suffers from JRA (juvenile rheumatoid arthritis) and gets regular treatments at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, FL. This time last year, Sadie was barely walking she was in so much pain. Thankfully, the pediatric rheumatology staff of doctors, nurses and clinicians diagnosed Sadie and put her on a treatment plan. Though she has to go monthly for IV treatments, she is doing really well… Sadie turns 6 in August...

Imagine for a moment that you’re a child… You wake up on the morning of your birthday but there’s no excitement… there will be no birthday presents- nothing, not one little thing, not even a candy bar. There will be no birthday cake. There will be no birthday hugs or wishes or special attention of any kind. For you, it’s just another day in your life. How heartbreaking is that?! The good news is that we’re working with local...