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...

Hey BluFairies, we have EXCITING news!! A group of business students from UCF (University of Central Florida) along with New Hope for Kids, have stepped up to grant Chandler’s wish for a new quad bike!! As you are reading this, the new bike is being assembled and modified by a Central Florida specialty bike shop. THANK YOU to Edward, Mark, Danielle, Danita and Josh for their hard work fund-raising and making this wish come true. Stay...

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...

Kaitlynn prepares to donate her hair Well, she did it! Nine year old Kaitlynn, along with 21 other donors, cut her hair and donated it to Locks of Love. A total of 22 ponytails were donated along with over $1,500 in donations (which includes proceeds from the event at KaDe Hair Designers last evening.) The event turned out to be a big, fun time for all! Marc Burgess of Marc Burgess Productions provided the music (including tons of...

Meet Kaitlynn. A couple of years ago, this amazing, giving girl was delivering Easter baskets to the children at Winnie Palmer Hospital when she realized that some of the kids didn’t have any hair. Even at 6, she realized how lucky she was to have hair. Kaitlynn decided to grow her hair long to help another child who didn’t have any hair. Last fall, just as she was about to donate her hair FOR THE SECOND TIME, Kaitlynn  saw a...

Sadie's Lemonade Stand for Kids at Shands Getting an IV infusion is tough on any kid. (Just ask Sadie, whose screams can be heard in the neighboring county!)  One perk is that after the IV is placed, the kids get to pick something out of the treasure chest. It’s usually a long process… searching through all the goodies that have been donated to pick JUST the right prize. It’s  something the kids look forward to! Last...