Last June as Alexa laid in her hospital bed with her port hooked up to morphine, a chest tube in her right side and an oxygen mask over her mouth she smiled at me and said, "Mommy, I want to get a new pink dress. And I want to go to a park, a pink park." Alexa loved to dress up and she loved to play. I wonder if she knew that her last wishes would grow into something so amazing. Alexa's Foundation will touch hundreds of lives as we embark on our first big project, opening the dress up closets in Children's Medical Center of Dallas in just a few months.
Our goal is to collect 2,000 costumes for the closets and we are happy to be well on our way. To help us reach our goal, we are asking your company, organization, mom's group, club, etc. to hold a Dress Up Drive and collect NEW costumes for boys and girls ages 2-10. We also appreciate unused accessories for children up to 18 (silly hats, bandannas, sunglasses, etc.). *All items must be new as the children at the hospital have compromised immune systems.
The "Dress Up Drive" tab has all the tools you will need to hold your own Drive. We would like all sign up forms to be turned in by January 31st. Thank you for helping to celebrate the childhood spirit of seriously ill children through dress up and play.
Read the story below about our first Dress Up Drive participant:
Little Adventures
is a wholesale company created by mothers of daughters who loved to dress up, but didn't like itchy costumes. They set out to make comfortable, washable dre
ss ups that look adorable too. What a perfect fit for us!
Tammy Burraston (board member and Natalie's mom) contacted Little Adventures about our foundation and they immediately went to work helping our cause. They offered to let us buy from their discontinued items at a great price. Thanks to a very generous donation from Melissa in California, we were able to take advantage of this offer and stock up on some fantastic outfits. Thanks, Melissa!
Little Adventures is also donating to the closets 100 Pink Pauper dresses and little white gloves. And it doesn't end there! They are holding a "Princess Alexa Sale" for their vendors in which they are donating one dress up costume to us for every four that are sold out of the discontinued items list. We are overjoyed at this wonderful generosity. Thank you Little Adventures!
2 comments:
I was wondering if you could set up a facebook page/group for your foundation. I would love to spread the word via my friends and family on facebook. It would be a great way to spread the word and allow many people to know her story and to give. Thanks!!
We are now on Facebook! Thanks for the great idea.
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