Oh WOW--- I am still in PIT STOP mode and all of a sudden everyone around me is racing to the finish line~

Oh WOW--- I am still in PIT STOP mode and all of a sudden everyone around me is racing to the finish line-  yes... I am talking about summer coming to an end.... I am not sure how that has happened... actually not even sure summer vacation happened at all--- but school is right around the corner.... and for once I need some more time-- ( Karen.... you just read that right.... !)  We were just starting to enjoy the lazy days of summer-- sleeping late and playing with friends... and doing nothing by a schedule... doctors appointments had even lessened and we were getting a few days off from that medical routine we were so used to... and all of a sudden the phone starts ringing and teacher assignments are done and school activities have started--  AND I am not ready!... There were a few things I wanted to happen before the first day of school.... I wanted the 5 o'clock shadow on Grier's head to be as long as a summer buzz.... and I wanted Grier to be done with the last week of chemo --- it has been 3 years since we had a normal first day of school.... he was "just Grier" and an excited 2 year old to do "carpool" like his brother and sister.  When he was 3 he did not make it to the first day of school... he did some visiting in April and May.... when he was 4 he was present and looked as healthy as everyone else .... and then last year when he was 5 he looked as healthy as everyone else too but had to have his 2nd thoracotomy on what was suppose to be his first day of school-- This year will be a little different too-- he will get chemo the first real week of school... we are going to try to go to the clinic in the afternoon... so we can keep him on some sort of routine.... or at least that is the plan right now--

September is coming just as fast as the first day of school.... and September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month--- I still have the Gold Ribbon on Grier's stroller that we were given in the hospital last September in NYC--- There are a few exciting things that are going to happen in honor of Grier's fight... we are lucky to have some great friends that have organized these upcoming fundraisers for Cookies For Kids Cancer---

The first fundraiser is being sponsored by our wonderful friends at Polka Dot Bake Shop--
They are selling a bag of Sugar Cookies in honor of Grier's fight.  They will donate the proceeds from the sugar cookies to Cookies For Kids Cancer during the whole month of September.... You can pre-order packages.... I have enclosed the order form below--- or you can go by the store at Parke Towne Village and place your order.... This is the note from MacLean that we would love for you to copy and paste and help get the word out to friends and family-

Call 704-523-5001 or email cupcake@polkabakeshop.com to place an order in advance...

They will be package 4 to a bag, sold at $5.99 and $4.74 will go to C4KC!

The 4 cookies will be in a clear bag, with a C4KC label and gogriergo label, then finished with a yellow pediatric cancer ribbon! There will also be a donation jar in the shop!!

We will start selling them Tuesday August 31^st  until the end of September – but we are accepting preorders now.

We will have them in the store to purchase or people can order them! We can even ship them!!

I want these to FLY out the door – so blog and facebook and tweet and spread the word!! (even forward this email)

Thanks you for all that each of you do!

Love,

MacLean

Event Coordinator

Polka Dot Bake Shop

The second fundraiser is from Whatever ! --- You can buy a bottle cap or a glass tile necklace with the cookies logo on it... $10 from each necklace will donated to Cookies to fund research that will help children through funding promising clinical trials--- They also have done a Go Grier Go bottle cap....  the proceeds from the GGG necklace will go to GGG to help offset the medical and travel expenses that it takes to fight Neuroblastoma.  These necklaces can be ordered from the whatevercrafts.com website AND they will be at Alphabet Soup for all that are local and want to go by and pick one up--- They should be in the store by Friday, August 20th-

Alphabet Soup Monogramming

Morrocroft Village Shopping Center

3900 Colony Road   Suite B

Charlotte, NC 28211

704-554-1616

www.AlphabetSoupGifts.com

The third fundraiser will occur everyday during the month of September.... we are hoping to have 30 businesses in the area pick a day in September and donate a percentage of their sales to Cookies for Kids Cancer all month long--- if you know of a business that would like to be a GOOD Cookie for a day please email Lesa Helbein lesa.helbein@gmail.com

Hello again ALL of you 'good cookies'!  

As many of you may know, September is Pediatric Cancer Awareness month.  In honor of our sweet friend, Grier Christenbury, I would like to challenge you to help me find 30 businesses that would be willing to donate a percentage of their sales to Cookies for Kids' Cancer for a given day of the month.  I have a few businesses that are already committed to help us in our efforts, but I would LOVE IT if we would get 30 businesses to participate...one for each day of the month!:-)  Can you imagine the kind of 'dough' we could raise for CFKC...without even baking a single cookie?:-)  Please be a 'good cookie' and help make a difference in the world of pediatric cancer research, but most importantly, help make a difference in the life of a child.  Please contact me at lesa.helbein@gmail.com if you know someone who has an interest in participating.

 Let's take a bite out of Childhood Cancers!  GO GRIER GO!

Thank you,

Lesa Helbein

Volunteer,

Cookies for Kids' Cancer

WOW-- this blog posts reminds me of how much support we have even after 3 plus years of fighting NB-- THANKS....

This weekend is going to be chocked full of activities.... Grace will be back on the soccer field... The boys have been invited to go fishing with some "pro's" on Mountain Island Lake... and Grier is very excited to see the NY Jets play here in Charlotte against the Panthers... the rest of us will be loyal to our home team... :)  We also will get to welcome our friends, Liam, Ella and their mom, Gretchen (my mentor and hero) to Charlotte.... Liam is going to get to see his favorite singer Jack Johnson!!! It will be fun to see them on our "home turf"--and not in the hospital in NYC~It is amazing to think that only 2 years ago Gretchen and Larry started Cookies for Kids Cancer and since then there has been an amazing amount of awareness and money raised for pediatric cancer and 100% of the money raised has gone to pediatric cancer research with no overhead costs.... 


I would love to see the bottle cap necklaces.... so send me a picture and I will post them...

Leila and her new necklace :)