Kimberlee

Last week,

I picked up this donation of toys from my friend Diana.

Diana donated this to our care packages in memory of her daughter,

Kimberlee.

Kimberlee was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia

on November 8th of 2009.

Kimberlee was 6 months pregnant at the time.

She had chemo twice before she gave birth to a healthy baby.

Kimberlee underwent a bone marrow transplant on May 25th 2010.

On August 31st 2010,

they were told that the Leukemia had returned,

with a vengeance.

The doctors said there was nothing more they could do,

and Kimberlee was given just 6 months left to live.

So they returned home to live out what time she had left.

On September 27th 2010,

Kimberlee lost her fight against Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

Diana donated this precious gift of toys for the kids at Children's Hospital,

in memory of her precious daughter Kimberlee.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia is rare with less than 200,000 US cases per year.

It's a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow with excess immature white blood cells.

AML progresses rapidly,

with myeloid cells interfering with the production of normal white blood cells,

red blood cells, and platelets.

Learn more about AML by clicking here.

Christmas Drive

This December marks the one year anniversary of when our sweet little lamb became an angel. We are doing a drive in his memory for Valley Children's Hospital.

We want to deliver these packages to the hospital around December 15th and are asking for the following items:

*backpacks or tote bags

*books (for all ages)

*stuffed animals

*blankets (baby-teen)

*small toys

*journals or notebooks

*coloring books or activity books

*crayons, color pencils and pens

*toiletries (NICU parents)

*tethers and baby toys

*baby socks and hats

*on the go snacks (granola bars, protein bars, etc)

These are just some ideas of the kind of things we'd like to include in our packages. We are putting together care packages for newborn to age 19 as well as parents in the NICU. Often times parents are too worried for their babies that they forget to eat themselves or even pack the essentials like a toothbrush or hairbrush. Adult coloring books and puzzle books are a great thing for NICU parents as well because often times there are long stretches of time when they cannot hold their baby so they just sit at their side These items would give them a much needed break as well as relieve some stress. 

We are also having an online Jewelry in Candles party to raise money to purchase items for these care packages. This party will be active until 10/09/2016 and 100% of the commission is going to buying more items for children's hospital. Click here to shop our Jewelry in Candles party

If you'd like to donate items, please contact us on our Facebook page or email us at shootingforliam@yahoo.com

A care package we made for a family who was in the NICU at Children's hospital August 2016.

Our donation to Children's in memory of Liam in April 2016.

Just some of the items we donated in April 2016.

October 2012, our tethers for teethies drive.