DUE TO THE STORM AND THE DISTANCES MANY DRIVE TO SIT WITH US DECEMBER'S SUPPORT MEETING IS POSTPONED.
MAKE UP DATE IS NEXT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16TH, 7PM COMMUNITY ROOM AT THE WHITING LIBRARY IN CHESTER VERMONT.
IF YOU NEED SUPPORT IMMEDIATELY, PLEASE CALL.
IF YOU WERE PICKING UP ANGEL ORNAMENTS AND WANT THEM MAILED, EMAIL ME.
IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT NEXT WEEK, AND WANT SOMEONE TO CHECK IN WITH YOU BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS, EMAIL US.
STAY SAFE...
NEXT MEETING DATE
MEMORY BANDS ON SALE NOW!
$3 EACH OR 4 / $10
To Order Use SEE THE SIDEBAR
ANGEL ORNAMENTS ON SALE NOW!
With Pink, Blue (on the neckline) or Yellow Bows. Personalized tag reads your baby's name - 2009. Can also be ordered plain.
Angels are $5 each. Shipping is minimal.
Every Angel Comes With A Remembrance Tag
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Show and Tell: What Do Technolgy and Philanthropy Have In Common?
Besides ending with the same sound? GoodSearch apparently.
A board member alerted me to this awesome internet based service.
GoodSearch and GoodShop are charity funding sites fueled by yahoo that literally shake the penny tree all year long for worthy causes. And all we have to do is, what we already do.
Hmmm, sounds too good to be true? That's what I thought at first too. Then, I read this.
http://www.goodsearch.com/press.aspx
New York Times, Oprah Magazine? Must be the real deal!
So, it's official! Share Southern Vermont is in the GoodSearch and GoodShop database! If you would like to support us all year long just for searching and shopping online, click here to add the toolbar to your browser. or cut and past the link (http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/share-southern-vermont)
It's that easy and the best part is that people who have wanted to support us but live too far away to attend any functions, can do this from the comfort of their own home, on their laptop, as they search for the lastest ball game scores!
Funny, the first thing I noticed when I clicked over to research them was their slogan, You Search - We Give.
Sounds an awful lot like ours, so I'll say it yet again. Because You Give, We Share!
Monday, November 30, 2009
Angel Ornaments In Your Home Town!
The Angel Ornament drive kicked-off at the Bowling for Babies event, but it's only just begun!Throughout the holiday season you can order your angel ornaments, either in celebration of your living children or in memory of your angel babies. Both can be personalized with a pink, purple, yellow, or blue tag reading your child's name and the year.
Please consider supporting Share Southern Vermont by purchasing angels ($5 each) while adding classic decorations to your holiday tree!
Order online - or, call Cara at 802-226-7231.
Live in the area? We'll be set up outside Shaws in Ludlow on Saturday, December 12th from 9am on! Stop by the table and we can personalize your ornaments instantly!
If you wish to make a memorial contribution this holiday season please email Cara.
Monday, November 16, 2009
The First Of Anything...
(This post duplicated at Building Heavenly Bridges)
She held my gaze with tears in her eyes, words tumbling out, eager to be free and I, just as eager to hear them.
"I'll never forget the day I was reading the paper online and saw a link to 'new infant loss group'. Of course, I had to click on it and read your article. Tears fell as I read it again and again. I printed it out and held it, wanting to give it to my daugther but knowing it wasn't yet time."
I smiled, already knowing the ending to this story, yet needing to hear it again if for no other reason to solidfy that the facts of the last year are actually true, that I haven't been living a dream that a good solid pinch will wake me up from.
"That was last February" she continued, tears more prominant than ever, "and here we are, in November - bowling. My daughter found you, found your group."
Yes, yes she did and we are so grateful for her strong presence, both in group and as part of our ever expanding board.
"My prayers were answered" she concluded and I found that we were holding hands, joined in our reverie even as the chatter of giggling families and clatter of bowling balls whirred around us.
***
The event was everything is was meant to be. As always, all the right people were there and received exactly what they needed. It was advertised as a 'celebration of family' and one pan of the room conveyed that our intentions had indeed been met. Yet, even as balls hit gutters, pizza was consumed and cheering ensued as someone threw a strike, our babies were remembered, were there amounst us, smiling angels on our shoulders.
I stop short when I think what has been achieved in just one year and look forward to the lighthearted celebratory conversation that will spin around the dinner table as the board members dine together on December 22nd, our one year anniversary.
Even so, there is so much more to be done. Lest we not lose our momentum, but let it gather speed propelling us futher down the track of expansion, reaching every family, every parent, every heart broken by loss.
And now, a few images from our day...
The lanes...
She held my gaze with tears in her eyes, words tumbling out, eager to be free and I, just as eager to hear them.
"I'll never forget the day I was reading the paper online and saw a link to 'new infant loss group'. Of course, I had to click on it and read your article. Tears fell as I read it again and again. I printed it out and held it, wanting to give it to my daugther but knowing it wasn't yet time."
I smiled, already knowing the ending to this story, yet needing to hear it again if for no other reason to solidfy that the facts of the last year are actually true, that I haven't been living a dream that a good solid pinch will wake me up from.
"That was last February" she continued, tears more prominant than ever, "and here we are, in November - bowling. My daughter found you, found your group."
Yes, yes she did and we are so grateful for her strong presence, both in group and as part of our ever expanding board.
"My prayers were answered" she concluded and I found that we were holding hands, joined in our reverie even as the chatter of giggling families and clatter of bowling balls whirred around us.
***
The event was everything is was meant to be. As always, all the right people were there and received exactly what they needed. It was advertised as a 'celebration of family' and one pan of the room conveyed that our intentions had indeed been met. Yet, even as balls hit gutters, pizza was consumed and cheering ensued as someone threw a strike, our babies were remembered, were there amounst us, smiling angels on our shoulders.
I stop short when I think what has been achieved in just one year and look forward to the lighthearted celebratory conversation that will spin around the dinner table as the board members dine together on December 22nd, our one year anniversary.
Even so, there is so much more to be done. Lest we not lose our momentum, but let it gather speed propelling us futher down the track of expansion, reaching every family, every parent, every heart broken by loss.
And now, a few images from our day...
The lanes...
The Pizza!
The angel ornaments, personalized and hung on our tree!
The memory bands...
A few of our Angel Babies above each lane...
Just a section of the raffle!
And, the main event: The Bowling!
And, as 'on her game' as ever, my very own comedian taking a 'little rest from the ball game'
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Top Ten Reasons to Come to Bowling for Babies!
10) You can purchase raffle tickets online, even if you can't come in person! (And with the majority of items worth over $50 and over they are a steal at $5/6, $10/15, and $20/40!)
9) It's raining.
8) An after church / brunch / morning-in-front-of-cartoons activity is good for the moral.
7) The raffle items are AMAZING!
6) Goodman's woodfired pizza is the absolute best!
5) The ice-cream-which-must-not-be-named sounds scaringly similar to a cat and mouse duo.
4) Quality family time is hard to find.
3) $25 for a family activity and meal is unheard of!
2) It's a drop-in format and all money raised goes to a great cause!
And, the number 1 reason to attend Bowling for Babies is: __________________.
You fill in the blank, for even if you haven't had a loss (and, believe us we pray you haven't lived it) the memories you make during this celebration of family will stay with you long after the last ball has rolled!
See you tommorrow!
9) It's raining.
8) An after church / brunch / morning-in-front-of-cartoons activity is good for the moral.
7) The raffle items are AMAZING!
6) Goodman's woodfired pizza is the absolute best!
5) The ice-cream-which-must-not-be-named sounds scaringly similar to a cat and mouse duo.
4) Quality family time is hard to find.
3) $25 for a family activity and meal is unheard of!
2) It's a drop-in format and all money raised goes to a great cause!
And, the number 1 reason to attend Bowling for Babies is: __________________.
You fill in the blank, for even if you haven't had a loss (and, believe us we pray you haven't lived it) the memories you make during this celebration of family will stay with you long after the last ball has rolled!
See you tommorrow!
Friday, November 13, 2009
BOWLING FOR BABIES IN TWO DAYS!
It is incredibly hard to believe, especially if you read the Vermont Journal this week (which grossly misprinted the date of the event), but our Bowling for Babies family fundraiser is in two days!
On SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH we will gather together to remember, to bowl, to raise some money, and to have fun!
The RAFFLE is packed with GREAT stuff!! Click over and buy some tickets online, and be sure to put them in their virtual buckets!!
Friday, November 6, 2009
Share Southern Vermont On TV!
I don't have a problem with public speaking. This is well known. In fact, if you watched the video of the memory walk you not only saw me speak a great deal, but sing on camera as well!
That said, walking into a tv studio and intentionally taping a promo for an event is not something I've ever done...until today that is.
That's right! With my youngest gaping at me from the corner chair and being ever-so-quiet, I recorded this 4 minute segment on Share Southern Vermont, its history, its mission and its current focus: Bowling for Babies.
If for no other reason than to see how hard it is to show genuine expression while being filmed, click over and watch it!! (If ever I harbored a secret desire to become a soap opera star it was unceremoniously sqashed today!)
http://lpctv.org/programs/bowling-babies
And -- don't forget, if you would like to sponsor a lane in memory of an angel baby it is only $25!
That said, walking into a tv studio and intentionally taping a promo for an event is not something I've ever done...until today that is.
That's right! With my youngest gaping at me from the corner chair and being ever-so-quiet, I recorded this 4 minute segment on Share Southern Vermont, its history, its mission and its current focus: Bowling for Babies.
If for no other reason than to see how hard it is to show genuine expression while being filmed, click over and watch it!! (If ever I harbored a secret desire to become a soap opera star it was unceremoniously sqashed today!)
http://lpctv.org/programs/bowling-babies
And -- don't forget, if you would like to sponsor a lane in memory of an angel baby it is only $25!
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