Our largest fundraiser yet was held all day Saturday, Nov. 22nd with over $20,000 raised in one day. Months of preparation went into the tournament by our planning committee and tournament coordinator. Thank you to every volunteer! We appreciate all the wonderful auction items many community businesses donated this year. We are always humbled by …
Many English’s Sewing customers faithfully help out when they see a charity that can benefit from their sewing talents. Such is the case with Nate’s Wish as many made cheerful printed pillowcases for kids with cancer this year. Thank you, English’s! ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]
Sep. 30 – Oct. 4, 2013 WOW! We are so impressed with the participation of Lone Oak Elementary Students in the 3rd Annual Penny War. Every day during the Penny War competition, the children brought in more money than the day before. We were overwhelmed with the giving spirit of the students and their families …
We have just completed a successful 2nd Penny War. Thanks to all the kids, administration and teachers at Lone Oak Elementary for the great fundraiser. We raised over $3,300.00 in change for the Nate’s Wish backpacks. We got great comments from the kids as well as the teachers. We also heard what a powerful impact …
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“I just wanted to say thank you for sharing Nates story. My 9yr son just got diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma. Its a bone cancer. Nate’s story made everything a little easier to explain to him. You touched my heart. I am so grateful for your kindness” “I was recently diagnosed with cancer and during my …
Four year-old Audrey presents her parents with a colorful purse she’s made out of paper. This tiny handbag is stuffed with hand-made business cards, a handcrafted book, and paper rings she’s decorated with a host of colors and images. Ali, just about to complete the second grade, is in the other room chattering away on …
We had a great turnout and good time assembling the first set of the Nate’s Wish backpacks. A special thanks to Jennifer and Lauren Frank for coming up from Nashville to help and as well as haul a car load of items from the Children’s Hospital for us. After having a brief instruction and prayer …
What a great time we had making pillowcases! There was much love poured out in this project. We collected over 100 beautiful pieces for the children. Thank you English’s Sewing community!
Big Thanks to our loving local community supporting our efforts with this project. We had 44 teams participate! We raised over $15,000 and had 70+ volunteers. We also had many, many very generous sponsors! Follow the link to the story our local news did on the event. http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/local/Family-spreads-sons-basketball-wish-134178788.html
Thanks to Lone Oak Elementary Students and Teachers for getting us off to a great start! They collected $4,874 of CHANGE!!!!