URGENT: If you're on Facebook, we need you to vote in the Chase Community Giving contest that's being held. The Lindsay Foundation can win from $20,000 to $250,000. Even the $20,000 is more than we have been able to raise in one year!! Once you have voted, share with your Friends so we can get more votes from them. It can't stop with us if we want to win! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!! Let's do it for the kids!! Thank you!! WE WON!!! We will receive $20,000 to help Lindsay's Kids!!! Thanks to all of you that came out and voted!!!
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CONGRATULATIONS!!! Ashlyn Sliman of DeRidder LA has won the Southwest Airlines Tickets and, as a bonus, the Passes to Disneyland Resort. Her lucky ticket was drawn by Andy Dill at the June 2nd East Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce meeting. She has big plans for these tickets. The Special Donation fundraising event raised $3000. That will provide two (2) grants to children with special medical needs. Our appreciation to all who participated. Watch our "You Can Help" page for another Special Donation fundraising event to be started soon!!
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The Board has approved a family unit to serve as District Volunteer Coordinator for East Montgomery County (Texas) and surrounding area. We are proud to have John and Debra Anderson and son, Branden, holding this position. We are looking forward to helping them to grow their group. Welcome to the Andersons.
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Tracy Chaponis has been appointed to serve as District Volunteer Coordinator for North Harris County (Texas) and surrounding area. She is excited about serving and we are excited to have her. She is already signing up new volunteers. Good going, Tracy, and welcome aboard.
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We are sad to announce that Jackie Gaskins, our beloved friend and a dedicated volunteer, passed away on April 14. She lost a battle that she had fought against breast cancer for a year. Visit our Volunteer page for further details.
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We have a SPECIAL ONLINE FUNDRAISER going on. Go to our "You Can Help" page and scroll all the way to the bottom. You will find SPECIAL DONATION. For each $20 you donate, your name will be entered 5 times in a drawing to win 2 roundtrip tickets on Southwest Airlines PLUS 4 complimentary 1-Day Park Hopper tickets for entrance to both Disneyland Park and Disney's California Adventure Park. If you wish to make this donation in the name of a "special" child, enter the child's name in the Comments section. Winner will be drawn on Wednesday June 2. We thank you for helping us to help these children.
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We are excited to announce that you can now visit with us on Facebook. We have a Group set up and we invite you to become a Fan. We also have a Cause page set up. Join us there and you can give us moral as well as financial support. You can make donations on the Cause page through Network for Good. We want to thank our new volunteer, Vanessa, for all her hard work.
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We are quickly approaching the end of the 2009 year. Now is the time to consider your year-end donation that will enable you to take your tax deduction. You can go to our "You Can Help" page and scroll to the $20, $50 or $100 donation. You can also choose to make a donation in Memory of a loved one or in Honor of a favorite relative, friend or co-worker on this page. Or, you can go to Networkforgood.org or FirstGiving.com to make your donation. Just enter "The Lindsay Foundation" in your Search. And, of course, be assured that your donation is "BEARY" appreciated.
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Our Louisiana Chapter held a Bake Sale on Sunday November 15 and raised $904. What a great fundraiser with only a Bake Sale!
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Our "Barbecue, Bake Sale & Bingo for the Bear" event held on October 3 was successful in helping us to raise approximately $3000. Our thanks to all participants, sponsors and volunteers that were a part of that success.
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Now you can contact Lindsay's Mom direct. Email Laurie at lindsays_mom@lindsayfoundation.org.
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Visit our "Volunteers" page to see what's happening with our individual groups.
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On Friday April 24, Porter Wal*Mart Supercenter presented The Lindsay Foundation with $1000. The picture to the left shows Laurie McMillan Hammond accepting the check from Wayne Christian. Once again, Wal*Mart has come through for the kids!
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On Thursday March 19, the following statement was issued by our Founder and President, Laurie McMillan-Hammond:
"We all know what the economy is like right now. We are feeling the “pinch”
like everyone else. Unfortunately, when you have a child with special needs,
you can’t put treatments, therapies, medications, etc. on hold until the
economy picks up again. Those needs continue, and because they do, we
continue to receive applications from all over the United States from parents
seeking some relief."
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On Wednesday July 30, we received a community grant in the amount of $1,000 from Wal*Mart Distribution Center in New Caney Texas. Wal*Mart continues to be involved with the support of the Foundation and we are sincerely appreciative of all that they do for us.
Right, Laurie (McMillan) Hammond is shown presenting a recognition plaque to Wal*Mart. Our way of saying "Thank you!"
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Our sincere appreciation to Daniel Anders and American Business Machines Inc. in Houston for upgrading our copier. It does everything and really cuts down on a lot of work for our volunteers.
Left, Laurie (McMillan) Hammond presents Mr. Anders with a recognition plaque. Thanks again, Mr. Anders.
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You now have the opportunity to win round trip travel for two on Continental Airlines. Visit our "You Can Help" page and scroll down to the "Special Donation" opportunity or contact us for additional information. The winner will be announced at our annual charity golf tournament to be held on Friday, October 3. Our thanks once again to Continental Airlines for their participation.
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The Kroger Neighbor-to-Neighbor program is now in effect. Click here, enter The Lindsay Foundation's name, click on the name when provided, print out the page with the barcode. When your Kroger card is scanned, have them scan this barcode and it will be linked to your Kroger card. You only have to present this barcode one time but The Lindsay Foundation will receive credit each time your Kroger card is scanned. Also, be advised that you can only link ONE charity to your Kroger card.
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The Ride for the Bear 2008 broke all records for our fundraisers. We made approximately $12,000 that we can use for our kids. Right off the top, we were able to provide a $4,000 wheelchair that was needed. Our thanks to all of our contributors and participants for making this ride such as success.
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Wow!! We have two raffle items for this year's Ride for the Bear. MONTGOMERY PINES APARTMENT HOMES in Porter TX donated a certificate for a Cruise for Two to Mexico, the Bahamas or the Western Caribbean. We printed some raffle tickets and handed them out to our volunteers. Then, AirTrans Airways donated certificates for roundtrip travel for two. When we printed our next batch of tickets, it had two items on it. We will draw 2 winners...one for the cruise and one for the air travel. You can get in on the drawing by making a SPECIAL DONATION.
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You can make The Lindsay Foundation a big winner by participating in our BIRDIES FOR CHARITY competition. Charity begins on the golf course at the Shell Houston Open that takes place March 31 thru April 6 at Redstone Golf Club in Humble TX. Make a PLEDGE based on the number of birdies you believe will be made during the Open. You can pledge a one-time donation of minimum $20 and you get 1 guess for each $20 pledged. You get 1 guess for each $.01 per birdie pledged. The guess closest to being correct will win a New 2008 Buick Enclave. (Ties, prizes determined by random drawing.)
Provide us with the amount of your pledge, your full name, address, e-mail address and phone. We submit the information to the Houston Golf Association. Following the Open and the determination of the winner, they will bill you and you will pay directly to them. Once all pledges have been collected, they send The Lindsay Foundation a check for the FULL AMOUNT OF THE PLEDGES.
If you have other questions, please e-mail us at helpforachild@lindsayfoundation.org.
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Notice for our Kroger shoppers that have a Foundation Share Card. The Share Card will be discontinued effective March 25. Kroger is designing a program that will link your charity (that's Us) with your Plus Card, thus eliminating the need to carry and to scan both. We will provide further details as we receive them. Thank you for your past support and we look forward to your support in the future.
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We welcome the support of Envision Pharma in Connecticut who has sent a check in the amount of $6500 in honor of Teddy (one of our kids). Thank you to Envision Pharma and to the friends and family of Teddy.
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We sincerely appreciate Wayne and management at WalMart SuperCenter in Porter TX. Wayne presented Laurie McMillan-Henry with a check from WalMart for $1000. (We will add a picture to this announcement shortly.) WalMart has been supportive of our organization since our inception. Thank you again to Wayne and WalMart.
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We are quickly approaching the end of 2007 and you may be looking to make your final charitable donation for the year. You have found a 501-c-3 organization that would appreciate being considered. Please view the rest of our website and it will tell you where the money will go and that it will be put to good use. Go to our "YOU CAN HELP" page and see "SPECIAL END OF YEAR DONATION". You can make your donation online. If you need additional information in order to make your decision, please contact us. Thank you.
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***UPDATE: We had a great turnout and a really good time. Our volunteers also signed and addressed the Christmas cards received by many of you. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.***
We are planning our Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon and Christmas Party for Saturday December 1. If you are a volunteer and you have not received an e-mail (or an invitation thru the mail), please contact us. We do not want anyone left out. We cannot operate this Foundation and the events without our volunteers.
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Thursday October 18 will be our second in-house fundraiser by JOE'S CRAB SHACK on Hwy. 59 in Humble TX. We will be there from 5:PM to 10:PM. Come out and join us. Joe's will issue a check to The Lindsay Foundation for 10% of your dinner ticket. Make sure you ask one of us for a flyer. If you are hearing this for the first time, we apologize. We have been so busy with the golf tournament that other items on the agenda have missed getting sufficient attention.
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For those of you residing in the Houston TX tv viewing area, watch for Laurie and Helen to appear on the Channel 2 News program on Sunday September 2 at 6:30 a.m. We know it's early but let's support them as they get the word out for the Foundation and for our upcoming golf tournament. (And, you get to see what they look like!)
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This has been an exciting month!!! Other than the applications from Texas (where we are located), we have also received applications from Alabama, California, Connecticut and New York. And more exciting than that, we have been able to approve Alabama, California and Connecticut! (New York is still in the application review process.) At this time, our funding comes mostly from two Foundation sponsored fundraisers each year. If you read below, you will see other sources of our funding. However, all of this funding is from Texas. We cannot go to each state and do fundraisers but we can accept donations. If you would like to make a donation, you can send a check or money order to The Lindsay Foundation, P.O. Box 1073, Huffman TX 77336 OR click here and you can use your credit card to make an automatic donation. There are children in every state that need assistance and as long as our funding comes in we will be here to help.
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Wow!!! Here we are in the midst of preparing for our annual charity golf tournament and we get more good news. On September 15, we will meet with a group in DeRidder LA to form our first volunteer group in that area. Thanks to Lisa Maricle who has worked really hard to make this happen. If you are in the area and would like to join us to learn about the Foundation, just contact us and we will give you the information that you need. Thanks again to Lisa.
UPDATE: On September 18, we mailed our "Application for Authority" to the Secretary of State of Louisiana. We don't anticipate any problems. Our group in Louisiana grew when two WalMart employees attended the above meeting and signed up to help us. We added two more besides these two ladies. Keep up the good work, Lisa (and Louisiana).
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On the evening of June 28, a group of supporters met at Joe's Crab Shack in Humble TX to do what we do best....eat! Joe's held an in-house fundraiser for the Foundation. We earned 10% of each ticket when the guest gave them a printed flyer. We had fun and it was an opportunity to just visit.
We have plans to do this again in October. Each of our golfers can look for a flyer in his or her goody bag and you can watch for us. We'll be handing them out to everyone. The more people that go to eat, the more money we raise to help the kids. Watch for more information as we get closer. AND a big thanks to Joe's Crab Shack.
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Also in May, Cathy Southwell (one of our volunteers) and her future daughter-in-law, Mandy Painter, had a big Tupperware party and the monetary proceeds from the sale of the product was awarded to the Foundation. Our thanks to these two ladies for their fundraiser.
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Flashover 2007 will take place on Saturday May 5 at VFW Hall 127, 14408 Alice Road in Tomball TX. Please visit The Red Knights or e-mail djmccomb@yahoo.com or kjtolliver@sbcglobal.net for additional information.
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We are currently planning our annual charity golf tournament and auction for Saturday October 6, 2007 at Oakhurst Country Club in Porter TX at 8:A.M. (This was formerly Bentwood Country Club.) Watch the Golf Tourney page for updates.
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UPDATE: What a day! These folks at Challenge Air are great. If you have an opportunity to visit one of these events in your area, do so.
The picture on the left gives you an idea of the attendance. The one in the middle is of the kids as they line up to take a flight on a plane. On the right is one of the planes.
On Saturday April 28, 2007, we went to the Lone Star Executive Airport in Conroe TX for their "Fly Day" event for special-needs children. We introduced ourselves to other agencies that serve special-needs children as well as some of those children and their families.
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We extend our sympathies to the family of Cody Griswold, one of Lindsay's Kids. Cody passed away on Sunday April 15, 2007.
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Our thanks to all who participated in our "Ride for the Bear" 2007 charity motorcycle ride and auction. We registered 100 bikes and 142 passengers. Our thanks also to the volunteers who assisted at registration and at the dinner and auction. Our thanks to Catfish on Wheels who served a delicious meal and to the great people at Lake Houston Marina who provided a fun place to have dinner and the auction. More details, as well as pictures, will be published on the Bike Ride page.
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This is your chance to be a REAL winner by supporting our Foundation and helping families of children with special needs. Go to our "You Can Help" page and make a Special Donation. For each $20 that you donate, your name will entered FIVE times into a special drawing for roundtrip airfare for 2 donated by AirTran Airways to any of their domestic destinations. This offer is only good through April 12, 2007. Winning name will be drawn following our Ride for the Bear on April 14, 2007 and will be announced on this page.
The winner is ticket number 524302 held by Leonard Jones of Dayton TX. Congratulations to Mr. Jones and our thanks to all of you who participated in our Special Donation drawing.
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Once again, our supporters have made our Birdies for Charity pledge drive a success. And in case you're wondering about total birdies, the number is 1651. Check your number, you may be in the running for a new Buick. Good Luck.
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This past fall Tonya Switalski, who had been our secretary for 6 years, resigned due to increased obligations in her professional and personal life. She will remain a supporter of the Foundation. Melissa Davis was appointed to take that position. We want to wish Tonya and Melissa the best.
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Happy New Year!! The holiday season of 2006 was quiet but we have already begun to receive new applications for 2007. You can help us to help these families by making a donation or a pledge or participating in one of our events. For further information, please contact us.
Our events will be kicking off with Birdies for Charity which allows you to make your pledge through the Shell Houston Open golf tournament. Contact us for pledge information.
Then comes our "Ride for the Bear 2007" annual motorcycle ride which will take place on Saturday, April 14.
We look forward to another great year in helping families with special needs children. We can only do this with your help. thank you for all you did in 2006.
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We are extremely pleased to announce the birth of (healthy) little Macey Jean Zunker. She was born on September 20 at 8:15 a.m., weighed 7 lbs. 3 oz. and measured 19-1/2 inches long. Our congratulations to the Foundation's friends and supporters, Ron and Chantal Zunker on the birth of girl number 4.
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On June 27, a group of our volunteers went to Texas Children's Hospital in Houston to distribute our "Lindsay Bears" to the hospitalized kids. Read the story.
If you know of a Houston area hospital with a children's wing that we can visit to make the kids feel better with a Lindsay Bear, provide the hospital information.
If you would like to be a part of these visits, let us know and we'll send you a Volunteer Information Sheet to fill out and submit.
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The Red Knights Flashover 2006 benefit was a huge success. The weather tried to dampen things but the spirits of motorcycle riders, volunteers and guests were not dampened. Attendance may have been down but enthusiasm was not. Our thanks to all who participated in the organization of this benefit, the band, the riders that came out in spite of the rain, and the generosity of those participating in both the silent auction and the live auction. And the barbecue was great!
We final numbers for the benefit resulted in a donation of approximately $6200. The winners of the raffle drawings are: Robert Riley from Hawgs of Texas Rallys was 1st place winner of the Harley Davidson Electra Glide. Bucky Hawthorne was 2nd place winner of the Remington Model 700 rifle and Connie Walker was 3rd place winner of the Magnavox 15" tv. Congratulations to all the winners and condolences to those who tried but didn't win.
THANK YOU TO THE RED KNIGHTS. The proceeds from this benefit will enable us to further our work in helping families that have children with special needs. AND...Since the Red Knights have selected the Foundation to be their signature organization, we look forward to working with them in the future.
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The date has been set for our 2006 annual charity golf tournament and auction. It will take place at Tour 18 in Humble Texas on October 6. Mark your calendars. See our golf page for details as they are ironed out.
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