Through the
dedication and efforts of the many wonderful people who
have supported Ashleigh and our family, we are proud of
the contributions that have been made to various organizations
in honor of Ashleigh.
Dutton Elementary
School - March 10 & 12th, 2010
Caledonia, Michigan Book Reading for March
Reading Month
Alpena Community
College - April 10, 2010
Alpena, Michigan Friends Together-Keep Dancing
Cancer Conference "How to talk to children about
cancer."
Eight West Interview
Child's story inspires others Two books share
her journey Published : Friday, 04 Dec 2009,
12:26 PM EST
Holiday Sale
at Spectrum Butterwoth Hospital
Tues., Nov 10, 2009 9am-4pm Holiday Sale
to benefit the Helen Devos Children's Hosptial Hematology/Oncology
Dept.
Spectrum Butterwoth Hospital 100 Michigan
St. Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Barnes & Noble
- Friday & Saturday, April 17-18th, 2009
Book Signing and Book Fair to benefit the Children's
Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation 3670 28th St.
Kentwood, MI Time: Store Hours
Creative Learning
- December 6, 2008 - 11:00am - 2:00pm
Book signing Creative Learning 1200 E.
Paris SE Grand Rapids, MI 49546
Childtime Learning
Center - September 11, 2008
Book signing and Fundraising Coin Drive for
CNCF 3916 52nd St. Kentwood Mi, 49512 For
more information on how to help take on cancer one
penny at a time please visit
www.coins4kids.org
Lemmen-Holton
Cancer Pavilion September 25th, 2008
Book Signing from 11:00am - 1:00pm 145 Michigan
St. Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Barnes and Noble
- September 27-28, 2008
Book Signing and Book Fair to benefit The Children's
Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation All day Sat and
Sun The Barnes and Noble on 28th St. in Kentwood
Across from Centerpointe Mall
Annual Children's
Neuroblastoma Conference -- July 17 -20th, 2008
Ashleigh Marie Books will be there with "Ashleigh's
Fairies" and "Ashleigh's Rainbow" Hyatt Regency
Woodfield Schaumburg, IL 60173
Book Signing
- Wednesday, June 18th 2008
Come join us for a book signing of "Ashleigh's
Rainbow". the second book in the "Ashleigh Marie
Series" from 11:30am - 1:30pm by the cafeteria at
the
Spectrum (Butterworth) Hospital
100 Michigan St. Grand Rapids, MI 49502
Make A Wish
- Walk for Wishes - June 7, 2008 at 9:00am
John Ball Zoo, Grand Rapids, MI Team Ashleigh
and Ashleigh Marie Books, LLC will be there with
Jeff and Amy speaking at the event. If you would
like to Support Make A Wish and Team Ashleigh please
visit
www.wishmich.org
Michigan State
University Spring Arts and Crafts Festival - 5/17/08
and 05/18/08
May 17, 2008 from 9:00am-6:00pm May 18, 2008
from 10:00am-5:00pm
Come join us for a celebration of the release
of the 2nd of the Ashleigh Marie Books, "Ashleigh's
Rainbow". the second book in the "Ashleigh Marie
Series" from 2 - 4pm at the
Alpena County Library at
211 N 1st Ave
Alpena,
MI. There will be refreshments,
goodies for the kids, and meet some of the children
that illustrated the book. We would love to see
you there!
2007 Gold Medalist
Winner in the Moonbeam Children's Books Awards.
The Judging is now complete. We
are proud to announce that Ashleigh's Fairies is
the Gold Medal Winner in the Preschool Picture book
division in the Award Ceremony in Chicago, Nov,
3rd, 2007 Chicago Public Library Harold Washington
Library Center
400 S State St Chicago, IL
Advance newspapers had an article about the
release of "Ashleigh's Fairies". You can read the
article
here.
Book Signing/Release
- Saturday, March 31st
Come join us for a celebration of the release
of the first of the Ashleigh Marie Books, "Ashleigh's
Fairies". We will have a book signing at
Alpena County Library at
211 N 1st Ave
Alpena,
MI, Saturday, March 31st, from
6:30pm - 8:00pm. We would love to see you
there."
Make A Wish
– 2006 Walk For Wishes:
“Team Ashleigh” (team captain Ashleigh’s Aunt
Angie) was the top fundraiser for West Michigan
raising $5,175.00. Everyone’s contribution and involvement
with the walk enabled one additional special child
to receive a wish. Ashleigh’s Make a Wish was a
magical time at Disney World in November 2005. To
find out more how you can help make wishes come
true visit:
www.wish.org
Lunch For Life
– The Giving Tree
Through ornament donations made to Ashleigh’s
virtual giving tree in 2005/2006, $2,227.00 was
contributed to the Lunch for Life/CNCF organization
aiding to fund scientific research on Neuroblastoma.
Ashleigh’s giving tree is still active for 2006/2007.
For more information visit:
www.lunchforlife.org
Devos Children’s
Hospital
With funds raised from a fashion show benefit
in April 2006 for Ashleigh and her friend Anna Organek,
over 1000.00$ of toys were donated to the pediatric
hematology/oncology unit at Devos Children’s Hospital.
Ashleigh’s sweet friend Anna picked out all the
toys to be given for all the children, in memory
of Ashleigh and in honor of Anna. For more information
on how you can help, visit the Pediatric Oncology
Resource Team (PORT) website:
www.portkids.org
Children’s Neuroblastoma
Cancer Foundation
Ashleigh has 4 local friends who were also diagnosed
with Neuroblastoma within a year of Ashleigh’s diagnosis.
Her dear friend Molly Cavera was diagnosed 3 months
before Ashleigh. Her parents organized a Bounce
Party fundraising event to generate more awareness
of Neuroblastoma in March 2005 in honor of all the
girls, raising about 3000.00$ for the Children’s
Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation. A wonderful article
“Families Unite to battle cancer, raise research
funds” was written in the local paper.
Read on for
the details. For more information on how
you can help make a difference, visit The Children’s
Neuroblastoma Cancer Foundation (CNCF) website:
www.cncf-childcancer.org
Equest Center
for Therapeutic Riding
Ashleigh had a wish…to ride a horse. Through
the kindness and generosity of the staff at The
Equest Center, Ashleigh’s wish came true and she
made a friend forever with “Freckles” the horse.
When Ashleigh got too sick for a return visit to
Freckles, he made a visit to Ashleigh, right in
her house. A wonderful article was written about
Ashleigh and Freckles in the Equest Center’s 2006
annual
newsletter. For more information on the
Equest Center for Therapeutic Riding visit:
www.equestcenter.org
