Birthday Bucks and Band-Aids

Hi all. This September 4th marks five years since our sweet tiny warrior Peyton’s birth. It’s hard to imagine how different life would be if we had our little girl here, preparing for Kindergarten.

 To honor what would have been Peyton’s 5th Birthday (9/4) and the 5th Anniversary of her passing (10/2), we are once again Doing Good in Her Name. We are super excited to announce that Doing Good in Her Name has teamed up this year with the Kacey Rose Foundation, an amazing non-profit formed in the memory of Kacey Rose Mitchell, that provides assistance to families affected by childhood cancer.

This year’s drive is called: BIRTHDAY BUCKS AND BAND-AIDS

Why Band-Aids?

We are collecting boxes of LATEX FREE BAND-AIDS with FUN DESIGNS to be given to the children’s oncology floor at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

The hospital only uses plain, brown Band-Aids, and the ones with fun pictures, cartoon characters, footballs etc. really brighten up the day for the kids fighting cancer. This is an easy and inexpensive way to spread some love, smiles and sunshine to these amazing little warriors, and to help us pay tribute to our sweet Peyton’s memory.

You can purchase and ship the Band-Aids to the address below yourself, or order them online and have them shipped directly through sites such as Amazon.com, CVS.com etc.

Why Bucks?

We are also collecting cash donations to benefit the Kacey Rose Foundation. Depending on the amount raised, the Kacey Rose Foundation will be providing kids who are fighting cancer at Yale-New Haven Hospital with a fun ice cream party, and/or a lucky patient (or patients hopefully!) will receive a cool new gadget i.e. an iPod, Kindle, etc.

 Please donate what you can to help us make these kids’ stay in the hospital a little easier.

*Please make your TAX DEDUCTIBLE checks payable to Kacey Rose Foundation and put “Peyton” in the memo field.

In her short time here, Peyton gave us the gift of her unconditional love. Thank you in advance for helping us honor her memory.

Send your BIRTHDAY BUCKS and BAND-AIDS (Latex-Free) through October 2nd to the following address:

Happy 5th Birthday Peyton/DGIHN
c/o the Kacey Rose Foundation
P.O. Box 4412
Wallingford, CT 06492

About Peyton: Peyton Elizabeth Binder was born Sept. 4th 2008 to Andrew and Kristin Binder. Unbeknownst to anyone, our “beautiful, perfect little baby girl,” was born with infant leukemia (ALL w/ MLL rearrangement) the odds of which fall somewhere in the range of 1 in 50 million. Peyton fought with the heart of a prize fighter through chemo, spinal taps and multiple surgeries, until sadly, on Oct. 2nd, she left this world from her mother’s arms. During our daughter’s too-short life, we were the recipients of many acts of kindness and compassion, and this is why we strive to give back in her memory. Our goal is to honor Peyton’s life by Doing Good in Her Name.

**The Kacey Rose Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.

GIFT CARD DRIVE SUCCESS!

We would like to send a HUGE THANK YOU out to the following people and organizations, who helped to make our Gift Card Drive a big success! Gift Cards and cash donations brought in a whopping $470 for families with critically ill children at CCMC!

These gift cards to Friendly's, Build-a-Bear, Starbucks, Applebees, Stop and Shop, Dunkin Donuts, and Subway were packaged up for delivery to the Connecticut Children's Medical Center Foundation today, and will go a long way in letting these families know that others are thinking of them. Thank you so much for helping us honor our daughter Peyton's memory in such a special way!

None of this would be possible without our amazing donors! So, without further ado, Thank you so much:

EISEN FAMILY of Westport, CT

NICOLE VON OY of Burlington, CT

JULIANA STANLEY of Brigantine, NJ

LIZ AND GENE ROBERTS of Brookfield, CT

THE WADE FAMILY of West Hartford, CT

THE VENEZIA FAMILY of Newtown, CT

JACQUELINE WARNER of Hanover, PA

THE KACEY ROSE FOUNDATION of Wallingford, CT

WENDY LOONEY of Montgomery, AL

WALT AND NINA BINDER of Kansas City, MO

MEGHAN RUTHERFORD of Burlington, CT

and EVELYN BLATZ of Wappingers Falls, NY

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!

YOUR KINDNESS HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE!

Thank You Liz and Gene Roberts

We would like to send a HUGE THANK YOU out to

Liz and Gene Roberts of Brookfield, CT

for sending in the following batch of donations!

Liz and Gene, who are Peyton's maternal grandparents, have continuously donated to this initiative since it began, and they blessed us again with a nice batch of goodies for Danbury Hospital's NICU.

Isn't this dress just so precious?

THANK YOU SO MUCH LIZ AND GENE!

Thank You Betsy Beasley!

We would like to send a Huge Thank You out to

Betsy Beasley of Glen Allen, VA

for her incredible generosity.

Knowing how difficult preemie items are to come by, Betsy makes a habit of buying these items when she sees them, and donating them to area NICU's. We are so touched that she has once again chosen to help support our initiative with all of these beautiful preemie outfits.

All told, Betsy sent us an incredible 11 pairs of preemie pajamas, as well as 5 wonderful three-piece outfits that we know are just going to make someone's day in the NICU at Danbury Hospital!

THANK YOU SO MUCH BETSY!

Thank You Karen of the blog Busy Hands!

We would like to send a HUGE THANK YOU 

out to Karen of the blog Busy Hands

for knitting for us this lovely donation.

Karen lost her beloved son, George Patrick Andrew, to stillbirth in May of 2009. She knitted these beautiful hats in his memory to be worn by pre-term stillborn babies, which can then be taken home by the parents as a tangible keepsake of their child.

These tiny hats are so lovely and we know they will mean so much to the families who receive them.

Thank you so much Karen!

Thank You St. Mary School In Newington, CT

We would like to send a HUGE THANK YOU out to

The Students, Staff and Families of 

St. Mary School, Newington, CT

St. Mary School runs a ministry called A Cuddle and a Prayer Blankie Ministry in which they create handmade fleece blankets for donation. We were lucky to be the recipients of a batch of these beautiful blankies on behalf of the new NICU at Danbury Hospital, and we had the pleasure of delivering these blankies last week.

The students at St. Mary School created these wonderful blankies to the size specifications of NICU isolettes, and I know that they will bring great comfort to the children and families who receive them!

Please be sure to check out St. Mary School's A Cuddle and a Prayer Blankie Ministry website here.

THANK YOU SO MUCH ST. MARY SCHOOL!

We Asked - You Delivered! Danbury Hospital NICU Book Drive!

Wow! We Asked and You Delivered!

Books! Books! Books!

We are pleased to announce that our Book Drive for the 

Danbury Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 

brought in 247 books!

These books will go to great use as parents read them to their NICU babies, or siblings in the NICU curl up with a good book to pass the time. And what's more, each family will have the opportunity to take a special book home with them as a keepsake at the end of their stay! How special a gift you have given them, where they can look back with that child and say, "this was the book I used to read to you in the NICU." Thank you so much again to all who helped to make this book drive a success!

Just look at all these beautiful titles!

Thank You So Much 

Larry and Jayne Shapiro of Shaftsbury VT!

Thank You So Much 

Deanna Whitehead of Chino, CA!

Thank You So Much 

Nika Michaels of Amacartes WA!

Thank You So Much 

Lisa Ginsberg Eisen of Westport CT!

 

Thank You So Much 

Amanda Tryon Johnson of Midlothian, VA!

Thank You So Much 

Elizabeth Roberts of Brookfield CT!

Thank You So Much 

Julia McDonald of Chevy Chase, MD!

Thank You So Much 

Lori Ennis of Jacksonville, NC!

Thank You So Much 

Chris Dlugozima and Deb Steinberg of Hoboken, NJ!

 

Thank You So Much 
Karen Paradise of Canton, CT!

Thank You So Much 

Rebecca Stanley of Smithville, NJ!

Thank You So Much 

Kacey Rose Foundation of Wallingford, CT!

 

Thank You So Much 

Heather Blatz of Pleasant Valley, NY!

And these were from us.

We also received the following beautiful non book donations...

Thank You So Much
Dlugozima Family of Sayville, NY

Thank You So Much 

Malory Jiminez of Southbridge, MA!

Thank You So Much 

Rebecca Stanley of Smithville, NJ!

THANK YOU 

TO ALL WHO DONATED! 

Your kindness has made a difference!