Fireworks
Spectacular - "The Best Seats on the River"
DATE:
Sunday, September 6, 2009
LOCATION: Belle of Cincinnati B&B Riverboat - where
WEBN broadcasts from.
BOARD AT: Newport Landing - The Belle does not leave
the dock but has an AWESOME view of the Fireworks because you are right
there!!!
TIME: 4pm to 10:00 pm
COST: $175 includes private party room, hors d'oeurves,
dinner, dessert, beer and wine, and you get to take home your very own
seat for the Fireworks.
SEATING: Very Limited
- this will sell out so get your tickets early!
Make
sure to put this date on your calendar and join with other friends of
Aubrey Rose Foundation for an unforgetable night having dinner, drinks,
watching the fireworks with a front row seat all the while you
are helping children with a life-threatening medical condition and their
families at the same time.
Click
Here for More Information and to Order Tickets
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Dance
for the Heart of it 2009
It's
time to unwind! Come join us for a night of great food, and fun with friends.
We’re
excited this year to be able to bring you our “Let’s
Dance for the Heart of It!” at Hilton Cincinnati Netherland
Plaza on Friday, November 13, 2009. It’s going to be Dazzling
and Dancing for the Heart of it!!! Please put this on your calendar because
this will be one memorable night.
We
will be having live music with the Stays in Vegas Band and we also have
Anna and Milovan who will sing for us during dinner. We will be having
hors d’ouevres, dinner, dancing, an auction and great little surprises
in store for you. $85 per person will be the donation for this evening
and if you make reservation between now and September 30, 2009,
you will be entered into a drawing for a free night stay at the Hilton
Cincinnati Netherland Plaza!
To
find out more information about this Dance or to make your reservations,
please click here.
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Sand,
Sinners and Saints - The Baja Project
The
Aubrey Rose Foundation has teamed up with Christian Chapman "The
Faster Pastor" to help him and his ministry reach out to
1000's of children so close to the USA in his unusual approach to ministry.Christian
is a preacher in his church in Charlotte N.C. and The Baja Project is
an opportunity to do outside the box ministry that most churches can’t
do because their focus is inward driven by discipleship and local 
community
outreach. Christian is teaming up with his good friend
to race in the Baja Project.
Christian and Chris support and love the local church and their efforts
to reach those that are around the corner but they also understand that
Jesus’ ministry was mobile as well as were most of the disciples
and apostles of the early church. Jesus Himself reminded the disciples
of their mission with his words in Acts 1:8 “But you will receive
power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you; and you will be my witnesses
in Jerusalem, and Samaria, and even to the remotest places on earth. Please
click
here for more about The Baja Project and how you can help.
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Charitable
Giving
When
developing your estate plan, you can do well by doing good. Leaving money
to charity rewards you in many ways. It gives you a sense of personal
satisfaction, and it can save you money in estate taxes. By leaving money
to charity when you die, the full amount of your charitable gift may be
deducted from the value of your taxable estate.
The
easiest and most direct way to make a charitable gift is by outright
bequest of cash in your will. Making an outright bequest requires
only a short paragraph in your will that names the charitable beneficiary
and states the amount of the gift. The outright request is especially
appropriate when the amount of your gift is relatively small, or when
you want the funds to go to the charity without strings attached.
Another
way to help the Aubrey Rose Foundation is for everyone who is reading
this newsletter, to make a small contribution such as
$5 donation and you can do this online at http://www.aubreyrose.org/donate.htm.
Think about all of the families that we could help once those $5’s
are added up. This online donation works… take a look at President
Obama’s campaign – according to Twitter, he raised $42 million
dollars by people making an average donation of $12 online! That was people
making a donation to pay for airtime and travel during the presidential
race but just think that if all of our friends and supporters of the Aubrey
Rose Foundation made just a $5 donation, how quickly this could add up
and how many children we could help!
We hope
you never have to utilize Aubrey’s Foundation for a sick child but
just think about it for a minute. What would YOU do if your child
were sick? The cost of medical care can really devastate a family
in many ways and having been there dealing with Aubrey and her medical
condition, we know first-hand how this can wreak havok on a family.
Put aside
your comfort zone for just one minute, say a prayer of thanks and make
your online donation to Aubrey’s Foundation to help relieve the
added stress that these families have. You will be rewarded ten-fold!
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A
Family We Helped
When
we help families financially, and we receive a thank you note, we don’t
think the family has any clue as to how much this means to us. Their
note brings such joy to us and it really validates why we do
what we do. It makes all of our efforts so very worthwhile and their notes
put tears of joy into our eyes – We cannot tell you in words how
much it means to us that the family actually took time to thank us! And
then to receive a picture is even more rewarding because we love to surprise
families with a little something extra for the children. The grant
helps out the families with their financial needs but we need
to do something for the children to so that they feel the love from Aubrey’s
Foundation as well. Having a child with a life-threatening medical condition
is stressful enough but when you add the burden of the financial strain,
it can just put a family over the edge. Our mission with the Aubrey Rose
Foundation is to help these families financially, spiritually and emotionally.
Here
are a mother’s words:
Dearest
Jerry and Nancy,
Last
week we received your box of happiness for our family. We were ecstatic
when we read and saw your letter with payments made towards Hunter &
Mia’s medical bills. The beyond generous gifts cards for medical
and travel needs was breath-taking. I personally cried 6 times that
day just talking about the Aubrey Rose Foundation and your generosity.
Our family really needed that cheerful surprise! All 5 of the kids love
and adore the stuffed bunnies & duck. Mia took a strong taking to
the duck, as she loves penguins and thought it was one-ha ha! We are
so touched by Aubrey’s story and pray for your family every night.
We explained to our oldest children the sotry behind the Foundation
and Aubrey’s unfortunate situation. The first thing Hunter said
was, “Aubrey is looking down on us from Heaven and making us smile
with our new animals. I immedicately broken down and said, “Yes,
little Aubrey is protecting us with her Angel wings.
I
wish there was a way to repay you all for your sweet thoughts and concern.
If you EVER need us for our time and sotry or any volunteer opportunities,
please DO NOT hesitate to ask. We will continue to visit Aubrey’s
website and please keep us on your email/mailing list.
Thank
you again for all that you do and have done for us! We can’t THANK
you enough. Have
a wonderful day and God Bless!
Love
Always,
Eric
and Jane and of course, Lexus, Hunter, Devon, Taylor and Mia
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Scholarships
Our
goal for this Scholarship Reception is to have the scholarship recipients
and their parents, the 8th grade teachers, grade school principals and
the high school principals from the schools where the recipients will
be going to, in attendance. We want this Reception to be so motivating
and uplifting and we want everyone to walk away knowing what an honor
it was not just for the Scholarship Recipient to receive this award
but also for everyone to walk away with a special feeling in their hearts
and smiles on their faces! I think we accomplished our goal!
On
June 10th, 2009 the Scholarship Reception was such a wonderful
evening. Scholarship recipients could meet other students who will be
going on to high school. And it was a night where their new principals/administrators
could meet the recipients as well. The parents had a chance to talk
with other parents and also with the administrators of the schools and
this was priceless. Nancy started the night off with Aubrey’s
story and Jerry continued on about how our scholarship recipients are
now “marked”. He went on to explain that these high school
principals now know these recipients and if the principals need a student
to do something special, they know that they can call on one of the
Aubrey Rose Foundation Scholarship Recipients and the job will be done.
The parents totally understood this and the recipients will eventually
come to know this. We had Anthony Buford, ARF Board
Member and head of the Junior Scholarship Board speak first and with
his great speaking voice and the story he had to tell, he spoke volumes
to the guests at this Reception. Anthony is a dynamic motivational speaker!
Next we had our two Junior Scholarship Board Members, Brian
Jacob and Mike Staud speak about what being
a member of the Junior Scholarship Board really meant to them. This
Junior Scholarship Board will oversee the applications coming in for
the 25 scholarships that Aubrey’s Foundation gives out every year.
Brian
and Mike truly are role models for our scholarship recipients!
Sunday,
May 17, 2009 at the beautiful Aston Oaks Golf Course. We
had a packed outing with 144 golfers and many of these golfers had their
family members come for dinner and our silen
t
auction.
Texas Roadhouse and Joseph Toyota and
all of the businesses who contributed to our auction. And of course without
the volunteers who give their time we could never realize our mission -
we thank you from the bottom of our hearts and double lungs!
