2017 Olivet Firemen’s Festival
We had a blast this year at the 2017 Olivet Firemen’s Festival! It was our 3rd opportunity to be a part of the vendor area to fundraise and tell the community about our organization! Overall, we raised more than $200 for our Care Package Project! Thank you so much for supporting Princess Alli Foundation!
US CuddleCot Campaign Initiative
We are humbled and honored to announce our participation in the US CuddleCot Campaign Initiative, a grant writing campaign organized and led by Stories of Babies Born Still (S.O.B.B.S.). From the Campaign’s Facebook Page: From the founder of SOBBS and as a mother of a stillborn child thank you so much for taking the time to review the information on the CuddleCot. For those not familiar with the unit a CuddleCot is an in room cooling unit that is the size of a small humidifier disguised inside of a Moses basket. Research has proven having a unit available to parents while they are in the hospital encourages families to spend time […]
Welcome HURLEY Families to our Care Package Program
Princess Alli Foundation is excited for the opportunity to partner with Hurley Medical Center to provide Toiletry Care Packages to families at their Children’s Hospital! Our first care package delivery was made on July 9, 2016! Generous donations from the communities of Flint and Flushings, including families at Flushings United Methodist Church, have made this expansion possible! Our goal is to create a sustainable program that will allow us to provide toiletry care packages to families with children at the hospital that may have arrived with little or no personal belongings. We are in need of the following sample/trial size items for our toiletry bags: Shampoo Conditioner Body Wash or Bar Soap Toothbrushes Toothpaste Dental Floss Deodorant Face/Makeup Wipes […]
THANK YOU! 2016 Art Van Charity Challenge Recap
THANK YOU to our amazing donors, Facebook LIKE-ers and SHARE-ers, and those that offered us prayers and encouragement during the 2016 Charity Challenge! We were able to raise $1,161 in donations PLUS won an additional $100 in prize money from Art Van over the last 6 weeks for a grand total of $1,261! These funds will be used to expand our toiletry care package project to Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo, Hurley Medical Center in Flint, and C.S. Motts in Ann Arbor and will provide almost ONE THOUSAND TOILETRY CARE PACKAGES! If you were unable to donate during the Challenge but would like to support our Sparrow Food Care Package Project or our Toiletry […]
June 12, 2016 – Art Van Charity Challenge Update
June 12, 2016 – Art Van Charity Challenge Update Hello friends! There is just over a week left of the 2016 Art Van Charity Challenge and we are just about 50% of the way to our fundraising goal! THANK YOU to everyone that has donated, LIKED, or SHARED our posts and updates during the challenge. We appreciate your help spreading the word about the Challenge and our mission to support the families of children with illnesses in memory of our sweet Allison Ruth! We have been super busy planning an EXPANSION of our Care Package Project to Hurley Medical Center in Flint (in honor of all of our AMAZING sponsors […]
2016 Sparrow Children’s Miracle Network Telethon
We were proud to volunteer at the 2016 Sparrow Children’s Miracle Network Telethon, which was held on June 3rd and 4th at the Sparrow Professional Building in Lansing, MI. This was our 2nd year being a part of the Telethon! Here are a few pictures from the event: The Telethon was a huge success, raising over $868,000 for Sparrow’s Children Center! Great work everyone!
Press Release: 2016 Art Van Charity Challenge
May 18, 2016 PRINCESS ALLI FOUNDATION JOINS THE 2016 ART VAN CHARITY CHARITY CHALLENGE 4 ON CROWDRISE Help Princess Alli Foundation win $100,000 by donating to its CrowdRise campaign Olivet, MI – Princess Alli Foundation has joined the 2016 Art Van Charity Challenge, a fundraising competition on CrowdRise, the largest crowdfunding platform for good. For the third year in a row, Art Van Furniture is sponsoring a CrowdRise Challenge and is donating over $300,000 in prize money to organizations supporting children, health and human services in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Princess Alli Foundation has joined the Challenge on CrowdRise in hopes of raising money to support its hospital care package project and […]
MUMC – Missions Cafe
THANK YOU! To the Youth and Congregation of Marshall United Methodist Church in Marshall, MI! This past Sunday the Youth Group opened their “Mission Cafe” and offered snacks and drinks by donation with the proceeds benefiting Princess Alli Foundation! Their efforts not only raised enough funds to purchase our first Holiday Care Package Sponsorship, but also provide more than three weeks of food and toiletry care packages to Sparrow Health System! In addition to fundraising, the Junior High Youth made “Busy Bags” full of kids activities for our inpatient friends. Thank you for helping us support the families of children with illnesses! There are still several sponsorship […]
2016 Holiday Care Package Project
We are excited to announce the launch of our 2016 Holiday Care Package Project! Our 2015 Project was a huge success, and we are excited for the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of families this holiday season as well! We are looking for sponsors for 11 days of care packages ($100 for a full sponsorship, or $50 for a half sponsorship). We are also looking for crafters to make and donate small gifts for the caregivers to help make the holidays more comfortable for them. Please click HERE for more information.
Happy Anniversary Princess Alli Foundation
After Alli passed away in January 2015 we knew that we needed to find a way to honor her memory and help other families that were fighting for their sick children. It was one year ago this week that I presented the idea of a memorial foundation for our sweet daughter to a small group of friends and family, and we set in motion plans to begin bringing care packages to Sparrow Health System just a couple of short weeks later. We are quickly approaching the first week of May and the anniversary of that first delivery and plan to celebrate it with the delivery of our 2,500th care package! I can […]
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