Gyros & More!!!!

We are thrilled to have Victoria Ruiz and her team with us for Spring For A Cure 2012. She will be offering delectable Gyros and a festival must have......Popcorn!!!! There will be so many choices to tantalize your taste buds....so come ready to have fun and fill up all while helping a good cause.

Thank you Victoria for participating and we look forward to having Gyros & More at Spring For A Cure for years to come!!!!

Welcome NEW vendors and we are so glad to have FUN vendors back from last year

I am excited for all the new vendors that are in the works for Spring For A Cure 2012 and the ones from last year! Last year I did vendor spotlights each week. I write these up on a weekly basis and go in line from when I have received your form. I try to post these on Friday or Saturday and have them run for a week. Look for the first one this week as we welcome a new food vendor!!

So email me at springforacure@yahoo.com with any questions or to find out how to be a vendor!!!

Come one, Come all......Spring For A Cure 2012

Cant believe it is that time already. I have already been working and planning Spring For A Cure 2012!! It is set for February 25th, 2012 from 1oam-2pm. We have some returning vendors and I am working on getting some exciting new vendors.

If you want to be a vendor, do a game booth or volunteer please email me at springforacure@yahoo.com

I am so excited to have this underway!!

I am so committed this year. We have lost 2 more members of our NF community this year. One was 18 and one was 23. This is to young to lose your child against something that you can feel so powerless against.

Children's Tumor Foundation http://www.ctf.org/ is making leaps and bounds in their clinical studies and research. So I continue to push, fight and raise awareness anyway I can. If any small measure of work or sacrifice I can do now would help one parent from the devistating diagnosis in the future I will fight with every breath that I have.

Below is a poem I wrote after learning of another families struggles with NF and their little daughter is very young under 4 I believe.


I want to scream
I want to Pout
I want to cry
I want to shout

why must you take hold of so many kids
They are kids how could you have done what you did
Tumors grow here and there,
Medical conditions I never want to hear
Doctor’s appointments day in and day out
I cant take one more of my little boys shouts

Once every three months he goes in a machine
We pray all day long that everything is clean
Where is the strength to do this for life
Where is the break from the pain and the strife?

I so dearly pray for there to be an ending
but it seems with each obstacle its just a new beginning
I sit here some days, banging my head against a wall
But is doesn’t seem to help, not a little bit, not at all

Thank you for all your support!

We LOVE the Color Red.......

And who doesn't? And I bet you will LOVE Red Headed Gypsy. Another awesome vendor we have lined up for Spring For A Cure.

Red is bold, Be Bold, Be beautiful, Be you!! Embrace your inner redhead. Plus size ladies this is the place for you. Tired of dressing in bland colors trying to blend in. Tired of your wardrobe being black because it is "slimming". Ladies I am with you, lets take back our closets and fill them with fun, funky, fresh fashion!!!!

And don't stop there. Red Headed Gypsy is a full service shopping experience. Not only do they carry a line of plus size fashion they also carry fun accessories. So if you aren't a full sized gal, no worries they have something for everyone with the wide variety of designer handbags, hair accessories, belts, blinged out shoes and don't forget hats. If you can think of it Red Headed Gypsy has it. Red Headed Gypsy can dress you from head toe.

Come on out and see this vendors inaugural appearance!!! We are so honored to be Red Headed Gypsy's premier event. Stop by and see samples of what Kathy, the owner, has to offer. The full line of plus size fashion will be available for order or book an awesome party with Kathy and enjoy an evening of fashion and accessories for a fun girls night.

Kathy does all kind of events and parties. Want her at your event or book a party. Contact her at 602-487-8875 also check out her website http://www.redheadedgypsyboutique.com/redheadedgypsyboutique.com/Welcome.html to learn more about this amazing woman and where you can see her around town. This is one experience you wont want to miss.

AZ Balloon Artist presents Kyle's Balloon Garden

When I first started planning Spring For A Cure last fall I contacted a balloon artist I found on craigslist. Her work was amazing and I thought I need a balloon artist to twist a few balloons for the children. She then invited me to a meeting they were having that night. We took Kyle and he had a blast. From that meeting several balloon artists graciously offered their time and talents.

I am proud to announce that the group Arizona Balloon Artists will be at Spring For A Cure. But they have a much larger vision than I did. They have created Kyle's Balloon Garden for the event. Below are Tobi's words on describing the event and their plans;

"If you have watched the new television show “Unpoppables” on TLC, you may understand what a Balloon Artist goes through on major events. We have our very own team of Balloon Artists here in Arizona and they are available for a large corporate events, weddings, and more. The team has volunteered to create one of the world’s largest balloon gardens, titled “Kyle’s Balloon Garden” to help draw attention to this year’s Spring for a Cure! Tobi, with AZ Balloon Artists, has said that the garden will contain well over 5000 balloons and will have over 170 man hours into this project. To ensure that the children can enjoy the garden to the fullest, each segment of the garden was designed as a centerpiece that can be purchased with a donation of $20."

They will also have all kinds of flowers and little critters available for donations of $1-$3 so that anyone can take a wonderful piece of this amazing garden.

Check out their website at http://www.azballoonartists.blogspot.com/ for amazing pictures and more information about this talented group of balloon artists.

Oh Snap by Carlee......

I am excited to present our photographer for the event. Carlee Komar has generously donated her time and talent to Spring For A Cure. When asked about her business and passion for photography she had this to say:

I have always loved photographs. I would constantly take pictures of my kids and take them to photo studios. My point and shoot just wasn't good at it and I realized every time we went to a studio my kids were unhappy and not cooperating. It ended up costing me over $100 for pictures that were just ok and totally posed. They were just awkward. I was stressed, my kids were stressed. So I decided to come home and sell every designer purse I no longer used and consigned all the clothes that not longer fit my children. With $500 in hand I purchased my first DSLR camera. I immersed myself into everything photography. In a week I knew my camera backwards and forwards. I practiced on anything breathing or not. I was fortunate with lots of opportunities with friends and family that led to the client base that I have now.

Today, I count myself blessed to be apart of so many peoples special moments. Whether its engagements, weddings, pregnancies, newborns, kids, families, or fun, what motivates me the most is catching that second in time for my clients so that it can last forever.

I am so excited to be working with Carlee and know she would capture your special moment also. You can see Carlee's work at http://www.facebook.com/ohsnapbycarlee and http://ohsnapbycarlee.wordpress.com/

Thank you Carlee!!

Pampered Chef

The Pampered Chef has the best kitchen tools around for new cooks, great cooks or those who don't know how to cook! The prices range from $1 up to appx. 500 which is cookware. There is something for everyone and all budgets. Hosting a cooking show can also help as it can be a fundraiser or it can be a show so the host can get some free, discounted and half priced items and your fundraiser still gets $3 for the booked show.

To place an order online go to www.pamperedchef.biz/cookin4joi click shop online, bottom left hand corner, put spring or Brittney in the host area, then click on the link to the fundraiser, Spring for a Cure and you are in the area to order!

I am so excited to be involved and honored to be able to help raise funds!

Joi