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 Heart of Gold Award
The Heart of Gold
Award is given to those people who are dealing with,
or who have overcome, a challenge in their lives and have then gone on
to help others face a similar challenge. We will provide a full color
certificate and a bio on our "Heart of Gold Award" page of our website.
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Reagan |
Lisa |
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Reagan Christy was one of two recipients
of the first
Princess Project "Heart of Gold Award." This award
is given to those who overcome an obstacle in their life
and then reach out to help others in a similar situation.
As a child, Reagan suffered the loss of her
mother in
tragic circumstances. She plans to
become a child--
family therapist. |
Lisa Thele was one of two recipients of the first
Princess
Project "Heart of Gold Award." This award is given to
those who overcome an obstacle in their life and then
reach out to help others in a similar situation. Lisa
suffers from diabetes.
She spends time in the summers
helping children at
Camp Hertko Hollow, a camp for
children with diabetes.
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Miranda |
Samantha |
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Miranda Miller received the "Heart of Gold Award"
in 2006.
Miranda has
asthma and is currently
training
to become
a respiratory therapist. |
Samantha Thomson received the "Heart of Gold Award"
in 2007. She has
diabetes
and has used her knowledge
of good nutrition by teaching a class for teens at her local
health club. She teaches them about the value of proper
nutrition and exercise. |
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Terri |
Michala |
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The Princess Project is honored
to present a
"Heart of Gold"
Award
to Terri Helmick,
When
Terri Helmick
was
pregnant with
her third child
she discovered
that her unborn daughter
would be born
with Congenital
Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH),
one
of approximately 2,000 babies
born each year
with this life
threatening
defect. Doctors gave
her
unborn child a 20--35%
chance to
survive since
the hernia allows the
abdominal
organs to
push
into the chest cavity and limit
the growth
of
the
lungs.
Unwilling
to give up
hope, and with faith
aplenty, Terri and her family made a trip across
the country,
to Children's
Hospital of Philadelphia,
so that her little one
could receive life
saving surgery.
Today her daughter
is developmentally ahead of her
age,
full of smiles, and a joy
Breath of Hope,
an
international
organization with
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personal article for Breath of Hope Newsletter. |
Michala
is an 11 year old who has raised over $200,000
for research into an autism
treatment which has helped
her brother as well as several other children. She
was
recently seen on Good Morning America
and the Ellen
DeGeneres show and has also received the "Kentuckian
of the Year
Award".
Much of the money Michala has
raised
has come from beaded
bracelets, which you can learn
more
about by clicking on the link
Beading For Autism!.
The
International Princess Project is proud
to have awarded
Michala the "Heart of Gold
Award" certificate, which is
given to
those who face a challenge in their life
but who
try to reach out to help others with a
similar challenge.
We also loved honoring
her with the gift of a Princess
Project Princess Party-in-a-Box, which includes a tiara
and
Princess themed gifts. The founders of the
Princess
Project honor Michala for her TRUE
heart of gold. |
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Cassidy |
Valerie |
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Cassidy4Chiari
"Mommy, I sure hope we sell
a lot of these {bracelets}
so
all of us can be better and not
have to hurt any more."
These
are the words of Cassidy, a
seven year old, dark
haired
sweetheart who has been
fighting the chronic
pain,
along with a myriad of other
symptoms, which
comes from
Chiari Malformation 1 and
Syringomyelia -
www.asap.org
This malformation of the back
part of
the skull forces a part of
the cerebellum into the spinal
canal and leads to cysts of
cerebrospinal fluid along the
spinal cord. Currently, there is no cure. Cassidy has
already endured one surgery to relieve
symptoms, and
is still often unable
to sleep because of pain. Cassidy
and her mother make
bracelets to sell for Chiari research.
Cassidy's concern is not only for her
own pain but for
the pain of other
children as well as for the "big people"
who suffer. "We have to help make them better because
they were kids
a long time ago, too," Cassidy has
said.
She says to pray not just for
her but for all the children.
www.freewebs.com/cassidy4chiari
"Every bracelet sold is one bracelet
closer to conquering
Chiari." |
Valerie Taylor is a proud mother and grandmother and a very
busy graduate student (who holds two B.S. degrees!). She has
given up many late night hours to work on a national media
awareness campaign and a video montage to raise awareness
of a cruel genetic disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, which
affects her beloved grandson. She has also had meetings with
her state legislature in an effort to have August declared SMA
Awareness Month in her state. To participate in the awareness
campaign (easy to do!!)
Contact Valerie at
SMACure4Aiden@yahoo.com.
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M. J. |
Gabby |
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Margaret "MJ" is considered a Queen by
all the children
who know and love her.
Here is MJ's story in her own words:
I lost my mother to a car accident when I was 2 1/2 years
old and my sister to SMA when I was 3. I first started
giving when I was 9 and had spinal fusion and gave a
little girl on PICU a beanie baby and just started giving.
My first was handing out beanie babies at SMA
Conferences and donated books and beanies to the
PICU (Newark, NJ). I then started making cards or notes
for SMA Kids and kids with Cancer and started sending
out 25 a month and before I stopped at age 16, was up to
100 cards a month. Then started B4SMA
(www.our-sma-angels.com/b4sma)
and also taught
myself how to do websites. Now I design and
maintain about 70 websites on
www.our-sma-angels.com
in my free time. I am a junior at Wright State University,
majoring in Rehabilitation Services, have a 3.7 gpa. |
Gabby's Givers Holiday Toy Drive has been awarded
a Heart of Gold Award by The Princess Project. This
Christmas, over 130 children battling cancer at Children's
Hospital of Philadelphia were given presents thanks to
Gabriella's organization (with help from Mom, Rachel).
Gabby is herself a patient at CHOP.
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