Kids Wish Network's Blog » Elmo http://www.kidswishblog.org Where dreams do really come true! Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:46:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Holiday Smiles at Shriners Hospitals for Children http://www.kidswishblog.org/2009/12/holiday-smiles-at-shriners-hospitals-for-children/ http://www.kidswishblog.org/2009/12/holiday-smiles-at-shriners-hospitals-for-children/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:56:24 +0000 Margo Carter http://www.kidswishblog.org/?p=591 This past weekend was probably one of the best weekends I have ever had. A team from KWN headed north to Philadelphia to host a Holiday of Hope party at the Shriners Hospitals for Children. After months of planning, we finally got to see everything come together and it couldn’t have gone any better!

Meeting Spongebob and loving it at the Holiday of Hope party

Hundreds of children traveled to the hospital to spend the afternoon dancing with Spongebob and Elmo and feasted on pizza, cheese steaks, cake and more!

Enjoying the festivities at the Holiday of Hope party

The best part of the afternoon was standing back and just watching – watching the kids smiling and watching the parents watching their kids. These kids had been through so much with their treatments and therapies but you could just look at their faces and see those worries were the farthest things from their mind. They were laughing and playing and enjoying what they do best – just being a kid.

Kids just being kids at the Holiday of Hope party

Our vendors were great also! This weekend wouldn’t have been possible without them. Since they were so gracious to donate their time, I didn’t want them to feel they had to stay around any longer than they had already committed to. But when the time came for the party to end no one was ready to stop! The DJ (Cutting Edge Entertainment) kept spinning tunes; the face painter and air brush tattoo artist (Natalie Foxhill – Amazing Face Painting and Beth Miller – Creations by Beth) still had a line and kept right on working with smiles! Everyone was great!

Natalie painting a very happy face

Beth (a.k.a. Snow White) air brushing a tattoo

Events like this are such a special time for KWN. If we are able to distract the kids for even a few hours and make sure they enjoy themselves, all the planning and stressing on our part was well worth it!

Margo
HOTM Facility Coordinator

]]> http://www.kidswishblog.org/2009/12/holiday-smiles-at-shriners-hospitals-for-children/feed/ 0 Hooray for the Holiday of Hope! http://www.kidswishblog.org/2009/12/hooray-for-the-holiday-of-hope/ http://www.kidswishblog.org/2009/12/hooray-for-the-holiday-of-hope/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:59:21 +0000 Elizabeth Perez http://www.kidswishblog.org/?p=586 Our Holiday of Hope party at Shriners Hospitals for Children-Philadelphia was awesome! When everyone got in Monday morning, they all had wonderful things to say about the event.

I am excited that I got to be a part of the party. Although I didn’t get to attend, I was definitely there in spirit! I helped acquire a few donations for the event and also helped out with some table tents that were displayed on the tables. I thought about all the ladies that went and wondered how they were doing and how it was going. I have to say that I am a little jealous because while the team from Kids Wish Network was up in Philly, it snowed! I bet it was beautiful!

I am so happy that the party was a success and that all the kids enjoyed their time. There was so much work and planning that went in to this event, and in the end, if the kids are happy, it is all worth it!

Elizabeth
Wish Department

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