Good things keep rolling in

I do believe if you give out positive vibes then you will receive them back. I am happy to say we are being blessed and have received two gift certificates for our charity crop to raffle off in September.

Thanks to Kim Sheller from Creative Expression Scrapbooking Escapes, http://www.ceweekendescapes.com/. We will be raffling off a gift certificate that some lucky winner can use at one of her scrapbooking escapes. Thank you Kim!

Thanks to Elizabeth Bussler from Scraptacular, http://www.shopscraptacular.com/, who has donated a gift certificate as well for our charity crop raffle. Thank you Beth!

Please check out both sites they have fantastic products and events.

So, with these and the other exciting items, what are you waiting for to sign up. Download the registration form and send it in. Call those scrapbook friends and tell them its time to break out the adhesive and dust off the unfinished projects and have a fun weekend in September. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Raffle items

We have been reaching out to many in the scrapbook community for donations for raffle items and I am happy to say we have received one from Joy Tracey. She has a fantastic style and really creative ideas. Visit her blogs at www.obsessedwithscrapbooking.com and www.everydaycricut.com.

Thank you Joy for the generous donation of 2 cartridges for our raffle. 

We are receiving daily registrations from many fellow croppers, thank you all for spreading the word and joining us again. My family is working hard to make it another fun weekend. I have Juan (husband) updating our music for the weekend and kids working on fun table number centerpieces. I am thinking of changing the theme this time for Fall, so new decorations and menu ideas.

Counting down to September!!!

New Charity Crop Room Lay Out!!!

Very exciting news!!! Thanks to our venue hosts at Calvary Church, we now have a new room layout with rectangle tables so we can now have 56 croppers in our crop.

Very exciting!!! Spaces are filling up, so please send in your registration and note on the registration form who you would like to sit with. 

Happy Cropping!!!

Count down to Charity Crop!!

Hello All,
Please note we have been busy organizing this event and are happy to announce we have the following vendors who will be at the Charity Crop in September.

Creative Memories,
Scrapbookings Inn,
Stampin Up,
Memory Making Mom,
Close to My Heart,
31 Bags,
Scentsy,
Pampered Chef

We will be providing their contact information shortly so if there is anything you should need to order prior to the event, you will be able to reach out to them directly.

Registrations have been coming in so if you are thinking of joining us in September please go to our blog and download the registration form, mail your form and payment to Andrea Ayala. Address is on the form.

Getting very excited and updating our music and organizing the raffle table prizes. Thank you to all who have helped spread the word on our event.

The Ayala Family

In the News!

In the News, there will be lots of events in the community to raise funds and educate others about ALS. Eagles running back LeSean McCoy announced his celebrity softball game on June 23rd in Lancaster.

http://www.alsphiladelphia.org/page.aspx?pid=962

Show your support!!

Write a Letter

Start writing! Write to your state’s Congressional leaders and legislators and ask for their support of the MODDERN CURES ACT http://www.puttingpatientsfirst.net/moddern/.

“More than 133 million Americans – over 40% of the U.S. population – live with a long-term disease or disability. But for some people there are no treatments and there are no cures. Most treatments that do exist work only for 50 to 75 percent of the patients who currently use them. Only 1% of marketed drugs have a companion diagnostic test to determine which patients would benefit from a specific treatment.”

Request additional funding for the National ALS Registry as well! The registry is pertinent to understanding all aspects of ALS and what connects patients with ALS (PALS) across the country. This collection of patient data could be instrumental in solving the mystery of ALS and securing a cure.

Another important objective in the road to a cure is the ALS Research Program (ALSRP) at the Department of Defense. However, that funding is being threatened and the government is proposing to reduce that budget by millions of dollars.

Please write to save ALSRP!

ALS Association Events

Upcoming ALS Association events to check out!

5/12/2012 - Seaside Board…Walk to Defeat ALS® Hiering Avenue and the Boardwalk, Seaside Heights, NJ

5/19/2012 - Bloomsburg, Jorge’sWalk to Defeat ALS® Bloomsburg Town Park Bloomsburg, PA

5/23/2012 - Lakewood BlueClaws Celebrity Waiter Event First Energy Park Lakewood, NJ

6/2/2012 - Hershey Walk to Defeat ALS® Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA

6/16/2012 - ALS Express Bike Event Morey’s Piers Wildwood, NJ

7/26/2012 - Phillies Phestival Citizens Bank Park Philadelphia, PA