The Sofia & Vincent Calvanese Memorial Foundation - Fundly.com (takes you to their site)
We are now set up on Fundly.com to accept donations and sponsorships. Thank you to everyone for the support in years past and this - our 5th year! - funding Abington Memorial's NICU and CHOP's NeoNatal Follow Up Program. Click on the above link and feel free to send any additional information to me directly at jennifercalvanese@yahoo.com
We hope to keep growing in the near future... we have many projects in our pipeline that we can't wait to share with you all!
Thanks!
Vince and Jen Calvanese & Family
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Oh Bald Barbie, why are you making me lose sleep!!!
Do you remember those "preemie" cabbage patch dolls from our younger years?????
It was cool to have a preemie. The March of Dimes had partnered to make the doll and have some of the proceeds for research. Well all these years later, I'm the mother of 2 preemies and 2 angel preemies and I see one in an "antique shop" in Maryland while shopping with my mother in law. I had to duck out of site for a moment, because I immediately felt 100% sick to my stomach.
There she was, all packaged up like the fad toy that she was in her prime. Never touched, perfectly the same. That's how I feel about my own kids who are not with me anymore and my stomach turned sour. My mind had changed on the little doll that once I thought was cute.
Did we think about those dolls differently - did it make an impact??? Was this an opportunity to raise awareness? Were the parents using it as an awareness tool? Not that I know.
So how the hell is Barbie - the nemesis of reality - supposed to help young girls? She's a woman! She's not even a child that they can relate to! You want to teach your kids about cancer?? Read them Alex and the Amazing Lemonade Stand. Proceeds GO to research. If this thing comes to fruition, I hope that Bald Barbie won't cause some mother to cry in an antique shop some 30 years later. I hope she is a reminder of how we changed young girls' minds about awareness. I hope. Mattel has yet to comment and I hope it's because they are taking the same amount of time to think about the impact.
I sent the picture of Patch to my fellow preemie friend and have since deleted it. So here you go - this is a preemie. I'm not one to be overly sensitive or outspoken on much... but Bald Barbie, you're causing me to lose sleep. Ergggggggg
It's not a silly thing. It's not just a doll. It took an experience to realize that.
It was cool to have a preemie. The March of Dimes had partnered to make the doll and have some of the proceeds for research. Well all these years later, I'm the mother of 2 preemies and 2 angel preemies and I see one in an "antique shop" in Maryland while shopping with my mother in law. I had to duck out of site for a moment, because I immediately felt 100% sick to my stomach.
There she was, all packaged up like the fad toy that she was in her prime. Never touched, perfectly the same. That's how I feel about my own kids who are not with me anymore and my stomach turned sour. My mind had changed on the little doll that once I thought was cute.
Did we think about those dolls differently - did it make an impact??? Was this an opportunity to raise awareness? Were the parents using it as an awareness tool? Not that I know.
So how the hell is Barbie - the nemesis of reality - supposed to help young girls? She's a woman! She's not even a child that they can relate to! You want to teach your kids about cancer?? Read them Alex and the Amazing Lemonade Stand. Proceeds GO to research. If this thing comes to fruition, I hope that Bald Barbie won't cause some mother to cry in an antique shop some 30 years later. I hope she is a reminder of how we changed young girls' minds about awareness. I hope. Mattel has yet to comment and I hope it's because they are taking the same amount of time to think about the impact.
I sent the picture of Patch to my fellow preemie friend and have since deleted it. So here you go - this is a preemie. I'm not one to be overly sensitive or outspoken on much... but Bald Barbie, you're causing me to lose sleep. Ergggggggg
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It's not a silly thing. It's not just a doll. It took an experience to realize that.
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