SMA Art Auction (Created by Brielle and Brooke) for SMA Awareness Month Raises $1,750 For Families Of SMA!

This is an ONLINE auction on our Facebook Page.  If you don’t have an account please create one and “like” the Friends of Brielle and Brooke Fan Page and place a comment under the painting that you like with your bid. 

Easy as that!!  :)  Proceeds go to the Families of SMA And your donation is tax deductible.

Time	NOW - August 22 at 9:00pm
Location	ONLINE
Created By	Friends of Brielle and Brooke
More Info	August is SMA Awareness Month and we are celebrating by having an art auction! All paintings were created and named by Brielle and Brooke! https://www.facebook.com/friendsofbrielleandbrooke#!/media/set/?set=a.10150288158398744.353910.345911263743&type=1 Place a comment with your bid under the picture you like and the winning bid by 9:00pm on Monday, August 22nd WINS! All proceeds will go to the Families of SMA for research to find a CURE for SMA! Please invite your friends to this event and help us have a successful Art Auction for SMA! Thank you!!

       There are 8 paintings total. 

Please visit the SMA Art Auction Album on Facebook to place your bid.

 

 

Applebee's Fundraiser For SMA Awareness Day Raises $273.44!

Enjoy a meal that is filling - and fulfilling!!

Applebee’s Dining to Donate program will donate 15% of your bill to Families of SMA in honor of Brooke and Brielle on August 22nd at ALL Kalamazoo locations.

Present this flyer to your server on MONDAY AUGUST 22nd, 2011 at any Applebee’s location in Kalamazoo, MI. You will only need one flyer per table.

The Rusty Rudder Charity Golf Outing Raises $4,000 for Families of SMA!!

Time	Monday, September 12 · 11:00am - 2:00pm
Location	Skybrook Golf Club 14720 Northgreen Drive Huntersville, NC
Created By	The Rusty Rudder
More Info	The Second Annual Rusty Rudder Golf Outing. Proceeds benefit The Families of SMA (FSMA) in honor of Brooke and Brielle. Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy is dedicated to creating a treatment and cure by: - Funding and advancing a comprehensive research program; - Supporting SMA families through networking, information and services; - Improving care for all SMA patients; - Educating health professionals and the public about SMA; - Enlisting government support for SMA; - Embracing all touched by SMA in a caring community. “Our vision is a world where Spinal Muscular Atrophy is treatable and curable.” The golf outing will be held Monday, September 12th at Skybrook Golf Club in Huntersville, NC. We will have prizes for lowest score, longest drive, closest to the hole, raffles and more! We are looking for donations, hole sponsors, golfers, and advertising to help raise as much money as possible. Our goal this year is to have a full field of 144 golfers. If any one has any ideas or suggestions, please let us know. Costs to play: in July, $400 per foursome in August, $500 per foursome *add $200 to sponsor a hole! Any questions please contact Eric or Ted @ 704-895-9195

The Madagascar Hack! Rugger's Up and Under Golf Outing Raises $299.00 for Families of SMA

Time	Saturday, June 25 · 11:00am - 2:00pm
Location	The Prairies Golf Club 5303 West Main Kalamazoo, MI 49009
Created By	Friends of Brielle and Brooke
More Info	Rugger’s Up and Under Golf Outing “The Madagascar Hack” is back! Registration is at 11 am with a shotgun start at 12 Noon. Four person teams and the entry is $60.00 per person. Steak dinner to follow at Up and Under on the Tiki patio. Raffle tickets will be sold at the course and the drawing will immediately follow dinner. Proceeds from the outing will go to benefit Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (FSMA) in honor of Brielle and Brooke! Register early and good luck!

Troy, OH Strawberry Festival

The amazing Beb-e-ssential ladies, Penny and Melissa, have graciously offered to host an SMA awareness booth at the annual Troy Strawberry Festival in Ohio!  All proceeds will go to the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation for SMA research! 

Here is a quote from Victoria Strong last year about the first duck race, “Penny and Melissa heard the festival organizers were holding a duck race raffle — The Great Strawberry Duck Race. Well, Penny and Melissa immediately marched over to buy their ducks and they generously did so in the name of the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation! These cute little rubber duckies never meant more. The grand prize was $1,000!!! — and while the 2nd through 6th place winnings were really neat prizes, pizza every month isn’t going to help cure SMA. This was a long shot — a HUGE long shot. There were hundreds of duckies entered into the contest. But, none as cute as “Gwennie!” After a huge rain storm made the river too full, Penny and Melissa weren’t exactly sure how the “race” would go. It turned out, the ducks were all herded into a pool, labeled only with a random number, and then the Strawberry Festival Queen and Princesses lined up to each select a winner — with the Queen randomly picking the grand prize lucky duck. And guess what??? Gwennie was selected!!! Our duck, out of hundreds, is the winning duck!!! Can you believe it??? It gives me goosebumps to think of the odds and to know none of it would have happened without two very generous, thoughtful, and fabulous ladies!!! Thank you so, so much Penny and Melissa. You are simply incredible.”

This year, Penny and Melissa are holding another booth to raise awareness for SMA this weekend.  It is sure to bring attention with all kinds of SMA awareness paraphernalia and photos of 50 children impacted by SMA and guess what?  Brooke and Brielle are featured!  Penny and Melissa are opening up the duck race to all of us by making a donation on their website, and all you have to do is just make sure to put your name, address and phone number in the comments section when you check out and they will fill out the tickets for you!  Each duck is $5 or you can purchase the “quack pack” that gives you 5 for $20. 

So what are you waiting for, go quackie and purchase your ducks!