Welcome to 2012

We have AMAZING things happening this year at Project Ed Bear.

Here are just a few things that we are up to.

1. We are in the process of being the subject of a documentary that will feature many of our kids and Akron Children's Hospital.

2. We are getting ready for the BEST year of Camp Ed Bear we have ever had. June 1st through June 3rd. Are you ready for a Luau?

3. We have two Friends of Project Ed Bear that are starting an annual Project Ed Bear Golf Outing.Details to follow!

4. We are hosting The Mad Hatters Tea once again in September as part of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

5. We are once again teaming up with Camp Quality for their Childhood Cancer Day on September 8th.

6. We are gathering together with other not for profits together that benefit our children suffering from cancer during the month of September to promote Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

7. We will launch LIV THRU ART at a Gallery opening at Studio 2091 in Cuyahoga Falls on September 29th, 2012 and will feature the art of our Project Ed Bear children. They will be there to be the stars of the evening and will enjoy having a large crowd admire their work.

8. The Gala/Auction this year will be held on Monday, November 26th and will be the best one yest. We had 687 people in attendance last year. The children walked the red carpet to receive their OUTSTANDING BRAVERY AWARD and were announced on stage by Tim and Christy from 97.5 WONE. It was WONDERFUL and EMOTIONAL. Make plans to be there this year.

I have SEVERAL other things on the schedule including our interaction with the University of Akron Athletics and will announce that as we firmly schedule events in.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT . Our website www.projectedbear.org is under construction and is due to launch on JUNE 1st. You will be able to print out auction forms, interact, read what is going on, read about featured children,read about our scholarship winners, donate online, look at auction items on line and view the documentary that I mentioned above. We are very excited about it.

We are opening a twitter account and already have a Project Ed Bear Page that I would love to have you join on Facebook.

We awarded a record number of college scholarships in 2011 which makes my heart sing. The great news is that it looks like we will an even larger number this year.

Stay tuned for more information.
If can be reached at susan@projectedbear.org or 330-714-8839

Please let others know about the blog and the website so we can connect with as many people as possible. You all know their is power in numbers!

Susan Summerville
Co-Founder Project Ed Bear

2011 Project Ed Bear Gala Auction

Monday, November 28th Project Ed Bear will host the 17th Annual Gala Auction. Our V.I.P's of the evening will by our children that have survived cancer or who are fighting it now. It is a night you will NEVER forget and one of Akron's Premeire fundraising events with 670 attending last year. I NEED YOUR HELP. I need items donated for both the silent and oral auction, sponsorships at the personal and corporate level, items donated for 25 gift bags that are handed out to the children that evening and I NEED YOU THERE. Please contact me if you would like tickets or to help in any other way. susan@projectedbear.org or 330-714-8839

September 1st Balloon Release

Project Ed Bear was honored to join Camp Quality in a Balloon Release launched on September 1st to kick off National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Please wear gold this month and share with others about childhood cancer. Write your local and State Government. Get involved.

2011 Scholarship Winners

I am so excited to announce the 2011 Project Ed Bear College Scholarship Winners. Congratulations to:

1. Daniel Vallera
2. Nicholas Reed
3. Tyler Froats
4. Katlin Nicolay
5. Ross Walters
6. Lucas Rife
7. Timothy Reed
8. Kayli Hoststler

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SUPPORT PROJECT ED BEAR. YOUR GENEROSITY ENABLES US TO PROVIDE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AND SO MUCH MORE TO CHILDREN WITH CANCER AND CANCER SURVIVORS . WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOU!

Delivering Easter Fun

Today I will deliver 144 stuffed bunnies and 200 chocolate ones from Mally's Chocolates to Akron Children's Hospital for our Project Ed Bear kids. When a child comes in from today through Easter for treatment (chemo, radiation etc) they will receive one of each. All of the children that are on the oncology/hematology ward will also receive one. This will also be the first delivery to the new hospital in Youngstown. Happy Easter Everyone! Thank you for all of your support. We could not do this without YOU friends.

And this is what we have been up to!

Ordered the Easter Candy for our kids and will be delivering it to Akron Childrens Hospital on April 11th.

We have SO many new and exciting things happening. We will be announcing LIV THRU ART in May so keep watching the blog. It is going to be an over the top wonderful experience and program for our kids.

We have our first 2011 Gala Auction Committee meeting at the end of April.. I know, right..can it be that time already? If you are interested on serving on the committee this year drop me an email at susan@projectedbear.org

We are busy now getting ready for Camp. I met with Kim and Doug from Childrens today to discuss details. It is going to be the BEST year ever!

Our scholarship applications keep coming in. So far I know of seven young men and women that scholarships will be awarded to. That is VERY exciting.

I will post again the beginning of April with the "rest of the news"!

Have a blessed day!

Susan

We Need Your Help

With Akron Childrens Hospital in Youngstown being added to our list of children we provide for we are in need of several smaller fund raisers through out the year.

Restaurant Fundraisers, Hot Dog Stands, Rummage Sales, Team Sponsored Events, Game Nights, Night at the Races, Personal Garage Sales and Bake Sales are among the ideas that have been given for small fund raisers.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!

Is anyone willing to host a small fundraiser for Project Ed Bear? Do you know someone or someplace that would be willing?

We have until now been able to fund everything we provide through our Annual Gala Auction that is always held at Quaker Station in Akron the Monday after Thanksgiving and donations from supporters throughout the year.

But we are projected to be serving twice as many children with cancer and blood disorders by this time next year.

If you can help please email me at susan@projectedbear.org

Thank you from my heart,
Susan

The Scoop

I'm very excited to share with you that Project Ed Bear presented a $58,300.00 check to Akron Childrens Hospital this week for the Camp Ed Bear Endowment fund.
We could have never done this without YOUR help. We are humbled and honored to have your support.

I also have other news to share.

Project Ed Bear will be fully serving the children of the Oncology/Hematology wards at TWO Akron Childrens Hospitals as of April 4th. The new one is in Youngstown.

We celebrate being able to serve more children in Ohio. We also know that this means that we will need to take our fund raising efforts from one to at least two events a year with the main one still being the annual Auction Gala in November.

If anyone has any ideas or would like to be involved in the start up of a new annual event drop me a line at susan@projectedbear.org

Thank you for your continued support. You make a world of difference in the lives of many children.

Susan

Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day to all of our Project Ed Bear Friends. I delivered 100 Boxes of Valentines Candy AND the eight PlayStation 3's with controllers for the Clinic on Friday.

We are excited to have the PlayStations there in the clinic as well as each hospital room on the unit.

This is just a couple of the things made possible by your generous support.

We are busy planning Camp Ed Bear that will take place June 3rd,4th and 5th. The children and staff look forward to this all year long and this year we have many special things in store and many surprises.

We also are in need of volunteers for Saturday, June 4th. Please email me at susan@projectedbear.org or reply to this post if you are interested.

I am also looking for local (Akron, Canton ,Cleveland) area artist that are willing to donate on Friday night a month to work with and teach children with cancer.
If that is you or you know someone please contact me.

Have a blessed Valentines Day surrounded by the people you love.

Thank You To Wadsworth Middle School Wrestling Team

We would like to thank Mr. Matthew Shiarla (Wrestling Coach), his wife and the entire Wrestling team for their donation in memory of Olivia Ward. We were both humbled and honored to accept it.

I loved Liv very much so this donation means a great deal to me personally and to all the children it will serve.

2010 Outstanding Bravery Award

My Sweet Olivia. Forever in my heart.

What we have been up to...

Hi Everyone,

We wanted to share with you some of the tings we have done in 2010 .We are providing 8 new PS3’s and controllers for every chemo bed in the clinic, we bought a pool table for the teen room on the ward, we have contracted with West Side Bakery to make all of the birthday and end of chemo party cakes and provides toys and awards to our kids at this years annual auction. The biggest news is that Akron Children’s Hospital has announced that they will be renaming Camp C.H.O.P.S to Camp Ed Bear. This is quite an honor for Project Ed Bear. Our Board of Directors decided to start an Endowment through Children’s Hospital specifically for that camp and recently presented them with a check for $50,000 from Project Ed Bear.

In addition to the above we provide the following items each year

· The Signature “Ed Bear” Teddy Bear that started it all. This is given to every child upon being diagnosed.

· Play Stations and games for each room on the oncology unit

· The annual Camp Chops (camp for hematology/oncology patients of Akron Children’s Hospital)

· New Patient Bags

· Computers and supplies for the oncology ward teacher

· Treasure chest gifts (for the children to pick from after their procedures and chemo)

· Birthday parties

· End of treatment parties

· Teen room Pool table

· All teen activities including an annual trip to Cedar Point

· The annual Christmas party for the children and their families

· Computer, Wii ad Playstation Games

· DVD’s for the children and their parents to choose from

· Beautiful Filled Stockings for Christmas

· Hearts of Chocolate for Valentines Day

· Easter Gifts

· Photo , Scrapbook and Art materials for the ward

· A beautiful new clinic waiting area that includes an Ed Bear Cave for the children filled with toys

· Laptop Computers

· Flat screen televisions for the ward

· College Scholarships

Thank You SO Very Much For You Support!

Items 32 through 36

#32 Hello Kitty Basket

#33 Autographed photo of Robert Redford

#34 Jewelry Making Classes

#35 CAV's Mercedes Benz Club VIP Tickets

#36 English Tea Basket with antique bone china

Item 31

ATTENTION HORSE AND DERBY LOVERS

Item 31 up for bid is a Framed 3 Original Sport Illustrated Covers

June 11th, 1973 signed by Ron Turcoffe (Secretariet)
May 16th, 1977 signed by Jean Cruget (Seattle Slew)
May 15th, 1978 signed by Steve Cauthen (Affirmed)

Includes Triple Crown Winner Buttons from each horse and a very old Crop (also in the frame)!

Items 26 through 30

#26 7 signed individual 8x10 photos of the cast of Desperate Housewives

#27 TOTAL GYM

#28 8x10 signed photo of Johnny Depp

#29 Disney Princess Basket

#30 Signed Copy of Lisa's Story by Tom Batiuk (Funky Winkerbean and Crankshaft cartoon artist)

Items 21 through 25

Item #21 A Child's Birthday Pony Party. You can have your party there or they will come directly to your home.

Item # 22 Lalaloopsy Doll Dot with Outfit

Item #23 Cleveland Browns Purse

Items #24 Pittsburgh Steelers Purse

Item # 25 Children's Library Basket filled with books

Auction items 17 Through 20

Item #17 12 pack of tickets to the 2011 Cleveland Film Festival
Item #18 4 VIP tickets to the Dr. Phil Show
Item #19 Beautiful Handmade Baby Quilt
Item # 20 Limo Ride for 4 to your airport of choice

Tickets and in and now for sale. If you need tickets please email me at susan@projectedbear.org

Auction Item # 16

Yesterday I recieved a Cleveland Browns Football signed by David Bowens!

The auction is Monday, November 29th at The Quaker Station in Akron.
Doors Open at 5. Let me know if you need tickets!

Join me in helping children suffering from cancer right here at Akron Children's Hospital.

AWESOME AUCTON ITEM

Everyone that has a little girl in their life will know what a GREAT auction itme this is..


#15 FRAMED AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO OF JUSTIN BEIBER

More Items at the 2010 Auction

11. 4 DAYS/3 NIGHTS IN ORLANDO AT THE DOUBLETREE UNIVERSAL HOTEL Trip includes 2 tickets of your choice to Disney, Sea World or Universal

12. Signed Cookbooks from our own Michael Symon and Bobby Flay

13. Autographed photo of the original cast from E.R.

14. Autographed photo from the cast of TWILIGHT

The auction will be held on Monday, November 29th at the Quaker Station downtown Akron. Email me at susan@projectedbear.org if you would like more information, to donate, sponsor or tickets.