Donate Stuffed Animals to the MJ Foundation

One of my best friends has a daughter who was born with spina bifida. Her daughter has been through a lot, but has defied the odds. In honor of her, my friend has started a charity called The MJ Foundation. The goal of the foundation is to provide educational information as well as financial help to families who have children with neural tube defects. Right now, it is a baby charity :)....it was just started a year ago and is trying to get a good start.

One of the foundation's projects is to collect stuffed animals for the hospital where my friend's daughter had her surgeries, Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland, OR. When Mattea had her surgeries one thing that was really special to the family was that she received a stuffed animal. However, the hospital doesn't always have enough stuffed animals for all of the children it sees each year.

So, the MJ Foundation is asking for donations of new stuffed animals that will be donated to the hospital. The animals have to be new because many of these kids are immunocompromised...gently used is not OK. You can also send a monetary donation to the Foundation and ask for the money to be used to buy stuffed animals.

The MJ Foundation is asking that all stuffed animals and monetary donations for this project be received by September 20, 2008. I have decided to add stuffed animals to my school shopping list...each of my kids are going to pick out some stuffed animals to send.

If you want to help, you can send donations to:

The MJ Foundation
8002 NE HWY 99
Suite 552
Vancouver, WA 98665

It is a great cause and a great way to brighten a child's day! :)