Joy for Needy Girls at Christmas

Board of Directors

• Jessica Bachus, Founder and President

  In 2007 I created Dolls for Daughters to collect new dolls for girls in our community in memory of my daughter Kenzi. In 2009 after two successful years of collecting and donating dolls, I decided to turn Dolls for Daughters into a non-profit in the hopes that I would be able to make a bigger difference and touch the lives of more children.
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• Emily Vera, Vice-President and Treasurer

  When Kenzi died, I was not yet a mother so I didn’t understand the bond that begins early in pregnancy – this is something only a mother understands.  I couldn’t even begin to understand the possibility of losing “what could have been” because I didn’t have children. What I do understand is that Jessica took her loss and turned it into something beautiful.  When Jessica asked me to be a part of Dolls for Daughters, I knew I could help! 
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• Courtney Clark, Public Relations Director

  I first met Jessica in the lobby of Bachus & Schanker law office in December of 2007. She was dropping off dolls in our front office with her oldest daughter Bailey. I remember Bailey looking up at Jessica and saying that “she wanted to send the doll she was holding to her sister Kenzie in Heaven.” I will never forget that day and the look on Bailey’s face.
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