Today members of our board of directors had the pleasure of meeting our Kenzi’s Kidz family. Marcellina is the mother of four children and we were able to meet the three youngest. This was an amazing day for me, the mother of Kenzi. Being able to meet the family that we will be helping for the next year and share this program with them was so exciting for me.
Please continue to check our blog and our Kenzi’s Kidz family to learn more about them and what they are doing this year. Marcellina and her kids will be our Kenzi’s Kidz family from August 1, 2010 until July 31, 2011.
Dolls for Daughters and Kenzi’s Kidz needs your vote! We hope to be one of the top 200 nonprofits who will win money from Chase Community Giving. The only way for us to win is to have the votes. Voting is easy as long as you have a Facebook page. Click our link – Dolls for Daughters and Kenzi’s Kidz, like Chase Community Giving and then vote for us. Make sure you post to your wall and encourage all of your friends to vote for us as well. We could end up winning $20,000.
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As Dolls for Daughters approaches its first year as a nonprofit, I am looking back over the past year and could not be more pleased with what Dolls for Daughters has been able to do in one year as a nonprofit. We were able to grow our donations to more than double 2008′s donations; we were able to grow our community support by at least 90%. Community support is not only the people in our community that are supporting us with donations but the business in our community that have stepped up to show their support.
Community support is key to the success of Dolls for Daughters. Community and business support allow us to give back to the community more than ever. As we move forward into the second half of 2010, we want to thank everyone who has supported us in the past and look forward to your continued support and spreading the word about Dolls for Daughters. We look forward to a wonderful rest of 2010 and hope we are able to collect and donate more than 3,000 new toys to boys and girls in our community on December 11, 2010.
If you are interested in donating to Dolls for Daughters or volunteering, please contact us.
On May 15, 2010, Dolls for Daughters founder Jessica Bachus was honored as an Outstanding Young Coloradoan at the Colorado Junior Chamber’s OYawards hosted by The Colorado JCI Senate and . Jessica was nominated by Tonya Bradshaw and the Cherry Creek Jaycees.
Jessica was given this honor for creating Dolls for Daughters and her work over the past three years since creating Dolls for Daughters in Kenzi’s memory. Jessica could not have been more pleased to accept this honor. Here is Jessica’s acceptance speech:
I want to begin with thanking Tonya and the Cherry Creek Jaycees for nominating me for this amazing honor. I would also like to thank the Colorado Jaycees for honoring me and my work with Dolls for Daughters.
I need to thank a few people who are not here with me today. First my husband who has supported all of my hard work and dedication to Dolls for Daughters and for helping me honor Kenzi. My children who have taught me there is life after loss. My daughter Bailey who made me smile each day after I lost Kenzi. My sons Kamden and Karson who were born in 2008 and 2009 after I lost Kenzi have shown me that I can be a mother after a loss.
I would also like to thank my Mom who is here with me tonight. My Mom has been my best friend for as long as I can remember. I cannot remember an event in my life that my Mom has not been a part of. She has always supported me and was there with me when I lost Kenzi. She helped me grieve, she took my anger and let it go, and she supported me in my deepest, darkest hour. She loved me when I couldn’t love myself because I lost Kenzi. She too has supported me every step of the way with Dolls for Daughters.
Finally I need to thank my sweet angel Kenzi. Kenzi who taught me during my pregnancy what faith and strength were. She taught me that you can never judge someone Continue reading Jessica Bachus Honored as an Outstanding Young Coloradoan
On May 15, 2010, Dolls for Daughters founder Jessica Bachus will be honored by the Colorado Jaycees as an Outstanding Young Coloradoan. Jessica is being honored after being nominated by the Cherry Creek Jaycees for creating the Dolls for Daughters nonprofit and for her continued work in supporting and helping children in Colorado Communities. Please check back after Saturday for photos from the event.
