Monday, January 19, 2015

Kalamity Dance Fundraiser is set!

GIVE TO LIVE

Kalamity Dance has offered to put on a show 
for us to raise money for our expenses

Here is the information for our fundraiser to be held at SCHS on Jan 31st. 
We need people to help with with the following:

**bottles of water to sell

**BAKE SALE items: they need to be individually wrapped or on a plate with wrapping on them. Don't worry about pricing them, that will be done by someone else. The cuter they look, the better they sell. It can be anything baked or donated by a company (Great Harvest, 21 Main, Lins, etc) ...breads, cakes, cupcakes, cookies, chex mix in cups, pop corn in bags, caramel pop corn balls in bags, salsa. golden fish crackers put in little baggies...etc

**SILENT AUCTION: they will be silent auctioning anything that is donated. It is NOT a garage/yard sale. Things need to be in good condition. Business have made up baskets, given gift certificates, sport tickets, homemade items such as blankets, towels, diaper cakes, stained glass, doll clothes, headbands. Anything that you think will be sold. Again, it is all in the presentation on selling them. 

People can contact Laura Ross 435-669-5807 or Alison 435-619-1085 if you have any donations. Nothing is too small and we just want to generate as much money as possible. 

I have volunteered for Kalamity Dance this past year and I can see the amazing things that they can do. The show is amazing! They dance for a cause, not applause! I love them all!

If you can not donate items or go to the show, money donations are also being accepted. You can give those to me and I will add it to the show money or we have a gofundme account set up. (there is a small fee taken out of the amount that we get by using gofundme)

All donated items for the show need to be to SCHS by 4 pm the day of the show so we can get it set up. If you need help getting them there, please let me know. We have people to help pick things up. Please contact your friends and try to get some donations. Also, share this flyer on FB and Instagram. We need to get the word out so we pack the house!

Thank You so much!
We love you and we appreciate the words of encouragement that you have given us
.

Alison Snow, Cortnee Hellyer and our families 

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Cortnee's New Cath!

Cortnee received her new catheter on Friday so that she can begin dialysis Monday. She will be having it 3 days a week for now and hopefully that will start to make her feel better. Her kidney function is down to 10% and her kidney doctor said that dialysis would make her even stronger for surgery.

Not any fun...
Showing off her new cath!

We hope to have a date for surgery soon so keep watching for the news! 
Thank you for love and support.
Love, Cortnee & Alison



Let our story begin...


Meet Cortnee! 

At the age of 13, Cortnee was diagnosed with Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes. She actively got involved in Diabetes Camps and soon moved up to be a counselor. This helped to educate her at a young age about her diabetes. 

Cortnee is now 42 years old and a single mom of a beautiful 15 year old girl. She has had many struggles with health due to her diabetes but a few months ago she heard the most devastating news. Cortnee is in Stage 5 Kidney Failure and needs a kidney transplant as soon as possible. To make this even more tragic, she lost her job. Her transplant coordinators were able to help get her insurance to fund the surgery but she really needs our help to pay for her living and medical expenses that aren't covered by her insurance. Hopefully, a miracle will happen and Cortnee will be able to receive her kidney transplant soon. We have set up a gofundme account to help with her expenses. 

You can donate to:  http://www.gofundme.com/kidney4cortnee
No donation is to small and we appreciate everyone who has helped us so far.

We will be updating this blog to give you more details about her journey. 
Thank you for taking the time to read about "Kidney4Cortnee".


 Prayers and donations would be greatly appreciated.