We are thrilled to announce a partnership between the Carrie Premsagar Foundation and new local artist Alaina Knowles !

Alaina uses recycled magazine pages, scissors and glue to create whimsical and unique art. Her collect of animal mosaics was published a book ABC ANIMALS in September 2011 and has sold over 300 copies. Her book and entire collection of cards will be available at the beCAUSE Craft Show on March 10th. They are also available on her website http://www.alainasmosaics.com and her book is on sale at Pheonix Books in Essex, Vt and on Amazon.com.

This year, Alaina will be selling her artwork at the beCAUSE Craft Show and donating 50% of her profit to The Carrie Premsagar Foundation!

Please join the hundreds of people who shop at the beCAUSE Craft Show on March 10th in the Ross Sports Arena at St. Michael’s College in Colchester to support the CPF as well as 100 other local and global charities. Admission is $3.00 (children under 12 are free) and will be donated entirely this year to the Vermont Foodbank to support families in Vermont effected by Tropical Storm Irene. The hours are 9:30-4:30.

For more information on the beCAUSE Craft Show, please visit www.becausecraftshow.com/

We are happy to announce that the Carrie Premsagar Foundation has received approval by the IRS to operate as a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization! We can now receive tax-deductible donations from our supporters while expanding our scope and mission. Thanks for your continued support!

This years Night of Hope raised close to $10,000 ! Thank you to our sponsors, supporters and everyone who helped make this event possible. The next part of our year will be spent funding research projects, making additional grants and also partnering with many organizations. Please keep in touch and let families know of us and the services we provide. We are here to help!

Look at all those auction items!!!!

Hello friends!

As we approach the 2011 Night of Hope this Friday evening, we’d like to pass along some feedback we received this week.

The president of the Children’s Organ Transplant Association, a national non-profit, called us to personally thank us and our supporters (YOU) for helping to make a transplant a reality for a young Burlington girl. Please visit www.Cota.org for more information on this super organization. There you can find more and continued ways to help this family who is now waiting for another (different) transplant.

Combined with the heartfelt message of thanks we received from the family, it served as a great validation of what we are working to accomplish…to ease the burden of making treatment needs a reality while allowing a family to be a family with a few less things to worry about.

Thanks for your continued support. If you have your tickets for Friday, thank you. If your friends, family and co-workers don’t yet have them, please encourage them to get them and bid high for any or all the nearly 100 auction items we have available.

We understand there are many, many excellent charitable organizations to choose from and support with your hard earned dollars and time. Thank you for being part of ours.

http://cotaformikaelas.com/

The goods and services that have been donated to The Carrie Premsagar Foundation for this year’s Night of Hope is staggering. CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST. We are closing in on 100 great local and regional items including artwork, restaurant gift certificates, sporting equipment, sporting event tickets and more. Thank you for all the donations! If you want to chance to get a great deal on any of these, buy your tickets today and secure your spot!

Thanks to everyone for braving the weather and being at Carrie’s Fun Run this morning! Thanks to our runners, volunteers and sponsors for the support!

We raised close to $2000 and could not have done it without you.

THANK YOU !

Good morning! Our wonderful volunteer crew is en route to Dorset Park to setup for today’s fun run! Bring a family member and a friend and come have some fun with us doing a 5k run/ walk and/or the half mile kids run.

We will have our new women’s t-shirts and our new flashbags for sale.

Proceeds benefit the Carrie Premsagar Foundation. This week alone, we received 2 grant requests seeking assistance with costs related to a medical diagnosis. Come help us provide relief and a ray of sunshine for those families.

Check out these new t-shirts which will first be available on Sunday, May 15 at the Family Fun Run at Dorset Park!