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Join Us !!    The Annual MISS Foundation Kindness 5K and Memorial Walk 2015, This Saturday October 3rd @7:30am.....Midwestern University, Glendale Az

The Sad Dads Club will have a Booth at the Walk and look forward to meeting all those who have expressed interest or are a member, Stop By ..We have giveaways for the kiddies and info for those seeking to join our support and social group..."For The Guys Only"

Also Phase 3 of the Memorial Wall will be Unveiled

Join us on the beautiful campus of Midwestern University, located just south of the 101 and 59th ave in Glendale, Arizona, for our Kindness 5k and memorial walk on October 03, 2015. This event is an annual fundraiser benefitting the MISS Foundation. The MISS Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization that helps families after the death of a child at any age for any cause.

You do not have to be a serious runner to participate! You can participate in the memorial walk in memory of someone gone too soon. Walk as a group and support each other as you remember your loved one.  Decorations and signs welcome! This is a wonderful way to honor your child or beloved.

But that's not all!! The MISS Foundation 5K Run and Memorial walk will also have a fun family course! So challenge your family and friends for some not so serious competition!

There will be many booths as you stroll around the grounds of the campus, special performances, and the third section of the MISS Memorial Wall will be unveiled and walls all displayed together for the first time.

.PLEASE CLICK LINK BELOW TO REGISTER OR DONATE TO THIS WONDERFUL ORGANIZATION...

http://www.firstgiving.com/missfoundation/miss-foundation-kindness-5k-and-memorial-walk-2015

Thank You For Your Kindness

A BIG Heartfelt Thank You to Matt V & Frank W, Managing partners of the company I am employed with  
For their very generous donation to the MISS Foundations Sad Dads Club Support Group which I facilitate .

They have equipped us with a New portable shade booth for events, also Sad Dads Banners,Portable tables,Custom Brochures about the Sad Dads Club and a barrel full of give away items for us to use at events.

We will be doing our 1st event at the Annual MISS Foundation Walk here in Phoenix in October, and will use this very special gift to spread the word of our group at other events in the Valley also this year.

To Matt and Frank, Your overflowing hearts will help many people who use our group after the loss of their children..Thank You's are not enough to say for this very kind and generous gift you have provided. The Sad Dads Club & MISS Foundation Thank you so very much

LIKE TO ATTEND THE WALK AND VISIT THE SAD DADS CLUB TABLE    http://www.firstgiving.com/missfoundation/miss-foundation-kindness-5k-and-memorial-walk-2015

Sad Dads Club Info

I have had many residents inquire about what the MISS Foundation or Sad Dads Club..This is a organization very close to my heart and have been affiliated with since 2002

Many have asked what is the 'Sad Dad's Club'

The Sad Dads Club Story

This is a group of Dads who also unfortunately have lost a child. This is a great dads group, in a different setting than that of the past.

This is just a Group of Dads who has found a different way to talk, console, and laugh. Yes laugh in a lighter arena, and yet support each other fully. And I wanted people to be clear on this project.

I don't have to tell you about the pain we have all experienced in the loss of our children, yet one thing that has drawn me to the MISS Foundation is the support, the honesty, the candor and the positive thinking. We all want our children back. That is our only wish.

Yet, this 'club' was organized after NBC12 Phoenix did a report on a group of Dads who have experienced the loss of their child. It aired for Father’s Day 2013 and was dubbed the Sad Dads Club by NBC Reporter Kevin Kennedy, It was hosted by Barry Kluger, along with Michael Sansone and Barry Adkins at Morton's in Scottsdale (see tv interview below)

We were Struck by the fact that amidst the tears. Very hard tears. There were light moments as well.

Somehow, we find glimpses, however short, of what we have lost but what we may have.

Michael Sansone became a MISS Mentor in 2006 and a MISS Facilitator in 2012

In May 2013 Michael Sansone founded the Sad Dads Club Social Group,.

In February 2014, joined by Theo Soumilas. The Sad Dads Held its 1st social event fundraiser.

In September 2014 the Social Group also Became a monthly Support Group with the MISS Foundation... .

Michael Sansone & Theo Soumilas will facilitate this group.

The Group will meet on the 4th Thursday of Every Month @ 6:30pm
Location
The MISS Foundation Office
77 E Thomas Rd #221
Phoenix, AZ 85012.

Mr Michael Sansone is a Anasazi Resident and has been involved with the MISS Foundation since 2002

CHANNEL 12 (NBC) INTERVIEW WITH KEVIN KENNEDY

HERE IS VIDEO OF PAST  FUNDRAISER ATTENDED AND HELPED BY ANASAZI'S OWN RESIDENTS

International Kindness Day July 27th

Please do an act of kindness on Sunday, Im memory of the children gone too soon

As Kindness Day approaches on July 27th, I have the last 4 years taken 100 Roses and laid them at the Stones of the Children gone too soon at the Angel of Hope and Also roses at the Angel . 

This year I will continue the tradition and fill the Angel of Hope with Love for all the Children Taken too soon. Please think about doing a Random Act of Kindness on July 27th.

If you wish to join me Send me a private message

About the Kindness Project

The Kindness Project began in 1996 as a way for families to honor their deceased child and to help themselves heal. Now, years later, almost 2,000,000 (yes, two million!) Kindness Project cards have been used around the world to perform random acts of kindness in memory of a child, parent, friend, or spouse who died before their time.

The idea is to perform random acts of, usually anonymous, acts of kindness in your community. A little card is left behind so that the person who benefits from the kindness knows that someone's life and death continues to matter. This beautiful movement has helped thousands of families to heal and find positive outlets for their overwhelming grief.

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The History of the Kindness Project

The Kindness Project is a worldwide movement to share our children (or other loved ones) with those who never had the honor to meet them. Let me tell you why we are so excited about this project...

Dr. Joanne Cacciatore's daughter, Cheyenne, died in July of 1994. It was the worst day of her life. She says how she never imagined herself laughing or experiencing joy again.

Dr. Jo began to seek out ways to keep Cheyenne's memory alive within her family and to the rest of the world: She wanted to create a quiet legacy. She wanted people to know that Cheyenne existed and, more importantly, she wanted to help change the lives of others because of her presence on this earth.

So Dr. Jo set out on various missions of random kindness. On a daily basis, she looked for opportunities to reach out and do something unexpected and unusually kind for someone else. Most often, strangers were the recipients of these good deeds. As she did them, she began to feel a sense of peace in knowing that Cheyenne was the reason for her compassionate enlightenment

The Kindness Project blossomed out of the extraordinary experiences Dr. Jo had while doing things for others. She discovered that truly miraculous things happen to our spirits when we reach out to help others, and so she sought a way to share that movement with others.

It is our hope that through the Kindness Project, we can make incredible transformations within our communities, in our families, and in ourselves. Just imagine if every person touched by death would participate in helping to transform the world into a gentler and more altruistic world! What an impact this would have on so many levels!

The Kindness Project reminds others that our children, and other loved ones, are so very important to us that we are willing to extend the life and love of our child and share it with others! It is a legacy that transcends death. It is a legacy of love.

- See more at: http://www.misschildren.org/support/kindness#sthash.lbFZY6c7.dpuf

MICHAEL SANSONE PROFILE : http://missfoundation.org/support/programs/hopementors/michael-sansone

Thank You Anasazi Residents

A BIG Thank You to all the Anasazi resident's who attended our Charity Night Fundraiser for the MISS Foundation on Saturday Nite Your support is what keeps the community involved, It was a great nite of fun and fundraising. Thanks to Anasazi's Own Mike Mcgrane and son Patrick for providing the entertainment for the evening, Your hearts and generosity was verrry appreciated, To all my neighbors who attended ..THANK YOU

Mark Your Calender

All Anasazi Residents, Our own Mike Mcgrane and Son Patrick who are Arizona's Premier Guitar Duo

known as Generations Duo and Anasazi Residents will be playing this Monday Feb 3 at 7pm. If you have missed his last couple of shows..Do not miss this one, His shows are filled with Anasazi Residents who have come to love their show and music. The Paradise Lounge is located across the Street  behind Baskin Robbins.Join your neighbors for a great evening of music and fun...Just Follow the walkers headed across the street on Monday lol
http://generationsduoaz.blogspot.com/


                                               

Paradise Lounge‎

4541 East Cactus Road Phoenix, AZ 85032 (602) 953-2993 paradiselounge.biz‎

Monday, February 3

Live Music: Generations Duo
Just in town for a couple months, this father/son duo plays music from every generation and they sound good doin' it! Stop in and see them before they leave for the great white north.

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Generations Duo will also be playing our Las Vegas Casino Night Fundraiser on Feb 8th..With free transportation for Anasazi Residents  Click Below For Tickets
Casino Night Tickets

ANASAZI RESIDENTS JOIN US IN A NITE OF CASINO FUN

Feb 8^th 2014    7pm – 10:30 pm

The MISS Foundations is offering a Las Vegas style evening ...Out with friends, 

There will be Blackjack, Craps and Texas Hold Em

****Transportation to the event from Anasazi is Free******

 Entertainment is   Anasazi’s Own Mike McGrane & Patrick McGrane Premier Guitar Duo "Generations" with songs from the 70's till today. So get your Friends and family together for an evening of fun and prizes, There will be Raffles at evening end.

ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE MISS FOUNDATION

Event Tickets are $20 per person 

And includes $50 in chips

And 1 drink ticket

Just 2 miles from Anasazi

LOCATION: ST JOAN OF ARC HALL

3801 E GREENWAY

PHOENIX AZ

The MISS Foundation, a 501 (c) 3  valley nonprofit organization with a staff of dedicated volunteers, comes to the aid of thousands of families who have experienced the heartbreak of child death. Our outreach into the community includes support groups for adults and children, crisis intervention, one on one counseling services, retreats and a network of ancillary groups that work together to provide assistance to parents, siblings and grandparents.

TO SCHEDULE A RIDE, CALL MAGGIE (The Home Goods Lady) & Anasazi Resident   (480) 234-3460

CLICK BELOW TO BUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/sad-dads-club-casino-night-fundraiser-tickets-7938735973

Many Residents have already purchased you tickets, You may also purchase ticket at door...Thjank You for Your Support of this wonderful charity