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"When all the doubts surround you
like a thick fog in the night
I will be the beacon
who guides you
Your friend,
the keeper of the light."
-- Charlotte Louise Labuda
Excerpt from poem "Keeper of the Light" in
The "Gift" of Giving (March 2006),
page 27.
Written during a
Relay for Life in memory of author's mother and uncle.
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About
Donations | R.O.C.c.K. Choir Wish List | Foundation
Wish List
Wish
Lists
The people who work with the A
Way With Words Foundation, Inc. (AWWWF) and the R.O.C.c.K.
Children's Choir are often asked what others can do for the children
and families who have been touched by cancer. Current projects of the
Foundation include:
- publishing anthologies of the voices of cancer patients and cancer
survivors
- providing a coping resource through the R.O.C.c.K. Children's Choir
music CDs and performances
- further educating cancer patients about cancer treatments through
comic books
- increasing awareness of cancer through all of the Foundation's activities
- raising money for cancer research
All monies received through the fundraising efforts go back to the R.O.C.c.K.
Children's Choir and to the ongoing projects like a hospital
library for juvenile cancer patients. To give you some idea of how much
we spend to accomplish our goals, here are a few expenses related to publishing.
The cost to make a full-length, professionally-produced music CD available
to the public is about $8800.00. It takes around $4790.00 to publish one
poetry anthology, and over $6500.00 is required to produce one comic book
edition.
Here are some items on our WISH LIST for current and future projects.
Check here for periodic updates. Contact
A Way With Words Foundation if you have any questions or suggestions
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Received!
AWWWmazing
Place! Boutique made possible through
SIMON PROPERTIY GROUP
of Boardman, Ohio
THANK YOU!
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A
Way With Words Foundation Invitations and Wishes
- Location for a library for children with cancer
- Child-appropriate reading material for a Children's cancer library
- Computers for cancer library
- Child-appropriate computer games for cancer library
- Computers and software for writing and drawing
- Laptop computer for administrative use and to help keep everyone
in the right place at the right time (not easy with over 20 members
in the choir)
- Laser copier, either color or black and white
- Money to purchase recording studio time at $50 per hour
- Funds to publish TOMATO ALLEY series children's books and comic
books for our superhero LIFE MAXX™ educational series
- A building with a studio and practice stage
- Volunteers to help with grant writing, media correspondence, and
fundraising
- Sponsors for any project always welcomed! Join our current sponsors
now!
- Store for merchandise sales and warehouse for housing projects
Received 2009: through the donation by JIM STEINER,
JR. of indefinite use of his retail building on Mahoning Avenue in
Austintown, Ohio for Trash and Treasure Garage Sales and special events
for children! THANK YOU!
UPDATE: Due to unforeseen events, Mahoning
Avenue building no longer available and A Way With Words Foundation
now looking for at least a 2,500 square foot or larger place to store
and sell Trash/Treasure donations.
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Received!
Sound
equipment for Choir performances from
NEW YORK MUSIC
of Boardman, Ohio
THANK YOU!
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R.O.C.c.K. Children's
Choir Needs
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Small bus to transport choir members to practices
and performances (for a used one, costs about $8,000.00 and up)
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Gas cards to offset expenses for parents taking
choir members to events and practices (usually in $10 or $50 increments,
depending on the situation)
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Portable recording equipment for recording children
unable to come to a recording session (about $15,000.00)
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Enclosed 15 foot or longer utility trailer to carry
portable recording studio equipment (costs around $4,700.00)
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Always
a place for more choir members
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Money, time, and/or
goods necessary to make the trip to North Carolina in June
2008 to perform at the Victory Junction Gang Camp for juvenile
cancer patients. Read
more....
Received!
through many kind donations large and mighty! THANK
YOU!
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