Here is what we have done this year so far:

Building Bears and Spreading Cares

Well Here is where Terry Wygal is presenting a $1,200 Check to Matt and his Building Bears and Spreading Cares Foundation.

The money was raised at the Blue Print To Financial Freedom 4 Workshop in Houston Texas

Matt has always been a Huge Contributor to the kids in the area and here is his story and why we chose to help:

In 2005 Matt and Taylor decided that after a really good year, they wanted to share their good fortune for that year. With that in mind, they went to Build-A-Bear and made 24 bears and donated them to the Shriner’s Hospital in Houston. This was an attempt to show that good things can come from bad situations – and to show the children in the hospital that people were still thinking of them, even during the holidays! In 2006, Matt began asking people in the fire department to see if anyone else would be willing to help with this project, as money was tight and he knew he would not be able to do it alone. His hope was to raise money to provide 40 bears which would place a bear on every bed in the Shriner’s Children’s Hospital. In an amazing turn of events, he was able to provide 132 bears that year with everyone’s help! In 2007, 2008, and 2009 those numbers have increased greatly. It has been incredible watching the bears pile up and not only taken to the local hospitals but shipped all over the country now!!! Although I was sick and in the hospital during Christmas last year and unable to help with a lot of the bears, we were still able to collect an amazing 207 and send them to 6 hospitals. To date, we have donated over 1,200 bears!! I know that this year we can do even better! Our goal is to provide a bear for every pediatric bed in every Shriner’s Hospital, MD Anderson, and local hospitals’ pediatric wings.

We use $10 Build-A-Bear bears only so that every child receives a good quality bear and so no one feels as if they received something different than someone else in that same hospital. Because we are able to purchase so many bears at once, we are able to receive a discount from the Build-A-Bear corporate office, which allows everyone’s $10 donation to go further! We take some donations and take a group of children from the Masonic Lodge and allow them to build the bears and know that their hard work goes towards making some injured or sick child happy on Christmas! The remaining donations, we send to the corporate office and have mass quantities of bears shipped to the house so that we can divide and distribute them to the hospitals.

It is that time of year again, where we are asking people to send their donations for bears. We are currently working on our Non-Profit Organization documentation and hope to be established before next Christmas. We are also looking into a second event each year for a different holiday so that we can do more for these children in the hospitals! We have several ways you can donate if you are interested:

- cash / check / money order for bears can be given to myself or Matt anytime between now and December 12, 2010.
- mail cash / check / money order for bears here to the house at 4807 Quailgate Drive, Spring, TX 77373
- make a donation via my paypal account: ashleyldupre@yahoo.com or Matt’s paypal account: mrd5911d@yahoo.com (but Paypal does charge for us to receive a payment, so the donation would be less than actually sent)

- whether you plan to give us money, mail it, or send it on paypal please let us know so that we can track all donations and count up the bears that we will be donating this year!!! We will keep everyone updated on the number that we have for this year so that everyone can see us reaching our goal!!!

Hopefully by this time next year, we will have a separate account for the bears established!!!

If you have any questions, please let us know! We look forward to working with everyone in collecting bears this year to make the kiddos in the hospital a little happier on Christmas! After spending last Christmas in the hospital, I understand what they are going through… let’s make it the best Christmas possible – even while they’re in the hospital! ]]> http://developyourwings.com/1200-raised-for-the-building-bears-and-spreading-cares-foundation/feed 0 http://developyourwings.com/where-it-started-orrin-hatch-and-vic-johnson http://developyourwings.com/where-it-started-orrin-hatch-and-vic-johnson#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:24:20 +0000 http://developyourwings.com/?p=7 Where did Develop Your Wings Come From? Great Question and I have to tell you – it all started where most Great Things come from – The Heart. I was at an incredible Personal Development event where I was asked to give a presentation for Vic and Lisa Johnson’s Claim Your Power Now Seminar.While I was there I heard a man speak for the first time and it made an Immediate Impact on me.The man speaking was Orrin Hudson from www.BeSomeone.org

The Impact was immediate and life changing for me.

Shortly after that I met Yanik Silver at his Underground Seminar and through there many others at the Maverick Business Adventures.  Through those meeting’s lead me to meet Michael Filsaime, Joe Barton, Tim Warren,  Frank McKinney, David Frey and a host of others who have allowed me to Develop My Own Wings and for that I will be forever grateful.

Terry Wygal