Celebrating Day Zero with Savanna!
Savanna is a nine-year-old who is in the process of a bone marrow transplant. Her amazing brother, Asher, served as her donor! This is not an easy procedure. Some patients stay in the hospital for 100 days. Lots of doctors come in and out; visitors drop by; many tests are run daily; medicines are prescribed, and side effects are numerous.To help families through the transplant process, Connor’s Heroes created a Care Journal. Much like the baby journal you probably kept for your child’s first year, this journal has a page for each day in the bone marrow transplant process to record the ups and downs and milestones of this life alterning experience.
So many smiles! It can only be diggityFEST 2014
Thank you to all the families, vendors, artists and hero kids who spent the day together wiggling, giggling and singing at diggityFEST. Enjoy these photos!
Celebrating being a kid in song!
Once again diggityFEST was host to the country's top family-friendly performers. We look forward to showcasing more talent for diggityFEST 2015!
GRAMMY nominated, Justin Roberts & The Not Ready for Naptime Players, The Diggity Dudes, Steven Courtney & The Suitcase Musicians, Hope Harris and Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights.
Thanks to the sponsors of diggityFEST
diggityFEST is Central Va's only family-friendly music festival. Businesses, schools, services and organizations who cater to families loved meeting the many kids and parents who came to diggityFEST this year. A big thank you to our main sponsor:
Talkin’ about diggityFEST on Channel 8
Lisa's at it again! Enjoy this interview of Lisa on ABC 8 News. She's talking about all the fund you can have at Sunday's diggityFEST. You'll discover why readers of Style Weekly vote it their favorite family festival year after year.
Get Your Motors Running
Join us on Saturday as dozens of motocyclists ride through Southside in support of all the hero kids who are battling childhood cancer. After the ride, they are throwing a festival with The Sweater Band (a Weezer cover band), great food and beverages at Capital Ale House. Enjoy this great video about the event. All proceeds will benefit Connor's Heroes. Details are at The Heroes Run Facebook Event Page. Can't make it? Don't worry, you can support the event by making a donation at https://connorsheroes.myetap.org/fundraiser/Heroesrun/.
Don’t miss your child’s favorite band at diggityFEST!
The Diggity Dudes announced the scheduled line up for this year's diggityFEST! Of course, it's all subject to change. Remember, diggityFEST happens rain or shine, Noon - 5 pm and is free! Plan your Sunday to see your child's favorite performer or plan on spending the whole day. You can find complete information about diggityFEST here.
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Steven Courtney & the Suitcase Musicians |
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diggityFEST 2014 Sponsors Rock too!
diggityFEST is Central Virginia's first and only all-kids music festival. Year after year, readers of Style Weekly vote diggityFEST as Richmond's "Favorite Family Festival." It's easy to see why. Performing on the stage are many nationally recognized family music favorites including GRAMMY nominated, Justin Roberts & The Not Ready for Naptime Players. There's also a Kid's Zone, Daddio Patio and vendor fair. If your business is targeted to families, diggityFEST is your chance to introduce yourself to families from the area. Last year, over 3,5000 attended the event. diggityFEST offers many levels of sponsorships from $250 to $2000. Email allison@connorsheroes.org or call (804) 897-1272. Add your company's logo to the list of sponsors so far.
See Lisa’s Interview about Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
WWBT Channel 12 featured Lisa on its noon day program. Lisa did a great job talking about Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and the upcoming diggityFest! If you follow Connor's Heroes on Facebook, you can watch the interview here.
Let’s Put Pediatric Cancer On The Road
Virginia license plates are a great billboard in building awareness of many nonprofits and causes. So why not childhood cancer, the #1 disease killer of children? Two pediatric cancer nonprofits in Northern Virginia, Ellie's Hats and Team Mathias, are pushing for DMV to offer a license plate for childhood cancer. The process is simple. You complete the application and submit it with your check for $10. Ellie's Hats is collecting the applications and fees. Once they have 450 applications in hand, they will submit them to DMV. Then we wait...
Click the license plate below to open the PDF of the application along with detailed instructions. The sooner you submit your application and we reach our goal of 450 applications, the sooner we will see Childhood Cancer on cars in Virginia.
