As many of you know, my husband and I are the parents of two premature babies. Our daughter, Gracie, was born 9 weeks early weighing 3lbs 7oz and spent 26 days in the NICU. Our son, Carter, was born 5 weeks early weighing 5lbs 6oz and spent 16 days in the NICU. Our children received state of the art care because of research funded by the March of Dimes. Because of this, we are very dedicated to the March of Dimes and helping to raise funds to help prevent other families from going through all that we went through with our children.
This year, to help boost our fundraising efforts, we've decided to hold a benefit where we will have a Chinese auction, a few large auction items, some MOD merchandise for sale, and a 50/50 raffle. We will also have a DJ on duty for the knight and a cash bar will be available.
So far, we have the following items up for auction:
A set of 4 hand-painted wine glasses with two bottles of wine
A hand-made quilt
A free shampoo,cut,and style and a set of Joico hair products
A hand-made afghan
Several hand-knit items (baby sweater, hats, scarves)
Handmade children's clothing by
Ladder Hill Design
A $25 Tastefully Simple Gift Certificate
Two Subway gift cards
$100 Babies 'R Us Gift Card
TGI Friday's Gift Card
Tickets for entry to our event are $5 each and can be purchased before the event or at the door. The event will take place on March 6th at the Knights of Columbus in Gardner, MA. All proceeds from this event will go directly to the March of Dimes.
For anyone interested in helping us in our journey to help save babies, I have a deal for you as well! For each $5 donated to my
March for Babies page, I will enter you in a contest to win a hand-knit children's hat. Below are some pictures of my knitting work so that you know you are getting good quality stuff here! I will let you choose the colors of the hat. If you donate $20 or more, I will also enter you to win a hand-knit children's sweater up to size 24 months.
And here are some pictures of my past knitting works: