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March 2012

2012 is going to be a B.I.G. Love year! We are bringing the Annual Fun Run to Pearland, Texas, opening the new B.I.G. Love office near the Medical Center, and introducing dynamic group and private counseling services to our cancer families. We are ready to make a real impact in our service and love to our cancer kids and families like never before!

If we have not met, I am Kevin O'Malley, Director of Development for B.I.G. Love. I am mar-ried to Melanie, and we have five beautiful children. Our oldest son, Jonathan, was diagnosed with AML Leukemia August 2008 at 16 years of age. This is how we came to know B.I.G. Love. Jonathan was the first patient to ever receive services through B.I.G. Love’s grocery program! Over the past three years, we have come to love this organization for its grassroots level of

focus on families like ours.

We would often say amongst ourselves that we were looking forward to the day that Jonathan was well enough so that we could serve with B.I.G. Love in a complimentary way. I never imagined that I would be asked to be on staff. Yet, here we are!

I will be working closely with our Board of Directors and our incredible volunteers in our efforts to serve our cancer kids and families in a B.I.G. way! This includes speaking engagements at churches, local businesses, and community groups, raising funds to ensure that our all-important services continue to be provided, fostering relationships with hospitals, and creating community awareness of B.I.G. Love and childhood cancer.

Providing grief counseling services to families has been a priority and goal of Chaney and Jessica’s from the very beginning. With the opening of a B.I.G. Love office in Houston, we will be providing grief groups and private counseling services to address a very important and relevant need. Emotional struggles such as depression, anger, anxiety, grief, and stress, to name a few, are unfortunately common place for all our families whose lives have been interrupted by childhood cancer, to one degree or another.

I am a PCCCA certified counselor, with 14 years of experience, providing counseling services from a positive, Christian perspective. All of our group and private sessions will be held at the B.I.G. Love office, and private sessions will also be available at my office in Pearland.

A new B.I.G. Love monthly E-Newsletter will be sent out each month, beginning this month, to those on the mailing list. This newsletter will feature stories of kids and families we serve, up-to-date news, needs, and opportunities. Please help me raise awareness by asking people in your network to sign-up for our newsletter. It's free!

In this newsletter and in the e-newsletters to come, you will learn of some exciting opportunities to help B.I.G. Love this year. One of those opportunities will be B.I.G. Love’s Grand Opening and Bal-loonFest at our new Houston-based B.I.G. Love office and counsel-ing center. With a little help from you, we will raise $10,000 with this event! We also have many opportunities for our Sponsors this year. Learn more inside.

We are very excited to be a part of B.I.G. Love and are looking forward to serving our cancer kids and families with you. Feel free to contact me anytime if there is something I can do for you.

God bless,Kevin O'Malley

Meet Kevin O’Malley

Jonathan

B.I.G. Love in Action

Valentine’s Day 2012!

B.I.G. Love

A B.I.G. THANks goes out to each person who helped to brighten this

Valentine’s Day at TCH! The smiles tell the story of how love can

change a heart, give you courage to fight, and create a little brightness! From our hearts to yours...

We love you BIG - Kerri SchaeferThank you...

Girl Scout Troop 16383, 16381, 07575, Frazier Elementary and Postma Elementary, Memorial Church of Christ, MCOC Journey-

land, Ladies Class and Young Families, Northwest Church of Christ and Garden Oaks Area Families, Miles For Malachi Family and Friends, and Tomball Area

Scentsy Consultants and Friends.

PURPOSE

In honor and memory of the children and families we serve and have served in conjunction with the opening of the new B.I.G. Love office in Houston, raise $10,000 for the new B.I.G. Love Houston office, private counseling services, and group format counseling sessions (i.e., grief, anger, stress) provided to our families. Provide our Board members an opportunity to personally share B.I.G. Love in their personal networks and be active participants in our fund-raising efforts.

IMPACT

This effort will expose and directly involve a minimum of 1000 people in our community to B.I.G. Love and potentially become regular financial partners.

ACTION

This effort will be accomplished with a team of 20 people (our Board members and active volunteers). Each of these 20 people will sell 50 balloons at $10 each, thus raising $500. The balloons will be branded with B.I.G. Love website and information. Each team member will be given 50 balloons, each attached to an event postcard that outlines the power of a $10 donation. They will be given the opportunity to release their balloon from wherever they are on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 1PM. At that time, those who have gathered at the Houston office for its open house, (10:00am – 2:00PM) will release 250 balloons from our parking lot.

MEDIA

Hoping to have Kevin Reece from KHOU Channel 11 do a story on this event, featuring B.I.G. Love’s new office and counseling services.

PROMO MATERIAL

(1) 1000 gold balloons, imprinted, (2) 1000 printed postcards from Vistaprint, (3) Helium tank

COLLECTED FUNDS

I will collect funds from team members on a weekly basis, track and communicate progress, and forward funds to Little Rock.

B A L L O O N F E S T 2 0 1 2

When: Saturday, April 28, 2012

Where: B.I.G. Love office 2646 S Loop W, Ste 330, Houston, TX 77054

11:00 AM – 2:00 PM11:00 AM - Finger Foods and Refreshments

12:30 PM - Presentation 1:00 PM - Tribute Balloon Release

Contact: Kevin O’Malley, 409.504.9885

Purchase TRIBUTE BALLOONSHelp support our new counseling and grief support office

by selling Tribute Balloons.

1. Call Kevin O’Malley to pick up your Tribute Balloon Packets. 2. Sell Balloons to your group for $10 each.

3. Write a name or personal message on your balloon.4. Join us on April 28th to release your Balloons

or release them at your own location.

Result: You have helped to provide much needed love, counseling and support to our cancer families.

And Houston Office Grand Opening!

www.biglovecancercare.org

2012 Sponsors Help B.I.G. Love grow by supporting

these new projects:

1. Providing services to MD Anderson’s Childhood Cancer Unit. 26 patient beds.

2. Opening a Houston Office for Grief Counseling and Support Groups.

(Open House and BalloonFest on April 28th at: 2646 S Loop W, Ste 330, Houston, TX 77054)

2012 Sponsor Form Business/Church Name: Contact Name: Phone: Fax: Address: City: State: Zip: E-Mail: Sponsor Level:$ . Thank you so very much! Please return this form in the envelope provided to: 2646 S. Loop W, Ste. 330, Houston, TX 77054

For more information: jessica@biglovecancercare.org. Donations can be made online at: www.biglovecancercare.org

Sponsors who give $1000 or more are invited to a Sponsor Appreciation

Reception at the home of TX Representative Dennis and Kim Bonnen

in September 2012.

IN 2011, B.I.G Love Cancer Care provided...Over 5300 cancer kids and their families with weekly groceries.

Over 8000 cancer kids with toys through our toy chests and toy cart. Over 100 large Holiday Gift Baskets and over 100 Holiday Gift Cards.

Over 300 new diagnosis bags and over 25 catered meals to cancer unit.Over $5,000 in parking passes and free housing for cancer families through our trailer project.

Fulfilled the special wishes of many terminal children and helped with funeral expenses when possible. Grief support groups and counseling to many families.

Weekly food supplies and snacks for cancer unit family room and special gifts and meals for staff.

2012 Sponsors will be recognized at our Open House Ceremony on April 28th as well as at

our 5th Annual Fun Run on September 29th in Pearland. You will also be listed on all of our event shirts, publica-

tions, website and social media for the entire year.

2012 Sponsorship Opportunities:$50,000 Title Sponsor

$25,000 Courage Sponsor$10,000 Faith Sponsor$7,500 Love Sponsor

$5,000 Strength Sponsor$2,500 Hope Sponsor

$1,000 Believe Sponsor$500 Peace Sponsor

$250 Joy Sponsor$100 B.I.G. Love Sponsor

Aaron and Barbara Matthews, Robert and Mary Runkle, Charles and Angela

Robertson, Ben and Kerri Schaefer, Sarah Coker, Carl and Sandy Allen,

Curtis Osbourn, Rodney and Anneliese Thomas, Neil and Janna Herbst, Greg

Hodges, Charles and Dina Brown, Chris and Janie Walthall, Rickey and Lisa

Wagner, Mark’s Moving and Storage, Michele Wright, Lisbon United Meth-odist Church, Kblinkz Photo, Bethany Bridgewater, Kirk and Leesa Green,

Karla Darden, George and Lois Ruth, Rep. Dennis and Kim Bonnen, Tina So-sland, Jerry and Debbie Ramsey, Delores

Tipp, Enterprise Product, Great Com-mission Fellowship, Robin Haidacher

and Monette Smith. SPECIAL THANKS to: Morgan Ander-son Benefit Tournament, Angle-ton First Church, Ike and Edith

Osborne, IPH Hospice Care, Craig Buckenham Benefit Tournament

5th Annual Fun RunMoving to Pearland this year!!

Saturday, September 29th. Mark your calendars.

Grief Counseling and Support Groups now available

at Houston office.We also offer various other

counseling and group sessions: cancer support, anger, stress,

marital, and family. Contact: Kevin O’Malley,

409.504.9885

In Loving Memory

In HonorIn honor of Representative Dennis and Kim Bonnen and boys by David and Shera Eichler and girlsIn honor of April and Darrell Madding by Scotty and Pat Pope and Liz WarnerIn honor of Cameron by JL and Cynthia PattersonIn honor of Hanna Reddan’s 6th birthday by Campbell and Leah SchlagelIn honor of Aidan McSpadden and his strength by Jordan Sutton

In memory of Malachi Schaefer by Donald andWanda Duncan and Ben and Kerri SchaeferIn memory of Camilla Duarte by Rick Bogue, Elena Duarte, and Mark ChristensenIn memory of Andrew Wade Heron by Mimi and Pops. We love and miss you. You will never be forgotten.In memory of Seth Johnson by Jeremy and Jennifer HallIn memory of Brooke Phillips by Jerry Thomason and JL and Cynthia Patterson

THANK YOU New 2012 Board Members

ANNOUNCE-MENTS

Houston Office Grand Opening and BalloonFest

Saturday, April 28th 2646 S Loop W, Ste 330

Houston, TX 77054

TexasSuzelle Martin, Robin Haidacher

Carlos Garcia, Rep. Dennis and Kim Bonnen, Joe and Rebecca Ragland, Rey and Nancy Roman, Wendy and

Steve Hoenig, John Gartrell, Monique and Kelly Baldwin

and Lizette Martinez Arkansas

Chaney Phillips, Carolyn and CLark McCarley, Dustin and Linda Jenkins,

Rena Moore, Janna Vandiver, Sunshine and Don Molden

B.I.G. Love Staff/Vol: Jessica Phillips – Executive Director

Peni Green – Program Director Valerie Garcia – Family Care Coordinator

Sarah Hocott – Admin AssistantKevin O’Malley – Director of Development Amie Wainwright – Prayer Team Coord.Kerri Schaefer – Holiday Basket Coord.

Betsy Farkas – Memorial Quilts for Families Carolyn McCarley – LMSW - counselor AR

Natalie Molock – Special Events Coord.

B.I.G. Love Cancer CareBrooke’s Incredible Gift PO Box 23606Little Rock, AR 72221-3606

Meet EMMALEE...There is one thing I know for sure about Miss Emmalee-

she loves B.I.G. Love, and we love her! After a series of weekly clinic visits, the Doctor

repeatedly gave Emmalee the same news, “You get to go home today. No chemo!!” Although Emmalee should have been delighted, she became more and more disheartened

each week until finally she broke...and began to cry big tears. Emmalee’s nurse was completely shocked and

asked, “Why are you so upset, Emmalee? You get to go home.” Emmalee wiped the tears from her face and

said, “If I go home, I don’t get to see B.I.G. Love. Can I please stay here?”

The next week, Emmalee was admitted to the hospital (she was so happy) and we got to visit with her...

and on her Birthday no less. What a celebration she had.

This is a simple story, but one that let’s us know we are fulfilling our vision...to bring them joy, make them smile

and love them up!