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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
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Kindness Day 2018
As I have the last 7 years,We will be placing 100 roses for the Children Gone Too Soon at the Angel of Hope in Scottsdale...
Join us..
We will also be reading the names of those gone too soon live on Facebook
Join The Sad Dads Club For Kindness Day
Friday July 27th @ 6:30pm
OPEN TO ALL, Families to honor the children gone too soon for Kindness Day
We will be placing Roses and reading the names of the children gone too soon @ 6:30pm
*** If you would like your child's name read please leave name in comments here or Sad Dads Club Page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/saddadsclub/
ATTENTION PLEASE: If your child's name was read on Kindness Day 2016 or 2017.They are still on list to be read this year.
If Sadly you are a new parent who has not submitted their child's name , Please leave name here or Sad Dads Club Page..Thank you for allowing us to remember with you.
ROSES WILL BE PROVIDED BY SAD DADS CLUB
Join us live or in spirit !
The Angel of Hope
Hansen Desert Hills Mortuary and Cemetery
6500 East Bell Road
Scottsdale, Arizona85254
What is Kindness Day
By Dr Joanne Cacciatore/ MISS Founder
July 27th is International Kindness Project Day, a day when grievers around the world from the U.S. to England to Paraguay to Botswana to Canada to New Zealand will come together to bring their loved one's presence back into the world so that they are remembered.
I never imagined, when I started the Kindness Project in the summer of 1997, that millions of kindness projects would be committed around the globe.
This project was born in my heart on Christmas eve of 1994. I knew I couldn't spend the money that was rightfully Cheyenne's on my other children. So I took that money and bought toys for underprivileged children, and I delivered them alone the day before Christmas. I dropped them off, wanting as much anonymity as possible, got back in my car hurriedly, and wept for nearly an hour.
It was bittersweet, though much more bitter than sweet at this point.
Some months later, I was in a shoe store buying back-to-school shoes for my children. I overheard a family debating which ones of their many children needed shoes more than the others. They all needed them, commented the parents, but they couldn't afford them. I found the store manager, bought a gift card with enough funds on it to pay for all the children's shoes, wrote on a little piece of paper "in memory of Chey", and I quickly left before he gave them the surprise.
It was only 18 months later that the MISS Foundation was born. I didn't name the MISS Foundation - or any of our programs- after Cheyenne. I chose, specifically, not to do that.
Similarly, I valued helping others anonymously, knowing in my heart that Chey's death had left me with a greater sense of compassion and agape for others, but not wanting to be recognized for it.
Truly, it was not about some act of nobility. It was pure love for my child, a strong desire to make meaning, and newfound- profound- compassion for others. I wanted to be her hands and feet in the world. I wanted others to know that this little child lived, this little child died, and this little child continued to matter.
And so my anonymous giving grew. And as it did, the paralyzing grief was balanced by something more numinous, more reflexive, and I felt something in the core of my being- something inexplicable- moving me.
At some point, I realized these acts- both the little and the big- were helping me to cope.
And, I thought perhaps it could help others who were bereaved.
Because simply, we cannot serve others without serving ourselves. We cannot give to another without giving to ourselves. We cannot bring comfort to another without bringing comfort to ourselves.
The Kindness Project was born about a year after the inception of the MISS Foundation. Born of pain. Born of compassion. Born of a love bigger than death.
And today, now 21 years later, it is much more sweet than bitter.
I invite you all to join us. For them. For each of us. For the entire world.- Joanne Cacciatore
Please visit http://www.missfoundation.org/support/kindness
to print your FREE cards in English and Spanish and join us in this project tomorrow and every day.
You can also "Like" our Kindness Project page to get updates on the amazing stories we receive from around the world!
Imagine this:
All around the world,
on this one day of the year,
mourners will be transforming their grief into a
powerful message of love, hope, peace, and kindness
Join us..
We will also be reading the names of those gone too soon live on Facebook
Join The Sad Dads Club For Kindness Day
Friday July 27th @ 6:30pm
OPEN TO ALL, Families to honor the children gone too soon for Kindness Day
We will be placing Roses and reading the names of the children gone too soon @ 6:30pm
*** If you would like your child's name read please leave name in comments here or Sad Dads Club Page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/saddadsclub/
ATTENTION PLEASE: If your child's name was read on Kindness Day 2016 or 2017.They are still on list to be read this year.
If Sadly you are a new parent who has not submitted their child's name , Please leave name here or Sad Dads Club Page..Thank you for allowing us to remember with you.
ROSES WILL BE PROVIDED BY SAD DADS CLUB
Join us live or in spirit !
The Angel of Hope
Hansen Desert Hills Mortuary and Cemetery
6500 East Bell Road
Scottsdale, Arizona85254
What is Kindness Day
By Dr Joanne Cacciatore/ MISS Founder
July 27th is International Kindness Project Day, a day when grievers around the world from the U.S. to England to Paraguay to Botswana to Canada to New Zealand will come together to bring their loved one's presence back into the world so that they are remembered.
I never imagined, when I started the Kindness Project in the summer of 1997, that millions of kindness projects would be committed around the globe.
This project was born in my heart on Christmas eve of 1994. I knew I couldn't spend the money that was rightfully Cheyenne's on my other children. So I took that money and bought toys for underprivileged children, and I delivered them alone the day before Christmas. I dropped them off, wanting as much anonymity as possible, got back in my car hurriedly, and wept for nearly an hour.
It was bittersweet, though much more bitter than sweet at this point.
Some months later, I was in a shoe store buying back-to-school shoes for my children. I overheard a family debating which ones of their many children needed shoes more than the others. They all needed them, commented the parents, but they couldn't afford them. I found the store manager, bought a gift card with enough funds on it to pay for all the children's shoes, wrote on a little piece of paper "in memory of Chey", and I quickly left before he gave them the surprise.
It was only 18 months later that the MISS Foundation was born. I didn't name the MISS Foundation - or any of our programs- after Cheyenne. I chose, specifically, not to do that.
Similarly, I valued helping others anonymously, knowing in my heart that Chey's death had left me with a greater sense of compassion and agape for others, but not wanting to be recognized for it.
Truly, it was not about some act of nobility. It was pure love for my child, a strong desire to make meaning, and newfound- profound- compassion for others. I wanted to be her hands and feet in the world. I wanted others to know that this little child lived, this little child died, and this little child continued to matter.
And so my anonymous giving grew. And as it did, the paralyzing grief was balanced by something more numinous, more reflexive, and I felt something in the core of my being- something inexplicable- moving me.
At some point, I realized these acts- both the little and the big- were helping me to cope.
And, I thought perhaps it could help others who were bereaved.
Because simply, we cannot serve others without serving ourselves. We cannot give to another without giving to ourselves. We cannot bring comfort to another without bringing comfort to ourselves.
The Kindness Project was born about a year after the inception of the MISS Foundation. Born of pain. Born of compassion. Born of a love bigger than death.
And today, now 21 years later, it is much more sweet than bitter.
I invite you all to join us. For them. For each of us. For the entire world.- Joanne Cacciatore
Please visit http://www.missfoundation.org/support/kindness
to print your FREE cards in English and Spanish and join us in this project tomorrow and every day.
You can also "Like" our Kindness Project page to get updates on the amazing stories we receive from around the world!
Imagine this:
All around the world,
on this one day of the year,
mourners will be transforming their grief into a
powerful message of love, hope, peace, and kindness
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
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Thank You For Your Kindness
A BIG Heartfelt Thank You to Matt V & Frank W, Managing partners for Veterans Services United in Phoenix,( My Bosses) For their very generous donation to the MISS Foundations Sad Dads Club Support Group which I facilitate .
They have equipped us with a New portable shade booth for events, also Sad Dads Banners,Portable tables,Custom Brochures about the Sad Dads Club and a barrel full of give away items for us to use at events.
We will be doing our 1st event at the MISS walk here in Phoenix in October, and will use this very special gift to spread the word of our group at other events in the Valley also this year.
To Matt and Frank, Your overflowing hearts will help many people who use our group after the loss of their children..Thank You's are not enough to say for this very kind and generous gift you have provided. The Sad Dads Club & MISS Foundation Thank you so very much
They have equipped us with a New portable shade booth for events, also Sad Dads Banners,Portable tables,Custom Brochures about the Sad Dads Club and a barrel full of give away items for us to use at events.
We will be doing our 1st event at the MISS walk here in Phoenix in October, and will use this very special gift to spread the word of our group at other events in the Valley also this year.
To Matt and Frank, Your overflowing hearts will help many people who use our group after the loss of their children..Thank You's are not enough to say for this very kind and generous gift you have provided. The Sad Dads Club & MISS Foundation Thank you so very much
Saturday, July 25, 2015
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Kindness Day
Sharing and Support
The MISS Foundation's Dr. Cacciatore started the Kindness Project in 1996 as a way for families to cope with the tragedy of a child's death. Since then, more than 1,000,000 kindnesses have been committed around the globe in memory of children, gone too soon.
Anyone can participate in memory of anyone!
Here's what you do:
Visit the MISS Foundation's International Kindness Project Day website:
www.KindnessProjectDay.org
Start thinking about acts of kindness - especially anonymous ones as those are the most powerful - you can commit in your neighborhood and community!
After you get your free templates (available between July 20th and 27th), print your Kindness Project cards in English or Spanish.
Share this event with others! IDEAS FOR THIS: Send email invitation to the Facebook event; print out our Kindness Project Brochure and share them around your town; do your own Kindness Project and send press releases to your local tv, radio, newspapers to spread the word.
Then- drum roll please- on July 27, 2011, go out into this world and help to created more Kindness in memory of your beloved!
Help spread the word by sharing our International Kindness
Project Day press release with your local media!
We hope everyone will join us in this amazing experience! Don't worry- you can commit a Kindness Project act that costs nothing (mow someone's yard, offer a homemade gift, bring cookies to a nursing home), only your time and devotion to another!
Or, you can have fun buying Starbucks for the person in line behind you... or you can leave flowers on a strangers' door... or you can buy someone's meal at a restaurant anonymously, or you can leave a $10 bill on the ground where someone can find it wrapped around a Kindness Project card... the list is endless! See our Kindess Project Ideas page for even more!
Imagine this:
All around the world,
on this one day of the year,
mourners will be transforming their grief into a
powerful message of love, hope, peace, and kindness!
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Kindness Day 7/27/2015
As I have the last 4 years and will be placing 100 roses for the Children Gone Too Soon at the Angel of Hope in Scottsdale...Join Me if You Like !
Monday, July 27 is International Kindness Project Day. Please "Like" this https://www.facebook.com/MISSFoundationKindnessProject
and SHARE this on your page so others know!
Ask them to print a few cards and go out into the world in memory of your child. Families from Romania, Iceland, Paraguay, and Italy to Australia, Mexico, Canada, New Zealand, and Kenya will be joining us in memory of all our beloved children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, brothers, sisters, godchildren, classmates, and friends!
and SHARE this on your page so others know!
Ask them to print a few cards and go out into the world in memory of your child. Families from Romania, Iceland, Paraguay, and Italy to Australia, Mexico, Canada, New Zealand, and Kenya will be joining us in memory of all our beloved children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, brothers, sisters, godchildren, classmates, and friends!
Thursday, April 23, 2015
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Friday, January 9, 2015
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Sedona Bound
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
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Sad Dads Club
Many have asked what is the 'Sad Dad's Club'
The Sad Dads Club Story
This is a group of Dads who also unfortunately have lost a child. This is a great dads group, in a different setting than that of the past.
This is just a Group of Dads who has found a different way to talk, console, and laugh. Yes laugh in a lighter arena, and yet support each other fully. And I wanted people to be clear on this project.
This is just a Group of Dads who has found a different way to talk, console, and laugh. Yes laugh in a lighter arena, and yet support each other fully. And I wanted people to be clear on this project.
I don't have to tell you about the pain we have all experienced in the loss of our children, yet one thing that has drawn me to the MISS Foundation is the support, the honesty, the candor and the positive thinking. We all want our children back. That is our only wish.
Yet, this 'club' was organized after NBC12 Phoenix did a report on a group of Dads who have experienced the loss of their child. It aired for Father’s Day 2013 and was dubbed the Sad Dads Club by NBC Reporter Kevin Kennedy, It was hosted by Barry Kluger, along with Michael Sansone and Barry Adkins.
We were Struck by the fact that amidst the tears. Very hard tears. There were light moments as well.
Somehow, we find glimpses, however short, of what we have lost but what we may have.
Michael Sansone became a MISS Mentor in 2006 and a MISS Facilitator in 2012
In May 2013 Michael Sansone founded the Sad Dads Club Social Group,.
In February 2014, joined by Theo Soumilas. The Sad Dads Held its 1st social event fundraiser.
In September 2014 the Social Group also Became a monthly Support Group with the MISS Foundation... .
Michael Sansone & Theo Soumilas will facilitate this group.
The Group will meet on the 4th Thursday of Every Month @ 6:30pm
Location
The MISS Foundation Office
77 E Thomas Rd #221
Phoenix, AZ 85012.
Location
The MISS Foundation Office
77 E Thomas Rd #221
Phoenix, AZ 85012.
Thursday, December 4, 2014
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National Children s Memorial Day
JOIN US
Join us as we remember all children gone too soon. Northern Hills Community Church is located at 2740 E Union Hills Dr Phoenix, Az 85050.
The event will begin promptly at 630pm with beautiful music and touching words. At 7pm the memorial candle will be lit and everyone will then light there own candle and say their child's name.
Following the service a Dessert Social will occur. The MISS Memorial Wall will be on display. You are invited to bring memorial items and pictures to share of your beloved child. www.missfoundation.org
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Thursday, August 14, 2014
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MISS Foundation Support Group Schedule
IN PHOENIX: We have support groups:
MISS Foundation Office: 77 E. Thomas Road, Suite 221, Phoenix 85012
1st Thursday of the month: 6:30 p.m. at the MISS Office: General Support Group Parents and Grandparents – Death at any age, any cause
2nd Thursday of the month: 6:30 p.m. at the MISS Office: Death of Older Child/Adult Child Support Group
3rd Thursday of the month: 6:30 p.m. at the MISS Office: General Support Group – Death at any age, any cause
4rd Tuesday of the month: 6:30 p.m. at the MISS Office: General Support Group – Death at any age, any cause
4th Thursday of the month: 6:30 p.m. at the MISS Office: Sad Dad's Club Support Group - **Beginning September 25th. Contact: Michael Sansone: michael.sansone@missfoundation.org
-See more at: http://missfoundation.org/support/groups/arizona#sthash.Nd3hOUER.dpuf
Friday, April 25, 2014
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Check It Out
Please check out my new Mentor and Facilitator Page with the
MISS Foundation
http://missfoundation.org/support/programs/hopementors/michael-sansone
http://missfoundation.org/support/programs/hopementors/michael-sansone
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
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Join Us 2/8/2014 - Casino Nite Fundraiser
We would like to invite you to join us February 8th 2014 for The MISS Foundations Sad Dads Club Casino Night Fundraiser with all proceeds to our Wonderful MISS Foundation..Please see event below and link for online tickets or Donations.Thank you
Michael Sansone, MISS Mentor / Facilitator
Theo Soumilas
Event Co Chairman
The MISS Foundations "Sad Dads Club" is offering a Las Vegas style evening ...Out with friends,
There will be Blackjack , Craps and Texas Hold Em
Entertainment is Phoenix's Premier Guitar Duo "Generations" with songsfrom the 70's till today
So get your Friends and family together for an evening of fun and prizes,
There will be Raffles, Silent Auction, High Roller Raffle at evening end.
ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE MISS FOUNDATION
The MISS Foundation, a 501 (c) 3 valley nonprofit organization with a staff of dedicated volunteers, comes to the aid of thousands of families who have experienced the heartbreak of child death. Our outreach into the community includes support groups for adults and children, crisis intervention, one on one counseling services, retreats and a network of ancillary groups that work together to provide assistance to parents, siblings and grandparents.
The MISS Foundations “Sad Dad’s Club” a MISS Foundation Social Group is holding a Casino Night Fundraiser on February 8th 2014.with proceeds benefiting the MISS Foundation.
Your contribution is tax deductible (EIN 86-0968201) In appreciation of your generous donation we will be honored to appreciate your organization on the MISS Foundation website, Facebook page and at our event
Event Tickets are $20 per person
And includes $50 in chips
and1 drink ticket
We would like to invite you to attend the event to provide your information. Sponsor/Vendor tables are free. Join us in a fun evening of casino action, entertainment, food and drink. Along with raffles and a silent auction. All while benefiting the MISS Foundation to continue with grace and pride for the parents who continue to love and honor the children who have gone too soon.
Thank you in advance for your consideration of our request.
With gratitude and in their memory
Michael Sansone / Theo Soumilas
MISS Foundation, Event Co-Chairman
Theo Soumilas
Thursday, May 23, 2013
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International Kindness Day
About the Kindness Project
The Kindness Project began in 1996 as a way for families to honor their deceased child and to help themselves heal. Now, years later, more than 1,000,000 Kindness Project cards have been used around the world to perform random acts of kindness in memory of a child, parent, friend, or spouse who died before their time.
The idea is to perform random acts of, usually anonymous, acts of kindness in your community. A little card is left behind so that the person who benefits from the kindness knows that someone's life and death continues to matter. This beautiful movement has helped thousands of families to heal and find positive outlets for their overwhelming grief.
The History of the Kindness Project
The Kindness Project is a worldwide movement to share our children (or other loved ones) with those who never had the honor to meet them. Let me tell you why we are so excited about this project...
Dr. Joanne Cacciatore's daughter, Cheyenne, died in July of 1994. It was the worst day of her life. She says how she never imagined herself laughing or experiencing joy again.
Dr. Jo began to seek out ways to keep Cheyenne's memory alive within her family and to the rest of the world: She wanted to create a quiet legacy. She wanted people to know that Cheyenne existed and, more importantly, she wanted to help change the lives of others because of her presence on this earth.
So Dr. Jo set out on various missions of random kindness. On a daily basis, she looked for opportunities to reach out and do something unexpected and unusually kind for someone else. Most often, strangers were the recipients of these good deeds. As she did them, she began to feel a sense of peace in knowing that Cheyenne was the reason for her compassionate enlightenment
The Kindness Project blossomed out of the extraordinary experiences Dr. Jo had while doing things for others. She discovered that truly miraculous things happen to our spirits when we reach out to help others, and so she sought a way to share that movement with others.
It is our hope that through the Kindness Project, we can make incredible transformations within our communities, in our families, and in ourselves. Just imagine if every person touched by death would participate in helping to transform the world into a gentler and more altruistic world! What an impact this would have on so many levels!
The Kindness Project reminds others that our children, and other loved ones, are so very important to us that we are willing to extend the life and love of our child and share it with others! It is a legacy that transcends death. It is a legacy of love.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
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Sunday We Walk For The Children Gone Too Soon
MISS Foundation - Third Annual Kindness Walk and Safety Fair
Online Registartion Ends 5/18/2013 @7pm
Walk Up Registartion Starts 8am Sunday 5/19/2013
Event Details
The MISS Foundation is hosting its Third Annual Kindness Walk and Safety Fair on Bereaved Parent’s Day, May 19,2013, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Our event will be located downtown at the Cesar Chavez Plaza between Washington and Jefferson Streets at Second Avenue.
Registration 8:00 a.m.
Walk Begins 9:00 a.m.
Fair - 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
The MISS Foundation, an Arizona-based international non-profit organization with a staff of dedicated volunteers, comes to the aid of thousands of families who have experienced the heartbreak of child death.
Our outreach in the community includes support groups for adults and children, crisis intervention, one-on-one counseling services, retreats, and a network of ancillary groups that work together to provide assistance to parents, siblings and grandparents.
One of the event's Kindness Project's is called Beautiful Soles, and will take place during the walk. Here, families will donate new or gently used shoes, and adorn the shoes with a legacy message in honor of their beloved child. The Beautiful Soles will then be donated to local organizations that serve needy children: The legacy of our beloved children will literally walk on in another child.
Please join the Kindness Revolution!
Thursday, May 16, 2013
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Mayor Stantons Proclamation
Here is a video of us accepting Proclamation for Bereaved Parents Day in Phoenix
Friday, April 26, 2013
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Vow of Silence Day
Vow of Silence Day, Sunday, April 28
We are inviting all bereaved to participate worldwide in Vow of Silence Day.
Often used monastically, a vow of silence in this context is to honor our Beloveds who have died, and to hold a space for them within our hearts.
Simply begin your silence at midnight on Sunday, April 28 and continue until 11:59pm. You are welcome to invite others to a day of silence in memory of your beloved one and may share this jpg for anyone to wear should they wish to do so.
Please feel free to share this with anyone you feel may benefit from this experience. And know that around the world, other mourners will be joining you in the silence for our Beloveds.
You will have a chance to come back here and share your stories of silence.
Deep bows to you and your Beloved.
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