Aubrey Rose Foundation Past Events

 

Scholarship Reception 6/10/08

The Aubrey Rose Hollenkamp Foundation hosted a Scholarship Reception on June 10th at Aston Oaks Golf Course to honor 27 8th graders and their families, and to share with them the purposes and goals of the Foundation. They were from 15 different schools and will be attending 9 different Catholic High Schools in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Also at this dessert reception were the high school principals where the student will be going in the Fall and their 8th grade principals and teachers who participated in the selection process and who encouraged the students to participate in the scholarship process.

Countless scholarships are awarded every year to students for their success in academics and sports. It is rare that a scholarship is given to commend a student's kind-heartedness. We honor this attribute of kind-heartedness as a necessity, and it must be honored.

These $500 scholarships were given to the students at their graduation or awards ceremonies where parents and other students are invited. This is an extremely important piece of our scholarship presentation so that the parents are surprised along with the scholarship recipient to hear their name being recognized for having a kind-heart.

We would like to thank you Anthony Buford and David Fulcher for your kindness in coming to speak at our Scholarship Reception. You showed so much class and spoke to our crowd of about 130 about the importance of giving back, helping others and getting involved. And you both graciously stayed around to mingle with the families, principals and teachers and to be a part of the pictures. Thanks so much.

We would also like to thank Mike Evans for his talent that he so readily shares with Aubrey's Foundation by taking pictures at our different events. Aston Oaks did a beautiful display for our dessert reception and I don't think anyone left hungry!

This was a very special evening that included the presentation of the Above and Beyond Award which was given to last year's scholarship recipient, Joel Moses and his family. The involvement this family had with Aubrey's Foundation went "above and beyond" and we rewarded them a $1000 scholarship for Joel's sophomore year at Elder High School.

To see a listing of our 2008 Scholarship Recipients and their essays, please go to

http://www.aubreyrose.org/scholarship.htm.

 

 

 

Aubrey's 8th Annual Open Golf Outing 5/18/08

The weather was perfect and Aston Oaks was beautiful. This was our largest golf outing yet and all foursomes were filled…with a waiting list! Everyone had a great time and we raised $20,000 for the Aubrey Rose Foundation!

This event is very dear and close to our hometown soul. The Aubrey Rose Foundation uses the generous event contributions and great-hearted donations to fund families in need. It's 18 holes of golf that definitely gives back.

We're so thankful to all the sponsors and participants who made this event a great success.

Click here to look at the great pictures provided by Gina Breyfogle, one of our Foundation’s Board members and a professional photographer.

 

American Girl Fashion Show 4/11-4/13/08

The Aubrey Rose Foundation hosted its 5th annual American Girl Fashion Show, presented by Toyota, on April 11-13 at the Oscar Event Center. 450 little girls from around the tri-state rocked the catwalk in American Girl clothing with matching dolls to represent generations of American Girls. The fashion show provided an educational look at how clothing and women's roles have changed over the years. Over 2,500 guests attended the six fashion shows over the weekend. The entire show was performed by children to help the Aubrey Rose Foundation raise money for families caring for sick children in our community and around the world.

Guests enjoyed a tea party during the fashion show and all of the young girls took home a souvenir American Girl Fashion Show purse filled with lots of goodies. After the show, many guests stayed to bid on the silent auction, and visit vendor booths including an American Girl photo station!

As much fun as it was, the American Girl Fashion Show also helps to instill leadership qualities in young girls and encourages them to be active volunteers in their community.

All of the girls who modeled in the fashion show raised a minimum of $100 for the Aubrey Rose Foundation. Many girls went way above that by soliciting auction items, selling raffle tickets and even asking for donations instead of presents at their birthday parties!!

8-year old Caroline Waddell was the top fundraiser, bringing in over $7,000 and winning a trip to the American Girl Store in Chicago. The 2nd place fundraiser was Katelynn Smith who with the help of her step-dad raised over $7,000 as well. We had a tie for 3rd place with Emma Brockwell and Alexa Burke each bringing in $5000! These girls and the many, many others, all understood that they were taking part in this major event in hopes of helping many children who are very sick.

We were overwhelmed by the generosity and kindness of our families. This event is not only our biggest fundraiser but it is also a tremendous friend-raiser! We're so proud of all of our models and their families for truly believing in the work of the Aubrey Rose Foundation. More Information here.