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Again! by JAK's guest mom blogger from Caledonia, Mollie Bartelt Do you want to make a difference in your life this spring? Or make a difference for a child who has a life threatening illness? Or win $500 in a fun challenge? The game is on again! As a mom of a child who had successfully came through a life threatening illness, I am so excited to invite you to MINUTE TO WISH IT! -  a super fun family fundraiser set to go this weekend. Would you please consider joining us Sunday afternoon and celebrate the blessings in your family's life by playing some fun Minute to Win It games?. Read More MINUTE TO WISH IT Sunday, April 22nd, 1 to 4 pm Racine Family YMCA Our second annual event, this is a family fundraiser where people compete in a fast paced series of challenges ($1 each) where winners will proceed to the next challenge. The final team left will have the opportunity to win up to $500 in the Final Round of Minute to Wish It challenges. There are a ton of activities for the ...

  4 Dinner & Wishes  Today I sent my teenage girls over to the Dollar Tree to pick up some poster board.  (2 for buck, you can't beat that!)  They came back and told me about a man's request to help him buy some chicken so that he could feed his kids.  My girls then walked over to the Piggly Wiggly , and bought it for him.  Five bucks.  That's what they donated to this man's family's dinner table.  It broke my heart and made it smile, all at the same time. So many people have so many different needs. And to think what a difference $5 could make in some strangers' lives... Please read more as JAK sprints to the finish of promoting this weekend's Minute to Wish It event benefiting Make-A-Wish Foundation ® of Wisconsin .  We'll also introduce you to local "Wish Kid" Scott! I know the dynamics of a busy family schedule first hand.  I know the desire of wanting to do and participate in many things, and yet, sometimes you just can't.  Yo...

...A Day 4 Dreams, Type A, and Amazin' For the past couple of months, you've probably seen the ad displayed on this weekly e-newsletter and on the Just Add Kids website page announcing the upcoming "A Day 4 Dreams" .  Just in case you haven't, well, here it is again!>>>> If you are wondering just what the heck this is all about, you can obviously click on the ad, or right here: AD4D While this is a bit of a plug for the event, my intent here is to shine the light on what, or rather, WHO is behind all of this crazy fun and fundraising. I first met Tammy Flynn about three years ago, when she became one of my advertising customers at the place where I was previously employed.  Admittedly, she was a bit high-maintenance. Read more... Always so particular with her advertisements, which drove me insane!  Her hyper energy level nearly exhausted me.  She was/is unbelievably put together: big, long, perfectly coiffed hair; impeccable nails...both finger...