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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...

Putting Thoughts Into (60 Second) Action                Just Add Kids welcomes Mollie Bartelt, a Caledonia mom, as JAK's guest blogger Do you want to make a difference in your life this summer? Or make a difference for a child who has a life threatening illness? Or win $1000 in a fun challenge? Game on! My story began six months ago, when my happy, healthy nine year old daughter came in from outside playing in the snow feeling dizzy. We became alarmed when she couldn’t stand up after resting a bit...her legs were wobbly and criss-crossing and she appeared to have no balance. A few short hours later in the emergency room, the situation looked worse as she was starting to slur her speech and not even be able to get words out correctly... and she couldn’t get her hands to work to put a snack in her mouth. Read more... The hospital ER staff then sent us up to Children’s Hospital where Hannah stayed for nearly a week, undergoing tests and having therapy. While all the tests were negativ...