My Charities

The four charities that I chose are very close to my heart.

The Children's Tumor Foundation is one of my charities because I have two 5-year old cousins who have neurofibromatosis. It was very hard for me to see them struggling with this disease. I want to do everything in my power to help find a cure, not only for my cousins but for others that are challenged by this disease as well.

I chose the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research because my Grandma Nana has this disease. She means so much to me and my family. I use some of her recipes in my baking and they are delicious! It is getting harder and harder for her to bake with me, and it saddens me so much when she is in pain. I want to do my very best to help her and others with Parkinson's.

The Smile Network International is a charity I support because being able to smile is an instant boost of confidence. Smiling can make someone else happy. Imagine smiling at someone and they run away because they think that you are cursed. It sounds horrible, but it happens.  The Smile Network International fixes cleft palates so that someone can smile again, and be confident in themselves.   

Feed My Starving Children is a Minnesota-based non-profit that sends meals to families, communities and schools. I love taking school field trips to Feed My Starving Children, it is so fun to do all of the different jobs in order to pack the food! It makes me feel so good to help all of these people. 

The Children’s Tumor Foundation (CTF) began as the first grassroots organization solely dedicated to finding treatments for NF (Neruofibromatosis). Today, CTF is a highly recognized national nonprofit foundation, the leading force in the fight to end NF, and a model for other innovative research endeavors.

You can donate to CTF through the Cakes for a Cure Team Fundraising page.

The Michael J. Fox Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson's today.

Smile Network provides life-altering reconstructive surgeries and related healthcare services to impoverished children and adults in developing nations. They spend 89% of donations on program services.

Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is a Christian non-profit that provides nutritionally complete meals specifically formulated for malnourished children.  FMSC consistently receives the highest awards for accountability and transparency.