The Kortney Rose Foundation
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GET BRAIN TUMORS OFF KIDS' MINDS!
Kortney Rose had an unparalleled zest for life. She loved playing with friends and animals (stuffed or real) and enjoyed school at Wolf Hill Elementary in Oceanport, NJ where she was in third grade. Kortney loved basketball and played soccer, but her biggest thrills were at amusement parks and water slides. She was a daredevil with little fear and a spitfire who knew how to get her way. Her smile and laugh would brighten any room she entered or place she visited. She loved to play on her swing set and was always on the move to her next play date. Kortney Rose Gillette was a vivacious nine-year-old girl with a winning smile and a contagious spirit for life. Four months after a diagnosis of brainstem glioma, Kortney passed away from the disease on April 27, 2006. ...more
Ann Chicken FestSunday, February 26 at the Stone Pony-3 Bands to benefit our great cause. Tickets at Stone Pony box office-$12 each. Doors open 2 PM, bands start at 3 PM. www.annchicken.com
2011 Annual Donation - $150,000
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Click Here To View The Media Player File On September 5, all three major TV networks simultaneously aired an hour-long fundraising special to raise money and awareness for cancer. To promote this unprecedented event, Katie Couric of CBS Evening News prominently featured Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with interviews by Children's Hospital pediatric brain tumor specialists Dr. Peter Phillips and Dr. Tom Curran who is also the deputy chief science officer.  Click Here To View The Windows Media File NJN News Reports May as Brain Tumor Awareness Month in NJ |
UPCOMING EVENTS
Saturday, 9/10 at Blackberry Bay Park, Oceanport – Tether rides on the Remax hot air balloon, weather permitting with a donation to our foundation for the first 100 people. Line will start forming at 5 PM and rides are 5:30-7:30 PM. Come early to avoid the crowd.
Saturday, 10/1 at Fair Haven Fire House-Touch a Truck presented by the Rumson, Fair Haven, Little Silver, and Shrewsbury Newcomers Club to benefit KRF. 10 AM-2 PM-$10 per child, $5 for each additional child, max $30 per family. Cash or checks only-raindate Sunday, 10/2.
Thursday, 10/20 CHOP’s 3rd annual All In for Kids Poker Tournament at the Mandarin Orient in NYC. For details visit www.allinforkids.com.
Friday and Saturday, October 28 & 29 —GREAT FOOD...GREAT CAUSE
Fundraiser at all Turning Point locations
Your donation of $20 or more to KRF gets you free entrée cards for your next visit to the TP.
Sunday, November 6—TEAM KORTNEY NY - ING NYC MARATHON 2011
Still have two guaranteed entries left if you or anyone you know is interested in running. Come along and help us cheer on Team Kortney. If interested in either email me kortneyroseorg@aol.com.
Kortney loved to draw and most often drew floppy-eared dogs with big sneakers. In third grade the dog drawings changed to pictures of girls shopping in the mall. In March of 2006, about a month before she turned for the worse, Kortney's friend Collette came over. Together they drew pictures and Collette taught Kortney how to draw a rose. Kortney's picture of the rose was even more detailed than the one you see in our logo.
At the time when I found the rose picture a professional designer was in the process of creating a logo for the foundation. While her rose was much more professional and sophisticated, I had such an emotional attachment to Kortney's rose that I had to go with my gut feeling. Kortney's rose showed a lot of artistic promise since she was only in third grade.
