Crush Kids' Cancer 2013 Calendars + Ornaments Update!

With just one month left of 2012, we're wrapping up what has been a great year (well, since June) for Crush Kids' Cancer and The Kids' Chapter! Now it's almost time to welcome 2013 with a Crush Kids' Cancer calendar!

Not only do a portion of the proceeds from the calendars go to Crush Kids' Cancer, but each month holds a different quote or song lyric from David!

You can go HERE to purchase a calendar and also view all of the calendar pages!


Also, there's only one month left of our David Archuleta Christmas/Birthday Project!

33 ornaments have sold in the month of November! That's more than one ornament each day! Thanks everyone! I'm sure David will love to know how many sold and how much was raised as his Christmas/Birthday gift!

You can go HERE to learn more about this project and how to purchase a special Crush Kids' Cancer ornament.

Our David Archuleta Christmas/Birthday Project

With the holidays and David Archuleta's birthday nearing, The Kids' Chapter is starting our Christmas/Birthday Project!

Starting now until the end of the year, you have the chance to purchase this special Crush Kids' Cancer ornament! A portion of the proceeds from this ornament will be donated to Crush Kids' Cancer as our Christmas and Birthday present to David this year!

The ornament is $12 and will hang nicely on every Archie's Christmas tree, or could be a great stocking stuffer! If you do not celebrate Christmas but still want to be a part of this project, you can always purchase an ornament and give it to someone you know will love it, or donate it to a local hospital, etc.

Project starts Nov 1 until Dec 31, 2012, and at the end we will be letting David know how many ornaments sold and how much was raised for Crush Kids' Cancer! We know David will love this Christmas/Birthday present from all of his fans this year!

You can go HERE to purchase a Crush Kids' Cancer ornament.

It's the season of giving (and celebrating David's birthday) and The Kids' Chapter is excited for this new end-of-the-year, holiday project!

Also be sure to check out these other new Crush Kids' Cancer products, 

all great gifts for the holiday season!

Raffle winners announced!

It's been a slow and steady process, but we're finally announcing (most of) the raffle winners from this past summer! Some of the $25 item winners are still being chosen, so please be patient everyone, but the rest are listed below!

Congrats to:

• Ellie and Millie, who won the David Archuleta VIP tickets (upon his return)! 
• Collegemom, who won the Crush Kids' Cancer t-shirt autographed by David!
• Marthazz, who won the personalized drumhead and drum sticks from Steven J. Robinson! And she sent us a picture!

Love it!!

• CM(yakima), who won the Nandito Ako poster autographed by David!
• Angelica, who won the Barton Hollow record autographed by The Civil Wars! 
• ITTO88, who won the Barton Hollow CD signed by The Civil Wars!
• MaggieFOD, who won The Other Side of Down unopened CD and The Other Side of Down CD booklet autographed by David! 

Congrats to all of you! Some have already received their prizes and some are still waiting, so like I said, please be patient! And thank you to EVERYONE who donated and helped out with the fundraising challenge this summer and helping get a step closer to 

CRUSHING kids' cancer!!!

BEGIN. your iPhone5 experience with a Crush Kids Cancer case!

Buy an exclusive Crush Kids Cancer case for your new iPhone5 HERE at our Zazzle store! 

Portion of the proceeds goes to Crush Kids' Cancer.

Ashley recaps the Stand Up 2 Cancer event

After a long flight from Boston to L.A. early Friday morning, the day went by fast as the Stand Up 2 Cancer show was going to begin in just a few hours. After getting ready and heading to the Shrine Auditorium, I picked up my tickets and soon met up with PecanPie! It was great getting to talk to her again. Soon after, Mary Lou (Pastel) and Marge arrived! It was awesome getting to meet them!!

Eventually we took our seats and the show began. A lot of the stories shown were really sad but it made for an interesting feeling throughout the entire room as everyone watched these stories of people all going through the same thing, the thing that we were all here to stand up to and CRUSH. But it was really cool to see Justin Timberlake, Sofia Vergara and Robert Pattinson, to name a few, plus see Taylor Swift, Alicia Keys and Tim McGraw perform! It was also cool to see how a live show is done, and how quickly people have to move to keep it going.

Soon after, it ended and we met up with Mary Lou and Marge. We were all invited to a reception that Pecan would be speaking at afterward, so Mary Lou and Marge offered to bring us with them in their car so we would all be together. There was quite some confusion finding their hotel, but I didn’t mind because I got to see a lot more of L.A. that I originally wouldn’t have! lol

Finally we did make it to their hotel and hung out with them for a bit before taking a cab to the place where the reception was being held. It was a party with fancy food and swanky people, but I just liked getting to hang out with Pecan, Mary Lou and Marge. Then Dave Filice came! It was awesome getting to officially meet him and talk with him!

Then Pecan made her speech, and she did great. She talked about David and Crush Kids’ Cancer, then said little blurbs about each of us who were there and why we’re so dedicated to the team. I really liked how David and Crush Kids’ Cancer were still being celebrated that night, even though David isn‘t here.

Dave Filice, Marge, Mary Lou and myself

The rest of the night seemed to fly by and eventually we took off back to our hotel. It was a great first time in L.A. and a really special event to have gone to. It was awesome getting to see Pecan again, and also meeting Mary Lou, Marge and Dave!! They’re all some of the nicest people I’ve ever met and it was so much fun getting to hang out with them all.

CRUSH KIDS' CANCER during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Watch below as everyone CRUSHES KIDS' CANCER in this fabulous video made by the awesome Allie!

To support Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, The Kids' Chapter will be selling Crush Kids' Cancer t-shirts all September long! A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Crush Kids' Cancer. Let's see how much we can raise during the whole month of September! 

Go HERE to purchase your Crush Kids' Cancer t-shirt now!  

The winner of our Kids' Chapter fundraising challenge is....

Roselyn Garcia!

There were some great fundraising activities going on this summer, but Roselyn wins with her sketch of David Archuleta, that was auctioned off for a donation to Crush Kids' Cancer.

Congrats Roselyn, you win the free copy of David's new album BEGIN.

Thank you everyone who participated and be sure to stay tuned for more great projects from The Kids' Chapter!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

What a week for Crush Kids' Cancer! 

Trending worldwide on Twitter and coming in 3rd on Stand Up To Cancer with 

over $20K donated! 

Crush Kids' Cancer has raised almost $90,000 since 2008, the most of any SU2C team!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

to all of the Archie fans and everyone who donated! 

Also a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who gave raffle items; Team Archuleta, Steven J. Robinson, Jeff LeBlanc, The Civil Wars, Preston Powis, MonteMar 

and some awesome Archie fans!

And last but not least, THANK YOU to team captain PecanPie and the entire 

Crush Kids' Cancer team!!

Reminder: ALL raffles have ended! Winners will be announced soon!

Breaking News!

The Crush Kids' Cancer team continues to pour its heart out through donations in this last fundraising campaign. To encourage us to continue this generous spirit tonight, Team Archuleta has generously offered to everyone who donates from 7 pm EDT to end of team competition tonight, August 29th 11:59 pm EST, the following:

Every $25 contribution to Crush Kids' Cancer will be eligible to win a special package: Two (2) Special Meet and Greet Passes and two (2) tickets for the performance concert of your choice upon David Archuleta's return! No accommodation or airfare is included in this gift package. This gift applies to international performances as well.

So, if you donate $25 tonight, you get one chance at the gift. If you donate $250 , you get 10 chances. This gift applies to donations to Crush Kids' Cancer made from 7 pm to end of team competition only. Although previous donations are not included in this particular gift opportunity, all donors are eligible for David Archuleta gifts outlined previously. The winner will announced the week of Sept. 3rd.

IF YOU ARE AN INTERNATIONAL FAN AND ARE UNABLE TO DONATE BY CREDIT CARD, you can donate as follows:

Send your donation to the following Paypal email: mlsinclair@sympatico.ca with the following Subject Line: Donation for Crush Kids Cancer. We will deposit it directly to the SU2C team. Please do so before 11:30 pm EST Wednesday, August 29th to allow time for us to process.

So what are you waiting for? Team Archuleta has given us even more encouragement to rise to the challenge! Donation sites have been known to get clogged in the final hours so donate NOW. And donate here! 

http://www.standup2cancer.org/custom/?c=team&a=index&id=1917

A Heartfelt Message from Team Captain PecanPie

Hi Crush Kids’ Cancer team,

I wanted to take a pause to be a little serious and let you know how much each and every one of you is recognized and what this team truly means. Many of you have sent messages to let me and/or David know how a diagnosis of cancer is so very personal to you. I want the members of the team to know that your voice is heard, your feelings are known, and that each and every team member counts in this fight. I do know what it’s like to be given a cancer diagnosis only to learn that there are some in whom you previously might have entrusted your life and yet who are surprisingly indifferent to your potential mortality. I do know what it’s like to be a child and watch a loved one go through the horror of a cancer diagnosis and treatment. I haven’t seen patients directly in over five years, but never will I forget the look in a parent’s eyes when I would lay my stethoscope on the silent chest of his/her child who had just passed, and confirm their worst nightmare. The most hideous sound on Earth is the sound of a mother wailing in anguish upon receiving the news that her child has just passed away or that there are no treatment options left. I don’t know how else to describe it except to say, it eviscerates your soul.

Why am I sharing this with all of you some 4 years after starting the team? Because most of you have experienced any number of the cancer stories I’ve described above and it’s part of what unites us all both as a team and as fellow human beings. We get so caught up in the excitement of winning the challenge that sometimes the ugly stories behind the fight get forgotten. That’s so easy to let happen right now while David isn’t here to cheer us on.

Way more important than my understanding, however, is that David understands what it is that you have all endured (or are still battling currently). I realized this early on in the first fundraising challenge 4 years ago. No one in the fanbase knew who I was back then; most of you thought I was just some Archie-smitten teen rather than a middle-aged pediatric oncologist. So, how then, do we explain, a group of 550 strangers banding together within a 2 -week time frame and raising over $30,000 (about half of which was raised in the final 12 hours)?

David, of course, is the only possible explanation - the only common thread. What always amazed me was that while I and other adults may understand and relate to the impact of a cancer diagnosis because we have had the benefit of maturity and of direct personal experience, David understood even as a mere teenager, without ever having endured most of these experiences personally. Moreover, we all somehow knew, that David would “get it”, i.e., that he would have a level of compassion and understanding that sometimes even our closest friends might not be able to muster. We, on this team and in this fanbase, all saw something that the other viewers had missed entirely. We saw that beneath that goofy, dorky teen exterior and that ever-present smile, beat the heart of a human being with a compassion so profound, that it radiated right through the television screen and permeated deep into our own hearts. We didn’t even have to share our own individual cancer battle stories with him to feel that we were heard and understood. What’s more, we all knew, that the only way to thank him was not to give to him directly, but rather to uphold a principle that I suspect is dear to David, and that is common to all our faiths and to all humanity. Simply put, that principle is that if we witness or become aware of the potential for suffering in another, it is our obligation to do whatever we can to alleviate that suffering. This SU2C team became the first of many opportunities to fulfill that shared obligation.

So, for those of you who have been hit hard by the economy, please don’t donate financially to this team and instead consider donating blood, registering for the bone marrow registry, or just remember to do your regular cancer screening. If, however, you think you can comfortably afford to donate even a little to the team and you support the strategy of SU2C as much as I do, then I hope you will do what you can to bring us one step closer to finding successful, tolerable treatments and preventing the suffering that cancer forces so many to endure. The more we raise, the greater the reminder to the world that David is not just a great singer, but a great man to have inspired such a team. Given that we raised over $30,000 with a team half the size and raised about $15,000 in the final 12 hours, I know we can still pull this off.

Thanks again for all of the support,
Pecan Pie

Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures

From team captain PecanPie:

There are very few times when I am ever interested in collecting things with people's autographs. One major exception is the time I asked David to autograph a T-shirt that I had printed with the Crush Kids' Cancer team logo (created by Nancy ER). I had brought it with me on a whim to his last U.S. concert in Beaver Creek. My flight had taken off before I even knew he would be going on a mission and that this would be his last concert for 2 years. This was the only time I ever had the nerve to go to the tour bus to request an autograph, so this autographed T-shirt is the only one in existence (I've printed the T-shirt without autograph for people before). Once I received the autograph, I didn't want to part with the shirt because it has such sentimental value. However, I've decided that what would mean even more to me is to see this team raise funding for SU2C and awareness for pediatric cancer, so I am offering this one-and-only T-shirt in a raffle. Please note, that we will likely retire this logo before the next challenge in order create a simplified monochromatic logo that can be printed more easily.

Anyone who donates a total of $150 or more to the Crush Kids' Cancer SU2C team between August 16th-29th will be eligible to enter the raffle to win. If you wish to enter the raffle after donating, send me an e-mail at su2carchie@gmail.com. The T-shirt is pre-shrunk cotton, size XL. The photo is shown and there is a video from cadthu that shows David signing the shirt at about 3:20

Thanks all!

Pecan Pie

Go HERE to donate and go HERE to check out our other raffle items!

Attention International Fans:

IF YOU ARE AN INTERNATIONAL FAN AND ARE UNABLE TO DONATE BY CREDIT CARD, but would like to donate, then you can donate as follows:
Send your donation to the following Paypal email: mlsinclair@sympatico.ca with the following Subject Line: Donation for Crush Kids Cancer. We will deposit it directly to the SU2C team. Please do so before 9 pm EST Wednesday, August 29th to allow time for us to process.

You will be eligible for the same raffle items as those who donate by credit card, but please only use this method of donation if you cannot donate directly by credit card to the SU2C site.

No need to send any other emails to the Crush Kids' Cancer site. As soon as you donate, your name gets entered into the appropriate category for prizes!!! Thank you and good luck!

Donate to Crush Kids' Cancer, win a raffle item!

Update: All raffles have ended! Thank you to everyone who participated! Winners will be announced soon!

DONATE TO SU2C CRUSH KIDS’ CANCER TEAM by AUG 29 TO ENTER ARCHU-RAFFLE

Hi Archies! Some of David’s friends and fans have been donating some cool memorabilia items that you could win by donating to the Crush Kids’ Cancer Team by Aug 29th.

Possible prizes and their values are listed below. If you choose to enter the raffle, you will be entered into the raffle for all items of equal or lesser value to the total amount you donated to the team between Aug 16 and Aug 29th.

For example: If you donate $60, you will first be entered for each item valued at $50. If your name is not drawn as a winner for the $50 items, you will again be entered in the raffles for the $25.

DONATE HERE: http://www.standup2cancer.org/custom/?c=team&a=index&id=1917
THEN ENTER RAFFLE: Send name and total amount donated between Aug 16-Aug 29
                                    to: SU2Carchie@gmail.com

Here's what you could win:

For $100 or more:
Given by Steven J. Robinson, former drummer for David Archuleta:
1) One used drum head, which Steven will personalize
    to the winner!
                                    AND
    One pair of drum sticks with Steven's logo on them!



2) Rare Nandito Ako poster autographed by
    David Archuleta! Poster is 20" long x 16"
    wide. {Thanks to Nancy}


For $50 or more:
Given by Grammy Award winning duo The
Civil Wars:
1) Barton Hollow record autographed by Joy
    Williams (co-wrote David Archuleta's "The
    Other Side of Down") and John Paul White
    of The Civil Wars

2) Barton Hollow CD autographed by Joy
    Williams and John Paul White

3) David Archuleta debut album and The Other
                                                                          Side of Down CD both autographed by
                                                                          David! {Thanks to an anonymous giver}
For $25 or more:
Given by Preston Powis, Utah-based singer of "Let Me In" (written by Preston, David Archuleta and Dean Kaelin):
1) Autographed poster

2) Mormon Tabernacle Choir Glad Christmas Tidings CD autographed by David Archuleta!
    {Thanks to IridescentPandA}

Given by Jeff LeBlanc:
3) Autographed CD
4) Autographed poster

Given by California-based band MonteMar (which includes Brian Green, former guitarist for David Archuleta):
5) Autographed CDs

6) Exclusive pull-string bag from David Archuleta's
    My Kind of Christmas tour. Only VIPers got
    these! {Thanks to Allie}

Newly added: 7) The Other Side of Down unopened CD, AND The Other Side of Down CD BOOKLET autographed by David Archuleta! (two separate items) {Thanks to Cristina}

We want to thank all of these generous musicians and Archie fans again who donated these items for our cause! We are all helping to CRUSH kids' cancer! Let the donating BEGIN.

Message from Crush Kids' Cancer team captain PecanPie!

Greetings Fellow Archies and Cancer Warriors! It’s that time again when SU2C has asked us to STAND UP and fight by raising as much funds as we can by AUGUST 29 (less than 2 weeks!). The top fundraising team will receive on-screen recognition (possibly a tribute) on the live broadcast the following week.

With our esteemed honoree abroad for the next 2 years, this will be our toughest challenge yet. Unfortunately, there are quite a few of our team members who are either battling this disease themselves or fighting the battle alongside a loved one right now because cancer doesn’t wait until it’s convenient to wage its war.

So, with or without David to guide us, it’s time to don the boxing gloves. That’s ok, though, because we Don’t Give Up and we will not be Broken! So let’s show cancer and show the world our True Colors and let the fundraising BEGIN.

http://www.standup2cancer.org/custom/?c=team&a=index&id=1917

Please follow the fansites and the kidschapter http://www.thekidschapter.org/ during the week for some uber-cool raffle items you could win by donating!

- PecanPie

Stand Up 2 Cancer fundraising challenge BEGINs today!

Hi everyone! I'd like to let you all know that Crush Kids' Cancer and The Kids' Chapter will be participating in Stand Up 2 Cancer's latest fundraising challenge! 

As some of you may know, Stand Up 2 Cancer will be having one of their nationwide broadcasts again this year on September 7, and the team that raises the most will be acknowledged during the broadcast!

The challenge starts today, August 16, and ends on August 29. 

Be sure to get your donations in to Crush Kids' Cancer and BEGIN. fundraising! 
(only donations received today until August 29 count for the challenge; any received before or after do not count.) 

Check out David, along with team member Mary Lou Sinclair, during SU2C's broadcast in 2010:

This could happen again (minus David, of course), but only with YOUR help!

While David is away on his mission doing good, you too can do some good by getting involved and helping us CRUSH cancer. 

Also, if anyone has any David memorabilia they'd like to give to be raffled off for donations, please email us and let us know! Signed CDs, tour merchandise, etc would be appreciated! 
We'll be having some raffles going on during the next 2 weeks, so stay tuned!

Another auction is starting! Win a The Other Side of Down Deluxe CD/DVD autographed by David!

EDIT: Auction has ended! Congratulations purplecacruiser on winning the CD and supporting Crush Kids' Cancer!

We're starting another Crush Kids' Cancer auction! Starting today, you have the chance to bid on this The Other Side of Down Deluxe CD/DVD autographed by David Archuleta!

The CD was signed by David during the Mormon Tabernacle Choir shows in 2010. The album includes The Other Side of Down CD + bonus DVD featuring the "Something 'Bout Love" music video, photo shoot behind-the-scenes, interview with David and a photo gallery.

The winning bid will be donated to Crush Kids' Cancer.

Click HERE to start bidding! And be sure to check back often to raise your bid!

Don't miss this chance to get this autographed CD and help us to CRUSH kids' cancer.

Also be sure to go HERE to bid on the sketch of David that's currently up for auction. 

It ends in 2 days!

Let the Crush Kids' Cancer auction BEGIN.

EDIT: Auction has ended! Congratulations star-gem for winning the sketch and supporting Crush Kids' Cancer!

Starting today, you have a chance to get this amazing sketch of David Archuleta made by Roselyn Garcia from the Philippines.

This one of a kind sketch is 8x12 inches made by a technique Roselyn discovered using oil pastels and colored pencils. This sketch is signed by the artist and is not framed.

This auction will run starting today and last until August 10, 2012. This auction is open to anyone, and the winning bidder must pay for shipping.
Note: Item is in the Philippines. Shipping costs vary (Philippines shipping cost is $6, United States shipping cost is $107.25).

The winning bid will be donated to Crush Kids' Cancer.

CLICK HERE to start bidding! And be sure to check back often to raise your bids!

Don't miss this chance to get this amazing sketch and help us to CRUSH kids' cancer.

Happy bidding! 

And stay tuned for more fun auctions from The Kids' Chapter throughout the month!

Crush Kids' Cancer auction BEGINning August 1!

Roselyn Garcia from the Philippines has been inspired by David Archuleta to get involved with Crush Kids' Cancer: The Kids' Chapter and has decided to put one of her David sketches up for auction!

This one of a kind sketch is 8x12 inches made by a technique Roselyn discovered using oil pastels and colored pencils. This sketch is signed by the artist and is not framed.

The auction will begin on August 1, 2012 and last until August 10, 2012. This auction is open to anyone, and the winning bidder must pay for shipping. Shipping costs vary (Philippines shipping cost is $6, United States shipping cost is $107.25). The winning bid will be donated to Crush Kids' Cancer.

On August 1 we will have a post where people can leave a comment with their bids.
UPDATE: The sketch will be auctioned off on Ebay. Link will be given on August 1.

Be sure to check back here on August 10, 2012 to see who the winning bidder is, and look forward to more great auctions from Roselyn and also from The Kids' Chapter!

If you have any questions feel free to ask in the comments or send us an email!

Video from The Kids' Chapter team!

Check out this video from The Kids' Chapter team!

Big thanks to Allie, Tiff and Kristyn for putting this video together! Also thanks to the entire team for being a part of this!

Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube for future videos!

Let the Fundraising Contest BEGIN!

Hey guys! Are you ready to Crush Kids’ Cancer? Starting TODAY, July 9th, you have the chance toscore yourself a free copy of David Archuleta's new album "BEGIN"! Yes, that’s right, FREE!

Here’s what you got to do:

1. Raise money for the organization starting Monday, July 9th until Friday, August 30^th.
2. On August 31^st, click this link and donate all the money you raised!
3. You’ll shortly after get a donation receipt in your email. Screen-cap it,and send the picture to Ashley! (Click for her email)

The person who donates the most money to Crush Kids’ Cancerwill be announced as the contest winner! He or she will have the choice betweenreceiving a hard copy of “BEGIN” or a digital iTunes copy.* 

The idea here is to be creative while fundraising for anincredible cause. So go out there and have fun! 

Also, please feel free to send us pictures, videos and/ortestimonials of your fundraising strategies. We can’t wait to see them!!

(To help get your imagination going, here’s just a fewexamples of what fun things you could do to fundraise: Host a bake sale,read-a-thon, pail shake or car wash, make a lemonade stand,  ask your neighbors, friends or family todonate, or donate yourself!) **

* Contest isopen to anyone, however, only citizens of the US & Canada are eligible toreceive a hard copy.
** Make sure that however you choose to fundraise is legal and that permission is grantedfor you to be on someone else’s property if you choose to do so.

Crush Kids' Cancer: The Kids' Chapter is about to BEGIN.

Crush Kids' Cancer: David Archuleta's Angels is starting a new division called The Kids' Chapter!

The Kids' Chapter is where kids and young people can take part in the cause, spread the word and CRUSH cancer!

For The Kids' Chapter's first project, we'll be selling Crush Kids Cancer products on Zazzle. Products include keychains, magnets, buttons, mugs and more, with our awesome logo designed by Lynsey! Buy Crush Kids' Cancer keychains for your friends, bring your Crush Kids' Cancer mug to work, support the cause with a special Crush Kids' Cancer bumper sticker - all fun ways to show your support and spread the word! Proceeds will go to Crush Kids' Cancer, as well as toward The Kids' Chapter's current fundraising goal of $5,000.

I, The Kids' Chapter president, along with my awesome team, will be having lots of fun projects, events and activities going on for kids and young people, so let us BEGIN.

Check out some of our Crush Kids Cancer products below and go HERE to view our entire store!