Looking for a way to give back this Christmas? Little Heroes has just the opportunity for you!
As part of our Be a Hero Christmas effort, Little Heroes has acquired names of 50 local families in need of basic items (clothing, housewares, food, etc.) for Christmas this year.
We would like to invite you to take a family or individual to provide Christmas for this year. For questions or to participate please call Annie at 801.377.1423 or email annie@herowithin.org.
The Little Heroes Foundation had the opportunity to host two families at the BYU vs. Oregon State football game Saturday afternoon. With a private suite donated by the BYU Athletics Department, Little Heroes Foundation was able to invite families who have their own special Little Heroes.
Sarah and Ethan attended with Ethan’s grandma, Margaret. Eleven-year-old Ethan was enthusiastic and loved to cheer for the Cougars by saying “Go team!”
The Albrecht family was celebrating their son Alex’s 12th birthday by attending the game. Alex and his brothers are big BYU fans and enjoyed cheering loud and watching the band perform at halftime.
Alex was born with hydrocephalus and cerebral palsy. Despite this, Alex has exceeded the expectations of his doctors and therapists by learning to talk and walking with a walker.
Little Heroes loved getting to spend time with both Ethan and Alex while learning from their strength and love for life.
LHF founders, Travis and LaRee Hansen, with Ethan, Sarah, and Margaret.
Little Heroes co-founder, Travis Hansen, and Executive Director, Annie Sundwall, with the Albrecht family.
The Little Heroes Foundation has funded the constructing of a fully equipped dental chair at the Bill Chase Dental Clinic in Santarem, Brazil. This chair will be used to treat low-income children in the Amazon who would otherwise be unable to receive dental care.
The chair will be put to use by volunteer dentists who will donate their time and services to treat needy patients. With the equipment donated by the Little Heroes Foundation, each child who sits in this chair will receive free care. It is estimated that the chair will provide services to 880 children annually.
The grant from the Little Heroes Foundation specifically purchased all the necessary tools and equipment to make the dental chair operational and ready to begin receiving children with a need.
There is something magical about the combination of helping others while receiving nothing tangible in return that gets into your soul and takes you on a magical journey.
Jessica Braithwaite is a mother of five, lives in Highland, Utah, and has been on many magical journeys throughout her life.
I met Jessica four years ago as she volunteered at my annual basketball camp. She was busy helping children sign up, get their T-shirts, name tags and welcome them to camp.
It didn’t take me long to see she was swallowed up in the joy of service.
When I asked her about the importance of service, Jessica said, “It is such a gift to have the opportunity to serve, you can’t help someone else without helping yourself.”
Jessica, who now works for the Little Heroes Foundation, recently flew to Nepal, leaving her family behind, and helped open a health clinic.
Situated between India and China, Nepal is the poorest country in Asia. With an estimated 30 million people living there, many Nepalese people live on $1 a day or less and 85 percent of the people have no access to health care.
Jessica went to Nepal in November 2011. She spent one week in Nepal, walking hours and hours to provide free health services to people in rural areas. She rode elephants, met amazing people and coordinated the official opening of the Sunshine Heroes Health Clinic, named after the Little Heroes Foundation and its founding sponsor, Nature’s Sunshine Products in Provo.
PROVO, Utah (May 31, 2011) – The Little Heroes Foundation announces Nature’s Sunshine as its title sponsor for the upcoming Travis Hansen Charity Basketball Camp. Since the camp’s beginning in 2009, Nature’s Sunshine has provided the necessary resources to produce a fun-filled camp for 300 kids to attend each year.
Nature’s Sunshine Products has been the founding sponsor of the Little Heroes Foundation since 2007. Because of their partnership, LHF can allow 100 percent of all other individual and corporate donations to exclusively benefit project expenses.
“Nature’s Sunshine is proud to once again be the title sponsor of the Travis Hansen Charity Basketball Camp,” said Mitch Carter, Director of Marketing Services for Nature’s Sunshine. “Being involved with the camp allows the company and some of the NSP employees the opportunity to help children in a fun and exciting environment.”
To see full article & pictures, visit http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705363012/Photos-Holiday-parties-cheer-ill-children.html
The Little Heroes Foundation joined with HopeKids to put on the holiday event for local children who have been diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses. Hundreds turned out for separate parties at 4 and 6:30 p.m. The children attending could play Twister, draw pictures, have a photo taken with Santa, talk to Santa and eat. Local businesses and their employees joined in the cause by purchasing and donating gifts given to HopeKids at the party. Nature’s Sunshine is the founding corporate sponsor of Little Heroes Foundation.
Congratulations to those individuals and organizations honored at Utah Philanthropy Day. The following were recognized at a celebration hosted by Utah Nonprofits Association, Utah Society of Fund Raisers and Utah Philanthropy Day 2010 Committee for their compassionate service to our state.
A special thank you from Little Heroes Foundation for making our community a better place to live.
