#GivingTuesday

Tuesday, December 3, 2013 is Giving Tuesday.

We have stood in the long lines of Black Friday and scoured the internet for the fabulous deals of Cyber Monday. Now help us kick off the holiday charitable giving season today.

Give love, give hope, give support and give comfort to families fighting childhood cancer.
Join us now.

Silpada Fundraiser

We're having a Silpada Fundraiser thanks to our friend and supporter Mindy Smith! 

If you like beautiful sterling silver jewelry, get in on this right now! This is the perfect time to shop. A portion of the proceeds benefits JTSF and our fight against childhood cancer. Need to purchase a christmas present for someone special? I'm sure she'd love some jewelry!

Here's how it works:

• Log on to www.mysilpada.com/mindy.smith
• View the catalogs and place your order from there 
• You must register and create a user name and password when you check out (do not check out as a guest) 
• Select JTS FOUNDATION as the hostess for your party! This is important! 
• You can pay by MasterCard, Visa, Discover, or American Express
• All orders will be shipped directly to you, the customer 
• Silpada allows 60 days to do an exchange or refund, all jewelry has a lifetime guarantee warranty and all jewelry is .925 Sterling Silver

All orders must be placed by October 20th. Enjoy your shopping and know that you're helping the fight against childhood cancer!

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month (#CCAM)

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and if you LIKE us on Facebook, you know that each day we are posting childhood cancer facts in the hopes of raising awareness and teaching our audience some things they may not have known before about the 12 major branches of this disease.

It's not too late to join in so please, visit The Jedediah Thomas Smith Foundation on Facebook and LIKE our page to learn something new every day.

We will also be featuring some amazing childhood cancer focused organizations and individuals during this month. You don't want to miss it.

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Part of what JTSF is doing is shedding some light about the quickly evolving history of cancers (particularly childhood cancer). The first documented case of childhood leukemia was found in 1860 in Germany. 

"In children, leukemia was most commonly ALL - lymphoblastic leukemia - and was almost always swiftly lethal. In 1860, a student of Virchow's [a German researcher and the father of modern pathology], Michael Anton Biermer, described the first known case of this form of childhood leukemia. Maria Speyer, an energetic, vivacious, and playful five-year-old daughter of a Würzburg carpenter, was initially seen at the clinic because she had become lethargic in school and developed bloody bruises on her skin. The next morning, she developed a stiff neck and a fever, precipitating a call to Biermer for a home visit. That night, Biermer drew a drop of blood from Maria's veins, looked at the smear using a candlelit bedside microscope, and found millions of leukemia cells in the blood. Maria slept fitfully late into the evening. Late the next afternoon, as Biermer was excitedly showing his colleagues the specimens of "exquisit Fall von Leukamie" (an exquisite case of leukemia), Maria vomited bright red blood and lapsed into a coma. By the time Biermer returned to her home that evening, the child had been dead for several hours. From its first symptom to diagnosis to death, her galloping, relentless illness had lasted no more than three days." 
- Excerpt from The Emperor of All Maladies, A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee 

It has been 153 years since Biermer's discovery. We have made amazing strides towards fighting childhood cancer (mostly in the last decade) but we are not nearly far enough. 

Family Portrait Fundraiser Registration

We're sorry, this registration is now closed!
Thank you for your interest and make sure you LIKE us on Facebook to stay up-to-date on future fundraisers (there may be an additional portrait fundraiser in the future)!

The 4th Annual JTS Memorial Luncheon

For more information, please visit our Facebook page and the JTS Memorial Luncheon event page! 

For anyone using GPS to navigate to our event the address is:
20 Dairyland Square

Red Lion, Pa 17356 

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We have some amazing prizes, raffle and silent auction items, games and activities prepared for you to enjoy and of course the food will be great! Please join us in celebrating the important people in our lives on this special day. Together, we will take another step towards the end of childhood cancer and help many families in our community who need our assistance.

We hope to see you there and make this year better than ever! This event would not be possible without your support and love. We'll see you this weekend as we fight back against childhood cancer in our community! 

RAFFLE PREVIEW (4th Annual JTS Memorial Luncheon)

As we grow closer and closer to the 4th Annual Memorial Luncheon on August 24th we thought we would share some information with you about one of the most popular features of our luncheon - the raffle!

The list has been finalized - check out what you can win! 

• Atlantis Casino Resort and Spa in Reno, NV: 2 nights stay
• Bogey Macaws Tokens & Heritage Hills Mini-Golf
• Brown's Orchard: $30 Gift Certificate
• Bulls Head Public House: $25 Gift Certificate
• Canvas on Demand: $100 Gift Certificate
• Christmas Tree Shops: $20 Gift Certificate
• Canvas on Demand: $100 Gift Certificate
• Christmas Tree Shops: $20 Gift Certificate
• Cloister Car Wash/Mister Hot Shine: 4 Full Service Car Wash Passes
• Colony Park Lanes North: 1 Family Party Package
• Deb's Sugar Shak: $40 Gift Certificate
• DreamWrights Youth & Family Theatre: 2 Tickets to "Sleepy Hollow"
• Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre: $52 Gift Certificate
• Dutch Wonderland: 2 Tickets
• El Serrano: $15 Gift Certificate
• Emerald Spring Spa (Hershey): $25 Gift Certificate
• Flying Feet: $100 Gift Certificate
• Forge Hill Orchards: $25 Gift Certificate
• Frontier Airlines: $250 Gift Certificate
• Giant: $20 Gift Certificate
• Gourmet Gift Baskets: $20 Gift Certificate
• Harrisburg Senators: 4 Box Seat Tickets to any 2014 Game
• Hershey Bears signed hockey stick
• Hershey Gardens: 4 Tickets
• Hershey Theatre: 2 Tickets to the Spotlight Tour
• Home Depot: $25 Gift Certificate
• HomeGoods: $50 Gift Certificate
• John H. Myers work bucket, coat, t-shirts and hats
• Lake Tobias: 9 Adventure Passes
• Lancaster Brewing Company: $35 Gift Certificate
• Marino’s: Gift Certificate Bundle 
• National Aquarium in Baltimore: 2 Passes
• NY SKYRIDE: 2 Tickets (an $84 value)
• Philadelphia Zoo: 4 Passes
• Portrait Innovations: $100 Gift Certificate
• Rally Stomper Blue Radio Controlled Car
• Scentsy Buddy - Ribbert the Frog w/ Rio Beach Scent
• Scentsy Mid-Size Warmer and 3 Pod Packs
• Silpada: $25 Gift Certificate
• Smith Village: $50 Gift Certificate
• Sweet Frog: $25 Gift Certificate
• Tastefully Simple Gift Set
• The Fulton Theatre: 2 Tickets to "The Woman in Black"
• Thirty One Perfect Party Set, Casserole Carrier (Black Plaid)
• Thirty One Tote-A-Tablet (Island Damask)
• Treasa's Pizza and Subs: $25 Gift Certificate
• York City Ice Arena: 5 Passes
• York Little Theater: 2 Tickets to Any Performance
• York Revolution Prize Pack (includes 1 ticket)

Please note: raffle ticket winners have their choice of prizes on a first come - first serve basis. If you will be purchasing raffle tickets, please choose a few prizes you are interested in winning before drawings begin in order to make the process more efficient for all of us!

Ticket prices are as follows: $1 for 1; $5 for 8; $10 for 20


We look forward to seeing you at the 4th Annual JTS Memorial Luncheon on this Saturday, August 24th from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. at The Great American Saloon in Red Lion, Pa.

Leave us a comment and tell us what you're most interested in winning!

JTS Memorial Luncheon Volunteer Casting Call

Thank you so much for your interest however, this sign-up has been closed.