4th Annual Sydney Coxon Memorial Golf Tournament

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Legion Memorial Golf Course, Everett, Washington
Join your friends and neighbors in the fight against pediatric brain cancer with a round of golf, a silent auction and a buffet dinner. If you're not a golfer, just skip the golf and join us for the auction and dinner!

12:00 pm Golfer check-in begins
1:00 pm Shotgun scramble tee-off
5:30 pm Silent Auction opens
6:30 pm Dinner

Click here to register or here for more information.

PPD table at Clearview Plaza Cruise-In

We'll be selling card sets, handmade cards, jewelry, baby legs, and more! Be sure to check out our table.

Second Farmer's Market of the summer!

Pink Polka Dots raised $263 yesterday at the Lake Forest Park Farmer's Market. We sold out of our Starbucks coffee mugs and also sold lots of baby legs, handmade cards, and handmade jewelry. Our next market date is Sunday, August 15th!

Farmer's Market!

Our LFP Farmer's Market table on Sunday made $318.

The Mardi Gras Ball last night was lots of fun!

Decorations

Dancing

PPD members & friends

Live music

Costumes

We raised $934. Thank you to everyone who helped plan, played music, donated, and attended!

Teen Girls Self Defense Workshop!

Chairman's Award for Guild Excellence

At the annual guild luncheon & meeting on Thursday, April 22nd, Pink Polka Dots was honored with the Chairman's Award for Guild Excellence. We also raised $408 selling cards & bracelets before the luncheon.

Benefit concert on Tuesday!

Hannah's Hopeful Hearts, a Seattle group that also raises money for pediatric brain tumor research, is having a benefit concert on Tuesday, April 20th from 6-9pm. The show will be at Grace Church and is for people of all ages.

PPD Fundraiser today raised $650!

We'd like to thank all the Shorecrest students who came to take a practice AP test today, and all the teachers who helped out.

Practice AP Testing!

All Shorecrest students are welcome to attend this event!
If you are a PPD member: We'd love for you to help with this event by baking goodies. Check your e-mail for details!

Save the date - practice AP tests

This Saturday, April 10, PPD will be holding practice AP tests at Shorecrest high school. Every SC test will be offered for $15, and there will be free baked goodies! More details will be posted ASAP.

Hannah's Hopeful Hearts brings in $106,000!

The Pink Polka Dots Guild and Hannah's Hopeful Hearts teamed up on March 19th to bring in $106,000 for pediatric brain tumor research at Seattle Children's Hospital. The event was entirely donation-based, which shows how much people care for this cause. Thank you and great job everyone!

PPD Member Jewelry Making Event

Who: PPD Members
What: Jewelry making party
Where: Charlotte's house
When: April 19th at 10am
Why: Make jewelry to cell at the Annual Guild Luncheon on April 22th
For more information, contact Susan Berkman at susan_berkman@comcast.net

Teen Girls Personal Safety/Self Defense Seminar

PPD's next fundraiser will be a personal safety and self defense seminar for teenage girls (ages 13-19). This is a great opportunity to learn useful skills while also benefiting a good cause. Shihan Joni Sarrah of USA Karate Academy is donating her time to sponsor this event.
Where: USA Karate Academy, 1535 NE 177th St. Shoreline, WA
When: Saturday, May 22nd, 1pm-3pm
Cost: $30 per person, all proceeds benefit PPD
For more information, please e-mail ppdtreasurer@comcast.net. We hope to see you there!

Hannah's Hopeful Hearts

Pink Polka Dots is helping out another guild that also raises money for pediatric brain tumor research called Hannah's Hopeful Hearts. PPD volunteers will help out at their upcoming event which benefits Dr. Olson's lab. Please come out and support our cause!

Pink Polka Dots supports Children's expansion

Last spring, PPD spoke at a hearing in favor of Seattle Children's Hospital's expansion. Today, we are still supporting the hospital. Kelsey Josund, a founding member of PPD, was interviewed as a patient, volunteer, and guild member for the Seattle Channel's report of the hospital's expansion. Please watch the story here and support our wonderful hospital.

Check Presentation 2010

On Tuesday, January 12, PPD presented Dr. Olson with the first check of the year, got a tour of the lab, and celebrated all of our accomplishments in the steps towards curing brain tumors.

PPD on King 5 today!

Pink Polka Dot's segment for King 5 was aired again today at 7. If you saw us on TV and would like to join the fight against brain cancer, please see the "Make A Difference" section on the sidebar of this page.
We would also like to make 2 corrections to King 5's information, which was the same information aired a year ago. The Brian Waite Band concert that was mentioned at the end of the segment actually happened in February 2009. They also said that we have raised $100,000, but the up-to-date number is about $150,000.

PPD's successful year

At Dr. Olsen's lab this Tuesday, the Pink Polka Dots will be handing off the $51,256 we've raised this year. Our events in the past year include our third annual golf tournament, second annual dance, a benefit concert, and many craft sales. Some achievements we've made in the past year are winning the Golden Tennis Shoe Award, a feature in Teen Vogue, and many appearances on King 5 News.

Upcoming Events

This Sunday, January 10, PPD will hold our quarterly meeting at the Shoreline library. On Tuesday January 12th, the Pink Polka Dots will have a check hand-off to Dr. Olsen at his lab, and get a tour of where the research is done. This year's guild luncheon will be on April 22nd.

PPD in Teen Vogue again!

The Pink Polka Dots were featured in Teen Vogue's December/January issue (with Dakota Fanning on the cover) in a follow-up article in the "giving back" section.

Another Successful Golf Tournament

The third annual Sydney Coxon Memorial Golf Tournament raised over $43,000 for pediatric brain tumor research at Seattle Children's Hospital.

Masquerade Ball was a success!

The masquerade ball was great. We raised a total of $1380ish.
We'd like to thank a lot of people:
-The organizers, Sierra, Maki, Maddy, Kelsey, and Emma. They planned the event, advertised it, and ran it. Y'all are some epic kids.
-The parents, Joi Defoe, Eric Alef, Susan Berkman, Scott King, Greg Berkman, Ruth Kahle, Kim Josund, Marty Josund, Matt Howland, Don Koontz, Gary Josund, Judd Lees, and Jenny Muilenburg.
-The bands, VerleeRose and The Kleeners. Not only were the bands great, but VerleeRose manager Guy Fusman helped us out in vast proportions.
-The photographer, Erinn Hale. The pictures turned out great! (She took the pictures above, and the ones you've seen on Facebook.)

PPD Awareness Today

This morning, PPD members and other generous volunteers got to school early to hand out Masquerade flyers and ribbons at Shorecrest. We'd like to thank everyone who wore pink today, and everyone who came to help this morning. Don't miss the Masquerade Ball, which is in just two weeks from today!

The Papers Recognize PPD

After the Golden Tennis Shoe Awards, PPD was featured in their local newspaper, the Enterprise, and their school newspaper, the Highland Piper.

Guild Luncheon

The Pink Polka Dots Guild attended Children's Hospital's Annual Guild Luncheon today. We made $155 selling cards and crafts at our table.

Golden Tennis Shoe Awards

Senator Patty Murray honored The Pink Polka Dots Guild with a Golden Tennis Shoe Award yesterday. We had a great time at the event and we are very grateful to Senator Murray and everyone else who was there.
See more pictures
Read about it in the PI