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.
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Read about it in the PI

Golden Tennis Shoe Award

The Pink Polka Dots is receiving a Golden Tennis Shoe Award this year!

Senator Patty Murray is holding the 14th Annual Golden Tennis Shoe Awards soon. For those of you wondering what that is: in the 80's, a preschool program that Patty Murray taught was being threatened by budget cuts. She set out to stop this from happening, and the state legislator told her that she couldn't make a difference because she was "just a mom in tennis shoes." In spite of what they said, Murray stopped the budget cuts. For the last 14 years, Senator Murray has recognized 2-4 people/groups every year that do extraordinary things for others.

Congratulations, Pink Polka Dots members!

Helping out other Children's guilds

One of our members Charlotte Berkman is taking part in the Star Guild's American Girl fashion show. The Star Guild raises money for uncompensated care at Children's Hospital. Charlotte is dressed as "Samantha." The events take place this weekend.

Children's testimony today

Today, Pink Polka Dots founders Maddy, Kelsey, Sierra, and Charlotte went downtown to testify in favor of Children's Hospital's expansion.

Brian Waite Band concert, a success!

The Brian Waite band concert on Saturday was a huge success! The kids loved it. We raised $2,584.

PPD on Biz Kids!

Watch Biz Kids on channel 12 on Wednesday, January 28 at 7:30 to see the Pink Polka Dots!

Brian Waite Band concert!

The Brian Waite band presents 20,000 Volts Under The Sea, a rock 'n roll adventure. 100% of ticket proceeds and 10% of CD sales from this event will benefit The Pink Polka Dots Guild. The concert takes place at Shorecrest Performing Arts Center on Saturday, February 21, at 2 pm.

Set this as your home page!

By seeing www.pinkpolkadotsguild.com every time you log on, not only will you be more in the loop about the guild, but you'll also help boost our daily hits. Helping out is as easy as that.

PS, also add us at www.myspace.com/pinkpolkadotsguild to access more information and more photos of the guild. (If it asks for our last name, it's Dots Guild.)

Pink Polka Dots holiday e-card!

Send it to your friends, or check it out here.
Lots of thanks to our friends at StormRyder.com for creating and donating this e-card!
Happy holidays!

Check Presentation for $56,686.00

We held our first quarterly meeting of the fiscal year today at Children's Hospital. We also presented Dr. Olson with a $56,686 check from our last fiscal year, and worked on filming for our upcoming appearance on Evening Magazine.

$95,134 Total

The Pink Polka Dots Guild started in March 2006, and since then we've raised almost $100,000. We raised this money through our annual golf tournament, garage sale, dance party, card selling, donations and more. Thank you to everyone who helped!

Golf Tournament Raised $48,638!