SPPOOOKKKYYYY Tutu Contest

First and foremost I want to thank Danielle from Junie Bee's Classy Baby  (www.facebook.com/juniebees) for donating this GORGEOUS tutu !!!


The winner was Shalain S. 


She won the tutu for her grand daughter and this is what she had to say

"I would love to win for my grandaughter. Just found out she will be with us on Halloween and she has to be the cutest thing this town has seen. I would like to try something creative with the tutu and make her a pumpkin. 

I am so excited to have won this tutu. My daughter is a young single mother with no support and wasn't able to get a halloween costume this year for my granddaughter. This tutu helps out so much not only because she gets to dress up, but she will be so darn cute. I am going to try to get creative and make her a pumpkin. Money is always tight since we have four daughters and a granddaughter now and it really helps having something I can work with to make her the cutest thing around. Thank you so much Project Head Start. You have made my 6 month old grandbabys first Halloween" 

A smile well deserved.

Unfortunately we will not be presenting you of the little princess who will be receiving these goodies because I (Kayla) would like to keep her & her families names confidential.

We normally do not involve our personal friends or family in our give aways. This will be the oldest mother we have helped out and one of my exceptions being the circumstances. Recently her brother & dear friend of mine and many others local to me was in a near fatal car accident just a couple days after her baby girls 1st birthday. Everything got taken for a spin and her 1st birthday party was canceled as well as tons of constant stress. As of right now we do not know if he will make it or not, but is fighting as hard as he can. We have all the hope in the world that he will pull through. This is our birthday present to his niece, hopefully it brought a small smile to her & her mama's face.

Keep your chins up Pascirello family! You are in ours and everyone's prayers.

Princess received:

PLEASE CONTINUE TO VOTE IN OUR OCT GIVE AWAY POLL!

October Contestants

You can vote on the sidebar on the right hand side ---> please PLEASE everyone be respectful and if this doesnt work I will take it down. 


BreAnna S: " Before having our baby, we both worked full time. Our son was born with a club foot, though, and while medical bills started to pile up from the castings and surgery, there was just no way I could return to work. I was afraid to send him to someone I didn't know in fear of they would loose patience with him screaming all the time when his brace was on and ultimately, the cost of childcare is so expensive, I would be working to basically pay for the childcare itself. In the end, I quit my job and my husband has been working even harder for us to make ends meet. That being said, we are just thrilled that we have a healthy baby boy and that the problems we encountered with his foot were fixable. "


Krysti M: "7 years ago (I was 14) I got pregnant with twin boys. I went into premature labor and delivered them at 22 weeks. They passed away after they were born and after that I started sneaking out, going to parties etc. and just generally acting out, I was in and out of juvi, and foster homes and I was finally able to go home in January of 2004 when I was diagnosed with cervical cancer. After two surgeries the cervical cancer was gone but the Drs told me between that, endometriosis and pcod I would probably never have a baby, and if I did get pregnant it would be hard to make it full term. Then in September 2005 I started dating (again) my high school sweetheart Brandon. I got pregnant in January of 2006 (I was 17- delivered when I was 18). we battled preterm labor the whole pregnancy but with the help of a couple medications we were able to make it to 38 weeks. We spent a lot of time in the hospital for the 3 months following my sons birth in the hospital. He had feeding problems, and seizures, and at one point he quit breathing and turned blue.  When he quit breathing my husband and I decided life was to short to drag things out and we needed to seize the day. So a couple days later we got our marriage license and scheduled everything to be married 3 weeks later (on the one year anniversary of the day we found out we were pregnant with Jacob). About a week after we got married my Dr told me if we wanted more children we should start trying for them because I was going to need a hysterectomy at a fairly young age with my problems. So we agreed to start trying in March. However on Valentines Day we found out i was pregnant (my date of conception was our wedding night =) ). " 


Shannon E: My husband and I have
fallen on some hard times as he recently lost his job.  I am a full time college
student working on my bachelor’s degree in Psychology through the University of
Phoenix.  We recently were granted custody of my step son, Conner, who is 3.  He
has been in foster care since December of 2009 due to his mother’s boyfriend
breaking both of his legs and then the mother not taking him to the doctor for
over 2 weeks.  We are having a hard time making ends meet at the moment, but
thanks to a loving family support network we are able to keep the boys in the
necessary things.  Neither boy is potty trained yet, and due to the abuse he
suffered it may be another year before Conner is able to begin toilet training
with any success.

Meet Anabella

Meet little Annabella

Kayla (our admin and cofounder) used to baby sit her. She is local to Kayla and her and her family could always use a little extra smile.  Currently her and her family just moved into another house, and her baby brothers birthday just passed.  Money is tight around their house and every little girl deserves to be a princess with headbands, hats and bows.  They are an example of how you dont need to be desperate or in dire need of something.  We simply provide things to put a smile on a little one's face. 

She got: 

Baby Girl Mini-Giveaways!

Thanks to an amazing awesome donation by Caitlyn B we are able to give these people some giveaways !

Number 1

Stephanie W

Reference by Michelle: "I think She deserves them because she doesn't exactly have the money to go out and buy everything that her little girl needs and/or deserves. She wants to give her first daughter everything that she never got to have. " 

She will be getting: 

Number 2

Shantal S

" My name is Shantal, in highschool i started dating a guy named Travis. When i was 17 he proposed to me and a month later we found out i was pregnant with my son Kale. I ended up graduating from highschool 6 months pregnant, luckily i had very supportive family and friends. Soon after graduation i moved in with my fiance' and his parents, my son was born August 19, 2007 and we were married the following May.

We finally got an apartment when my son was a year old and i started Medical Assisting school. We were having problems with money and ended up moving back in with my husband's parents. shortly after we moved in, his parents lost their house and we had to move in with my parents. My husband had been in the Utah National Gaurd for 5 years by now, and he decided to go Active Army because we couldn't make it on our own. We then found out we were pregnant with our 2nd child, our daughter named Aspen. Travis then left to AIT training for the military, he was gone for 2 months.
He got back in April of this year and the Army packed us up and moved us to Fort Leavenworth, KS. Our baby girl was born July 15, 2010. We are now just using this time to pay bills off and save money so when we move back to Utah in 3 years we can buy a house. So that is my story, Thank You"

She will be getting: 




















Number 3


Mary P

Reference by Caitlyn: "I think she deserves this because she does everything she can to take care of her little girl. Everything she does is for Melody. She tries to be the best mommy she can be. She would give up everything for that little girl. She takes the time out of her day to help anyone who needs it. She is a wonderful person and an amazing mommy."

She will be getting : 






















Number 4


Erin C

" My Daughter was a surprise to myself and her father (my ex). well he isnt helping with anything at this point (even after courts mandated things) and i would love to get some hairbands+ clothes for her, but at this point diapers and formula are absolutely more important. I cant breastfeed for reasons involving medical problems. Kaylee was born at home (another surprise as we didnt make it to the hospital in time) and is thankfully very healthy baby. Being a single mom, anybody can tell you its not easy, especially as a full time student and part time employee just to make ends meet for her. Especially with the holidays coming up I'd love to dress her up in something cute"

She will be getting: 

Very True & Inspiring

"Through everything her and her family have gone through these past few months, I have yet to see one ounce of sadness in this little princess's pictures."

Leikyn is a gorgeous baby girl just under 2 years old. This past March she was diagnosed with stage 3 Neroblastoma which is a progressive chiIdhood cancer. She is currently doing great and finished up her last round of chemo!

I (Our wonderful admin Kayla) found her through my favorite online bowtique Violet's Velvet Box and contacted her mother instantly with details about project head start 2010.

Amoung us we decided to send a little love her way, and she and her sweet mother even agreed for little Leikyn to be our newest model.

Through everything her and her family have gone through these past few months, I have yet to see one ounce of saddness in this little princess's pictures. She seems just as happy as any other little girl. And let me tell you she can rock a tutu :)

Everyone Please keep little Leikyn in your prayers, she is doing so well, and has a such great support I am sure she don't need it, but it can never hurt.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Thoughts-and-Prayers-for-Leikyn-Turchi/123523007682864?ref=ts

She will be getting: 

We cant wait to see what our little model has in store for us!

I want to personally thank Kayla for setting all of this up, you truly are a blessing to PHS2010!