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A news article for my current non-profit
In October of 2004, many who lived in the Darrouzett, Follett and Booker communities were shocked by the diagnoses of Anna Michelle Collar with a rare form of leukemia. Though confronted with a challenging diagnosis, Anna was never one to give up hope; even after the doctors told her there would be a two year recovery period following several rounds of chemotherapy and possible remission. To occupy the recovery time, she and her mother, Cathy Collar of Darrouzett, planned to make jewelry out of Anna's collection of stones. Unfortunately in the early morning hours of December 22, 2004 Anna lost her battle with leukemia.
Determined to keep Anna's dream of a jewelry line alive, her mother and two sisters, Brandy Collar of Darrouzett and Jennifer Collar of Borger, decided to start a group in Anna's name benefiting young people struggling with the disease. Anna's Legacy was formed in 2005 with a mission to bring joy, laughter, and hope to young people struggling with leukemia by giving Gifts of Hope to those stuck in the hospital undergoing treatment.
The group started by attending arts and craft shows in the neighboring towns selling handmade jewelry made from semi-precious stones under the jewelry lines Mystique and Anna's Legacy. The Anna’s Legacy line featured Anna’s Birthstones, Carnelian and Peridot, which are also the colors for leukemia awareness. Twenty-five percent of all sales from Mystique and one hundred percent of all sales from the Anna's Legacy line were donated directly to Anna's Legacy. By 2007 the group was attending arts and craft shows in three states and had four jewelry lines donating twenty-five percent of their profits. In May of 2008 Anna's Legacy opened its online store, www.annaslegacy.com.
Though still in the fund raising phase, Anna's Legacy hopes to start producing Gifts of Hope by January of 2009. Members include: Cathy Collar - president/designer, Brandy Collar - customer service/designer, Jennifer Collar - public relations/designer, Tina Laurie - travel team/designer and Kinsey Laurie - designer. For more information or to donate to Anna's Legacy please go to www.annaslegacy.com.
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Comment by: WLC - 2008-06-11 14:24
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Jennifer---this is concise, sharp, well done.
I'm duly impressed. Bravo girl. |
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Comment by: troyarn Online- 2008-06-11 10:35
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| You had me fooled Jennifer! I just read Arley´s comments and thought you were still in hight school. Well, 30 is still young and I still think you have a knack for this type of writing. |
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| I'm 30, I wrote for my high school newspaper from 1994 to 1996. Haven't thought about doing it as a career, fictional writing comes easier to me. |
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Comment by: Arley - 2008-06-11 07:11
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| Well, Troy said everything I would have said, Jennifer. Very good! Just how old are you? Haven't written for a newspaper in years makes you sound a heck of a lot older than your picture portrays, heh heh. |
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Comment by: troyarn Online- 2008-06-11 02:56
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First I am so sorry about your loss, Jennifer. No words can convey how this article made me feel.
As for the article, I thought it was VERY well written and any paper would be honoured to have it within their pages.
It seems you have a flair for this and wonder if you ever dabbled in the thought of entering into journalism.
If there was anything that needed changed, it passed by me. I thought this was very well written, complete, informative, and too the point.
Let us know when it is published and again, great work. |
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