I'm going to try and find a new way to do slideshows if photo bucket is still not providing them. Hope everyone is getting ready for a Merry Christmas. I know lots of our little ones and their families are involved in ways to give to other children in crisis during this Holiday season. We tip our tiaras to them!

Welcome to Princess Tatyana!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome Princess Danielle!!

Welcome to our Royal Family, Princess Danielle!!

Heart of Gold Madi wins a new title!!

Congratulations to our Heart of Gold Award winner, Madi Dodge, who just became the new Miss Cape Henlopen's Outstanding Teen 2012!!

Honoring a Military Wife with a Heart of Gold

I received a request to honor someone recently. Here's what he wrote about his wife, Yvonne:
"Hello and good day. I am active duty army stationed at ft. leonardwood mo. I was on deployment in kabul afgahinistan on Jan 2 2010 in a convoy of trucks delivering food water and medical equipment to soldiers in a remote part of kabul. My vehicle was struck by an ied. I sustained life threatining injuries to my face. It required 3 surgeries and recontruction to my nose and face. I have since been in recovery here at post. I suffered severe ptsd and severe traumatic brain injury along with both knees having torn mcl"s. I am currently still active duty and recieving treatment before being medically retired from the army. I am also recieving social security disability due to not being able to work due to my injuries.During all the trauma and worries and appointments my wife has been there for any and all times. She has gone above what would be expected of a spouse to include going to a wounded warrior summit and attending a peer mentor class and at this time is assisting wounded and ill soldiers with anything they need as a peer mentor for the wounded warrior project. My wife maintains the household and tends to the needs of our children as well as helping her brother in a time of need when he temporarly had to be a single parent of 5 children by keeping the children while he was at work and also continue to have the daily routine of school and taking care of my needs on a daily basis. At the point that everyone is settled down for the night she tends to her own schoolwork online due to not able to attend classes during the day no more. It has been a very hard struggle for the last 9 months and thru all the issues she has never giving up and continues to help others with her knowledge and caring. It would be a great honor to me to have her recognized for all she has done. Thank you and god bless as he has our family.
S Schulte"

Our newest Princess, Kayla

We're thrilled to welcome Princess Kayla to our Royal Family!! This is a photo of Kayla keeping track of funds she's raised--$900 for the Epilepsy Foundation in her state! Great job, Princess Kayla! Princess Kayla and her family are already planning to be part of a walk-a-thon fundraiser. They call themselves Kayla's Krew. We give a tip of the tiara to this family!!

More Adventures for Heart of Gold Madi

Heart of Gold Award winner Madi has been so busy with her job as Youth Advocate for the ADA. I'm sharing a couple of photos of her to show the important people she has met. :-) That's Crystal Bowersox at the mike. I think you'll know the other two!
She's been in San Diego and in Orlando. And she's had time to be a Counselor in Training at Camp Possibilities!! Way to go, Heart of Gold Madi!!

Exciting news from Princess Rachel

Former Coronet's Nat'l Miss Heart of America, Rachel Bettendorf, has been asked to play a set at the FL House of Blues at their Sunday Gospel Brunch! We send her heaps of congratulatory smiles and our best wishes!!

Heart of Gold Madi in CA

Heart of Gold Award winner Madi is having an exciting week as she continues with her year as the American Diabetes Association's Youth Advocate. I'll let her tell about it in her own words: "It is exciting to say that this update is brought to you clear from the opposite side of the United States...all the way from Sunny San Diego California! I am out here for a week, representing the American Diabetes Association as the National Youth Advocate for the Community Volunteer Leadership Conference and the ADA 71st Scientific Sessions. Since we arrived here on Wednesday I have had some pretty amazing experiences. I had the great opportunity to address the group with a speech about the importance of the ADA Safe at School Campaign as part of the ACT advocacy session. I have met some of the most dedicated diabetes volunteers and advocates the world has ever seen, I have seen the unveiling of the Association’s 2012-15 Strategic Plan and have had opportunities to work with our local market on ideas and strategies to help us meet our new goals. I am completely impressed that the “new” vision statement for the association comphttp://www.blogghttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifer.com/img/blank.gifletely and totally matches my own…I dream of a” life free of diabetes and all its burdens”. Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif out here, I am even more determined to make that dream my personal reality and the reality for the 18.8 Americans currently diagnosed with diabetes, the 7 million more who do not yet know they have it, and the millions more who are impacted by diabetes in many other ways. Yes… there WILL be a cure!"
We could help Madi by going to her pages and "liking" them.

National Youth Advocate page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/American-Diabetes-Association-National-Youth-Advocate/48596398079

Madison’s Prayer Page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/MadisonsPrayer

Heart of Gold Madi is the ADA 2011 Youth Advocate

This news is so exciting and I will use Madi's mother's own words to explain:
"Yesterday Evening Madi received a call to tell her that she has been chosen as the American Diabetes Association’s 2011 National Youth Advocate! The application process for this is rigorous with numerous essays, a portfolio of work for the ADA, letters of recommendation and a video project. Madi has applied each year since she was 9. She has been the youth/teen ambassador for Delaware/Eastern Shore and a Delaware Advocate for years… all in preparation for what has been a major goal of hers… to serve as the National Youth Advocate!

In this one year position Madi will work in close coordination with the ADA to communicate diabetes advocacy message through Nation-wide speaking engagements, the internet, social media and directly to policymakers. She will meet with elected officials about funding, health care and discrimination policies. She will attend training and National Advocacy meetings in DC. She will travel throughout the country to ADA Camps to teach and hopefully inspire children with diabetes… This is the part that she is MOST excited about!"

Madi herself puts it this way:
"You know how I applied for the National Youth Advocate? Well.......
I WAS CHOSEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am soooooo excited!!!!! I have worked at this for 8 years and now I'm finally old enough and now I get to travel all over the country and be a spokesperson and advocate for the ADA..."

The photo shows Madi with her individual and team fundraising trophies from the Step Out Walk.

Madison Dodge we tip our tiaras to you!!!!!!!!!

Princess Rachel and Bandit are official helpers!

Princess Rachel and her dog, Bandit, are newly certified as Therapy Dog Handler and Therapy dog!! This photo shows Rachel accepting her certificate. We'll add one of her with Bandit soon.

Heart of Gold Madi is in an ad campaign!

Heart of Gold Madi is the focus of an ad campaign for medical devices. She's had many interviews so far! Way to go, Madi!!

Welcome to a pink Princess

Welcome to our newest Royal Princess, who loves lots of pink!!

A new Prince and the royal Princesses

We welcome a family to our Royal Family! His sisters are Princesses now also!

A thoroughly Princessy Princess

I can hardly believe I'm posting with photos of two Princesses in one day!!! What a joy to do so!!

This Princess loves princesses so much that she has her own lovely costumes. The tiaras and doll are from The Princess Project. (Thanks to Dawn Weyer for sending me that rhinestone tiara in my Christmas box.)

Such lovely royal portraits, Princess S. We are soooo pleased to receive them and post them with great pleasure.

a fair faced Princess receives her presents

This is one really beautiful Princess!! She loved the feathery tiara and the mirror. Her rhinestone tiara is in a plastic box behind her leg.
Thanks so much to her Queen mom for sharing this photo!

New Heart of Gold Award Winner

Kylee Black, of New Zealand, is our newest Heart of Gold Award winner. I'll let her tell her story in her own words:
My name is Kylee and I am 23 fighting chronic illness myself... I have set up a website to support other kids, teens and adults battling acute and chronic illness with encourageme​nt books, cards, packages, care cards, flat stanley projects and other projects kids can have made for them... I was wondering if I could link your website on Spirit Sparkplugs, which is the site I have set up.... The website address is www.spirits​parkplugs.c​omand my caringbridg​e where you can learn more about me and my story is www.caringb​ridge.org/v​isit/kyleeb​lack.... You are more than welcome to pass along my Spirit Sparkplugs website to anyone you think may benefit....

Welcome to the Royal Family, Kylee! You're a remarkable person!!

Heart of Gold Madi

Heart of Gold Award winner, Madison Dodge, recently hosted a successful Dance4Diabetes fundraiser! Madi, you continue to amaze us with your upbeat personality and zest for life. That's Madi in the gold t-shirt.

Four Princesses

We're pleased to share these photos of four Princess sisters! It was a bright spot in the day when we saw them! Thanks to the Royal sisters!

Heart of Gold Madi is in Delaware Today!

We're proud to post this link to Delaware Today so you can read about our Heart of Gold Award winner, Madi Dodge. She's such an outstanding young woman! The article expresses it better than I can:
http://www.delawaretoday.com/Delaware-Today/Health-and-Fitness/Spring-Summer-2010/Born-to-Volunteer/