Bryanna's Love

As we try to move forward with life without Bryanna, we decided shortly after she passed to share her love with others as much as possible. Bryanna had a contagious smile and though she didn't like to be touched - she touched the lives of so many people around the world, even today. So we decided to create a foundation where we give snuggly stuffed animals to the kids fighting the fight on hemonc, CICU and the NICU - all places that she stayed for extended periods of time during her fight to survive. We asked our daughter, Evey, what we should name it and we got 'Bryanna's Love'. We want this to be something that we as a family can do together as we move forward in life - something that the kids can do while growing up knowing that they helped other kids in honor and in memory of their sister. Something that we can all be proud of...something I know that Bryanna would have loved. We are also extending this by collecting donations of soft blankets for families that are by their child's side during their stay. All of these  made a huge impact on us, and so we just want to give back. We had our first stuffed animal drive two weeks before christmas - and in just two weeks, the response was overwhelming. We got over 300 new stuffed animals that we were then able to donate directly to the kids on Hemonc/NICU/CICU at childrens national hospital in Washington DC, where Bryanna was treated. We are going to make this an annual drive in which we will donate around her birthday on July 9th. The idea is that the donations that we get bridge a gap during the summer months where the donations from christmas are depleted. 

However,we will always except new, clean stuffed animals with tags at any time at our PO box. We do ask that the donations be new with tags or in the packaging as these will be going to very medically fragile children who cannot be subjected to any dust, pollens, animal fur, bacteria and the list goes on. We truly appreciate all your support as we spread Bryanna's Love to the children battling the toughest battle of their lives. We hope to give them even a moment of snuggly love and smiles, like Bryanna was given so many times during her 3 month battle. 

We will be starting our next campaign (which will be our annual campaign) at the end of April and will keep you posted about the details. In the mean time, we will always accept donations at our PO Box (PO Box 448 Burtonsville, MD. 20866) year round! Please feel free to check us out on our facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/BryannasLove/)! We would love it if you could help us spread Bryanna's Love!  
                                      
 Please feel free to send donations to:
                                        Attn: Bryanna's Love   PO BOX 448, Burtonsville, MD. 20866


We have recently partnered with a wonderful foundation call A Moment of Magic - Their mission is to bring joy to kids battling cancer, one princess at a time. We are working with them to coordinate visits to the kids on hemonc at Childrens National as well as to share Bryanna's love through donations of snuggly stuffed animals to the kids that they visit at other hospitals around the nation. A Moment of Magic is such a wonderful organization of which, I know for a fact would have brought so many smiles to Bryanna during her struggles. I am so happy that we have connected and look forward to the amazing things we will accomplish as we work together in supporting both of our causes. We are small and we are a young but I know we can touch the lives of so many kids!

They just gave a beautiful shout out to Bryanna's Love on their facebook which made us so happy and feel so loved. Our mission is to spread Bryanna's Love to as many kids and families as possible. In doing so, we are going to be starting up another campaign for donations of stuffed animals (new with the tag on) as well as soft cozy blankets for caregivers to give them a little sense of comfort while living at the hospital. We know first hand that those simple touches make a big difference.