No. 3, Vol. 1
Jenny's Light Newsletter - Volume 3, Number 1
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Jenny's Quote of the Month:
“Ideas won’t keep. Something must be done about them.”
- Alfred North Whitehead
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In this issue...
1. $25,000 Grant Announcement and Application
2. Go Home Gorgeous™ Partnership Raising Awareness and Funds
3. 2nd Annual Jenny's Light 5K Run Announcement
4. Sale on all Jenny's Light Clothing 50% off!!
5. Follow Jenny's Light on Facebook and Twitter
6. Mailbag
7. Forward to a Friend- Rachel Swardson is our latest winner!
1. Jenny's Light Gives $26,000 in Grants!!
2010 Jenny’s Light Grant Applications are now being accepted through March 1st. We will award up to $25,000 total in grant awards to organizations that are helping increase awareness of perinatal mood disorders.
We are seeking proposals to fund projects or programs designed to increase awareness of perinatal mood disorders that address one or more of the following:
- Improve symptom knowledge and identification
- Improve knowledge of supportive resources
- Improve provider capacity to recognize and treat perinatal mood disorders
- Lessen stigma or misconceptions associated with perinatal mood disorders
Jenny’s Light is particularly interested in innovative projects that will reach women, families, and providers from diverse backgrounds.
Eligibility for Grants
Applicants must be non-profit organizations (exempt from Federal income taxes under section 501c(3) of the Internal Revenue Code), schools, governmental bodies, or under the supervision of such a group.
Funding
One or more grants up to a total of approximately $25,000 will be made to projects that best meet the above criteria.
Due date: March 1, 2010
Download Application
2. Jenny's Light and Go Home Gorgeous™ Team Up To Spread Awareness!
We are excited to announce that on January 1st, Jenny's Light began an awareness and fundrasing campaign with Go Home Gorgeous™, the Twin Cities' only in-hospital Postpartum Wellness service.
By working together, Jenny's Light and Go Home Gorgeous™ can truly be a force of wellness and empowerment for new parents everywhere. Promoting web traffic on the Jenny’s Light website will increase awareness of this potentially deadly disorder as well as advance the fundraising efforts that allow Jenny’s Light to continue it’s good works and outreach.
Go Home Gorgeous™ is the exclusive provider of Postnatal Body Therapy™ the only in-hospital wellness service in the country designed to help rest, restore and empower a new mother following delivery. This is the first step towards the self-care and self-awareness that is so critical to the health and happiness of a new family. Unsolicited feedback from labor and delivery nurses includes comments that new mothers who go home gorgeous sleep better, buzz less and request less medication. They have also reported an increase in attentiveness from new mothers regarding their discharge instructions. They are caring for themselves better. Read More...
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3. Announcing the 2nd Annual JENNY’S LIGHT 5K Charity Run
Sunday March 7, 2010 ~ Vasona Park ~ Los Gatos, CA ~ 10 am rain or shine!
· Very scenic, flat & fast 5k (3.1 mile course)
· Starts/finishes at Gateway Pavilion (near main park entrance off Blossom Hill Rd.)
· New for 2010… a Kids ½ Mile Fun Run! (ages 5&under – 12, $10, $20 race day)
· $25 entry fee before Feb 21, $30 Feb 21-Mar 5, $35 race day
· Awards to top male/female in age groups + top male/female baby joggers. Walkers welcome too!
· Silent auction & great raffle for all participants!
· Interested in volunteering or sponsoring this event, please contact becky@beckylavelle.com
· REGISTER TODAY at www.jennyslight.org or http://www.active.com/running/los-gatos-ca/the-2nd-annual-jennys-light-5k-charity-run-2010
**All proceeds go directly to Jenny’s Light**
4. Sale on all Jenny's Light Clothing 50% off!!
We have teamed up with Gear West Bike & Triathlon to bring you the official Jenny's Light clothing line. Gear West Bike and Triathlon has been serving the "tri-geek" and "roadie" community for over 13 years. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff is here to serve you and your needs! Feel free to stop in, or shop online. All proceeds go directly to Jenny's Light!!!
We now offer the following items:
- Jenny's Light T-Shirt
- Jenny's Light Winter Thermal
- Jenny's Light Kid's T-Shirt and onesies
- Jenny's Light Candle
- Jenny's Light Water Bottle
These items will make great holiday gifts and the sale is running from Thanksgiving through Christmas so order soon before they run out!
Short-sleeve tee as seen on Jenny's twin-sister Becky Gibbs Lavelle in the October 2008 issue of Glamour Magazine.
Also, visit the Jenny's Light Shop to see all of our items, including our candle, jewelry, stamps, mugs, etc...
7. Facebook & Twitter
Facebook Update
We currently have over 6,600 members of our Jenny's Light "Cause Page" and have raised almost $24,000. We are currently working on raising money to produce and distribute our informational cards directly to new mothers and families at the hospital.
Special thanks to everyone who has donated on Facebook as well as those who've raised money through the Facebook birthday fundraising application. If you have a Facebook profile, please join our cause, set-up your own birthday fundraiser and help us grow by recruiting your friends!
Thank you for your support!!!!
You Now Also Follow Us On Twitter
Jenny's Light is now on Twitter. Sign-up today to follow our weekly (and sometimes more) "tweets". It's easy and free to join. This is just another way we are trying to reach out to as many people as possible with our message. Click here to get started.
8. Website Update
Please visit our site and take a look around. You will notice several new features and additions. We are working on many more for October so be sure to check back often!
Website Stats:
Overall (Since website launched on April 1, 2008)
Visits: 60,357 from 114 countries
Absolute Unique visitors: 47,228
Pageviews: 241,098
Pages/visit: 4.10
Avg. time on site: 3:41
9. Mail Bag
We greatly appreciate your letters and emails of support, feedback and personal PPD stories. This month, we'd like to pass along these kind words:
Hello, my name's Danielle.
I first became aware of Jenny's Light (site) almost two years ago when I was working for a bike company (Gregg's Green Lake Cycles) that stocked clothing from a really cool bike company that I can't recall the name of now. But I remembered going to their site and seeing a link for Jenny's Light and it's stuck with me for a long time. I work in Death Care now as a receptionist and I also make memorial jewelry particularly for mothers who've lost young children. I would like to ask you if it's OK to donate a percentage of the proceeds of my memorial pieces to Jenny's Light and if it's permissable to list that on the information that I package my pieces in?
Thank you for your consideration!
10. Forward to a Friend- Rachel Swardson Is Our Latest Winner!
Rachel will receive a Jenny's Light short-sleeve vintage t-shirt for forwarding last month's newsletter to the most people using the Forward To A Friend feature at the bottom of each newsletter. Thanks Rachel!
Pass It On! Please use the Forward To A Friend feature at the bottom of this newsletter to forward to your friends and loved ones. Every month we will send a special gift to the person who forwards that month's newsletter to the most people. Thank you!
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