Tutu Spoiled Throws Birthday Party to Raise Funds for Childhood Cancer Research

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and Tutu Spoiled is celebrating Natalie Grace’s 5th Birthday and helping her kick childhood cancer’s butt!

Natalie Grace, along with her sister Hannah, and mom and dad, Andrea and Dan, are on a mission to make her fundraising goals happen.

Diagnosed with high-risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia just two years ago, Natalie is currently under-going chemo treatments.

Jessica Snarski, owner of Tutu Spoiled, is committed to helping Natalie Grace get her 5th birthday wish:

“As a parent to a 3 and a 5 year old myself, I can never imagine the challenges a family has to overcome when faced with a situation like this. It brings to light the need for childhood cancer research and how something as little as a dollar can go such a long way. It should not be ones obligation to help each other, it should be ones way of living”

On Sunday, September 14th, 2014, from noon until 2pm, join Tutu Spoiled in a birthday celebration for Natalie Grace featuring every girl’s favorite sisters, Anna & Elsa! They’ll be yummy snacks, lots of singing, prizes and surprises galore! For the first 50 tickets purchased, those girls will receive a Tutu Spoiled Goodie Bag.

Plus, the Montclair Art Museum’s MAM ART TRUCK will be parked outside the shop offering fun art projects and lessons.

Tickets for the event are $20 (pre-event purchase as tickets are limited). Proceeds from the sale of birthday party tickets will be donated toward Natalie Grace’s Birthday Goal of reaching $150,000 for the Arms Wide Open Childhood Cancer Foundation and the funding of childhood cancer research.

In addition, Snarski will also be contributing a portion of sales at BOTH Tutu Spoiled locationsbeginning August 15th through September 14th. For tickets call (973)893-5447 or visit TutuSpoiled.com.

Natalie’s Mom, Andrea, is proud of the funds raised to date, but so much more is needed:

“Every, single penny that we’ve raised viaNatalie’s Facebook page has gone directly to research. Last year we were able to help fund 6 different childhood cancer trials, and until there’s a cure, these trials are what’s often times keeping our children in the fight! The more people step up to help us, the better chance these kids have of survival down the line.”

Some Childhood Cancer Facts from the award-winning documentary, The Truth 365:

• Cancer is the leading cause of death by disease in children and adolescents in the United States. (Source: National Cancer Institute)

• Each year in the United States, approximately 13,500 children and adolescents 18 and under are diagnosed with cancer, that’s more than a classroom of kids a day. (Sources: Center for Disease Control and Children’s Oncology Group)

•More than 40,000 children undergo treatment for cancer each year. (Source: CureSearch)