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3/30/2019

Children raised $800 for the Michael P Brown colon cancer foundation

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Written by Julia Fegley
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On March 21, 2019,  I was blessed to meet with thirty-four children at Willow Hill United Methodist Church to design superhero capes to give as gifts showing love and encouragement to children at the Heller Center for Kids with Cancer at OSF Healthcare Children's Hospital.  Children were asked to think of a superhero trait that could help to "knock out cancer."  Shelly Lee, a speaker from OSF talked to the kids about how to be friends with a child who is sick and gave children a safe place to ask any questions about cancer and friendship.  
Children brought donations that added up to $800 to give to the Michael P Brown Colon Cancer Foundation.  When Michael passed away, my daughter, Evelyn's first response was, "Well, can't the PAME kids do something to fix it."  While we can't fix it, we can help raise money for the foundation that researches the rare form of colon cancer and even more importantly give children a chance to learn and make the world a better place.  
A fun and unexpected surprise was that WMBD came and did a sweet story on our event.  Watch the WMBD news story.

All of Brownie Troop 1000 participated and even sponsored the purchase of materials.  Thank you so much to that amazing group of girls!  Also thank you to Willow Hill Church for donating the space and furniture and helping me to get everything set up and organized for the event! 
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Michael Brown's boys came to play in our treehouse and accept the donation on behalf of the Michael P. Brown Colon Cancer Foundation.
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2/12/2019

SuperHero Capes

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written by Julia Fegley
We all desire superhero powers, putting on a cape, and doing great things for the world.  What super power would you like to possess?  Follow this tutorial and use your power of imagination to help fight cancer.  Plus, your child can enter our cape design contest for  and a chance to be in Junior Design Fashion Show Peoria on May 31, 2019.

Here is the link to the registration form for PAME’s design contest:
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Capes:
  1. You can sew capes from scratch using fabric and sewing machines for the most points in the design contest.
  2. A simpler version is to buy premade capes from retailers such as Amazon or Walmart. (24 children’s capes at Walmart.com for $65.50  so $3.28 a cape or adult capes which are more suitable for middle and high school for around $9 a cape. The price varies by several dollars depending on the length and color of the adult sized capes.
  3. A free version is to cut capes out of old t-shirts. This is a wonderful way to reuse those old t-shirts that have discoloration in the underarms or holes in the sleeves or the front.  Only the back of the t-shirt needs to be in one piece. https://prettyprovidence.com/diy-no-sew-superhero-cape/
​​Possible decorations for the capes:
  • Fabric paint (at Walmart $15.81 for a mixed tote of Tulip fabric paints with 15 colors.  Puffy fabric paint comes in a 12 pack for $9.97)
  • Fabric markers ( 8 packs of stained by Sharpie fabric markers go for 10.57)
  • Tacky glue (one gallon of Aileen’s tacky glue $30.85)
  • Felt (100 piece assorted colors of felt 21.59)
  • Needles and thread
  • Sequins we had taken off an old costume
  • Felt letter stickers left over from another craft
  • Beads, bells, buttons, appliques, and any other creative decorations ​

*Pretty much anything goes as far as materials that can be used with the exception of things that are already branded.  For example, please don’t sew a batman patch on your capes. We want the capes to be one-of-a-kind cancer fighting superheroes.  
Evelyn’s Process
  1. First Evelyn thought about what superhero she wanted to create and what superhero power she would have to fight cancer.  She filled out the description on the registration form and made pencil sketches and a plan of action on the back. 
  2. Evelyn made a pattern out of scratch paper.  It was for her puppy face and bone. Evelyn tried several different sizes and shapes and held them up to her cape before she chose what one she liked the look of the best.  
  3. Evelyn then cut out her puppy face and bone.  She glued on the big pieces and sewed on the puppies ears so that they would flop.  
  4. She used fabric markers to draw on the puppy’s face.
  5. Evelyn used some felt stickers that were left over from an old craft to label her cape PUPPY POWer.
  6. Finally she added a ribbon bow because she just couldn’t get a collar to look right.
Maryana’s Process
  1. Maryana first planned out her superhero and her superhero’s powers to fight cancer.  She sketched what the cape could possibly look like and filled out the registration form.
  2. She knew she wanted to use fabric paint to make the unicorn’s head, so she made several patterns using freezer paper.  The one that she liked the best, she ironed onto the cape to use as a stencil. (Freezer paper peels right off without leaving any residue and make great stencils.)
  3. She filled in the unicorn’s head with the pink fabric paint and the nose of the unicorn with the gold.
  4. She next cut out a felt horn and lots of swoops of felt to make the mane.  These were glued on to the cape using Aleene’s tacky glue.
  5. She added details to the unicorns face using fabric markers and wrote “Unicorn Girl” using Tulip 3D paint.
  6. To add a little more sparkle, she used the turquoise sequins that were taken off of an old dance costume to the perimeter of the cape.  They were elastic sequins so they sewed flat on the sides and bottom and she sewed them on stretched out to create a gather at the top of the cape.  Maryana did all of the sewing, but her mom helped on the gathered top part by holding the sequins in place while she sewed. ​

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1/1/2019

PAME

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ART INC. Vol. 1 - January 2019
Written by Silvia Garcia Rojas

 
PAME (Performing Arts Master Classes and Events) has been the result of numerous experiences after living in Mexico, San Antonio, Texas, and Peoria, Il. So many creative and perseverant children from different back grounds and cultures inspired the creation of PAME. 
 
PAME Peoria is a group of people passionate about creating and organizing events in order to help children in need and improve the quality of life for families. The group activities consist of building a values based societyand assisting youth in becoming formidable philanthropists.
 
We offer a platform of expression and communication to our children. Youth works with us in the pre-production of the events, production, and are challenged to understand the cause. We are doing great things with young minds building kind hearts. 
 
Our group is organized by great human beings and professionals, Julia Fegley, Nayeli Gonzalez, Jason Fegley, Francisco Ramirez, and Silvia Garcia Rojas. Many other dedicated volunteers join us in each of the events. 
 
PAME started in San Antonio as an activity to help children with cerebral palsy from the TeletonUSA Children’s Rehabilitation Center. We started with ten kids who were friends of my children,  and after the first activity I was amazed by the reaction of the families and children we were helping, but even more so by our kids and their joy from helping others. Joining with the Mexican Consulate, the support from San Antonio government, and wonderful friends and professionals in a variety of fields, I decided to converge my three passions of production, Arts and charity. After a great number of successful events in Texas, my family was moved to Peoria. It is a city where I was surprised by the kindness of the people and the passion to help their community. 
 
Now, after 3 years living in Peoria we have done events and activities reaching a total of 400 children working together for a common cause such as Voices of Light (Peoria Riverfront Museum), Coloring Christmas 2017, Coloring Christmas Yoga Class for kids with Sculpt Mode by Micheline Fitness, Steps of Joy Dance Charity performance, and Coloring Christmas 2018, among others.
 
With Voices of light, we helped The Saint Gerard Foundation to support a school in Andhra Pradesh, India where they needed to finish building classrooms and 15 children were waiting to be sponsored for a year of studies. With a multimedia production, children on stage, and the Peoria International choir lead by Masako Johnson, the event reach its goal.
 
There is no more satisfaction for us than seeing the children’s faces and expressions when they make someone happy. Nothing is too simple. Dancing and singing for seniors is what Coloring Christmas is about! It is instant gratification for children, grandmas, and grandpas. What great satisfaction! Important businesses, kind families from Peoria, and the Neighborhood House have been supporting our event to have the opportunity to give each of the seniors the gift they need. This year we made a memorable Christmas for 94 seniors in the area.
 
A dance production created to offer new opportunities for people in need, Steps of Joy Dance Charity Event, for the first time in October of this year,  gave a stage performance featuring a great number of dance studios and performing groups from Peoria and surrounding areas to help the Neighborhood House to Alleviate Poverty. With Shelbey Roberts, host of WMBD news and Good Day Central Illinois, the presence of the Rivermen Hockey team, the great support from sponsors and dedicated dance studios in the area, we created a unique multicultural event, full of energy with a total of 200 children performing on stage and helping on the production.
Dance performances in Steps of Joy included Peoria Ballet Academy, Miss. Laura’s School of Dance, Kim’s Academy of Dance, Creations Dance Studio, Peoria Area Performing arts (PAPAS), Germantown Hills Dance Team, Foulger Dance and UMA’s Dancing Stars, Bradley Orchesis Dance Company, Peoria’s Explosive Gems, Peoria Mexican Folklore, Studio 38 Dance Company, and the Peoria Chinese Association. Thank you to all of you!
 
We are so grateful for the opportunity and exposure Senator Chuck Weaver gave us in the 1000 pounds project and for the unconditional support of Becky Rossman and Roberta English from the Neigborhood House, among others.
Our passion for making things happen is bigger than all the obstacles we have had. When children have an opportunity to be part of PAME’s events, we already know they will do amazing things. 

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