Kristy Fund News & Updates
Exciting Scholarship News! |
We are thrilled to announce that in 2020, we will be distributing another $3,000 in 2020 to deserving, graduating PTHS seniors, thanks to your support! This year's distribution brings us to a total of $29,000 in scholarships, in honor of an amazing girl! Thank you for your support, can can't wait to reach the $30K club in 2021!
Farewell Mingos! Til Next Year!
We are no longer accepting Skelamingo orders for the 2019 season. Thank you for your support and happy Halloween!
We are happy to report that we ran a full Skelamingo season in 2019. This year was our 6th year of haunting our friends and neighbors in Pequannock Township, and we were again, overwhelmed by our community's generosity. Our spooky birds (and volunteers!) worked really hard to raise over $2500, which will go directly fund our 2020 scholarships. We can't wait to see you again next Skelamingo Season!
2019 Scholarship Awards Ceremony
This year marked our 6th year in a row of celebrating our friend, daughter and sister’s life. Kristy’s kindness and compassion for others inspired so many people during her short time with us on earth, and we are proud to continue to her legacy by celebrating kindness and compassion in others with local scholarships in her name. This year, we distributed two, $1500 scholarships to deserving PTHS students.
THANK YOU to all of our supporters for your generosity!
THANK YOU to all of our supporters for your generosity!
Skel-A-Mingo Orders are closed for 2018!
We are no longer accepting orders for the 2018 Skel-A-Mingo season. Even though we had a limited run this year, we raised over $1200 and cannot wait to be back in full swing next year! The last delivery date will be October 28th, and all of our spooky birds will fly south for the winter on October 30. Thank you so much for your support! We are looking forward to the 2019 Mingo season already!
Happy Haunting Everyone!
Another Hoedown in the Books!
We had so much fun again this year and raised another $1200 to go towards our 2019 scholarships! Our favorite face painter outdid herself again, Dee Best's Fabulous Face Painting was back representing the Kristy Fund at this year's Hoedown and even donated some awesome temporary tattoos that we will be using in our Mingo bags! We had our volunteers at our merchandising tent conveniently located next to our face painting tent, peddling Kristy Fund hoodies and shirts, Koozies, Christmas Ornaments, Amy's handmade coasters, and Fall crafts made by our generous volunteers. We still have Kristy Fund hoodies, shirts, holiday ornaments, coasters and koozies available for purchase, and we will deliver locally. Check out our online store, email us or call or text Heather @973-865-0879 for more information, or to purchase. The Kristy Fund accepts debit and credit cards, and 100% of the proceeds of the proceeds to directly to deserving graduates of PTHS!
Please visit our Photos tab to see pictures of our satisfied (and very cute) customers!
Remember, all donations are tax deductible, if you are a business owner looking for a tax write off that is worth your while, please consider the Kristy Valent Pordon Scholarship Fund, your dollars make a HUGE difference to our scholarship recipients! Please contact us for information.
Please visit our Photos tab to see pictures of our satisfied (and very cute) customers!
Remember, all donations are tax deductible, if you are a business owner looking for a tax write off that is worth your while, please consider the Kristy Valent Pordon Scholarship Fund, your dollars make a HUGE difference to our scholarship recipients! Please contact us for information.
Come see us at Greenview Park in Pequannock on September 15th starting at 11AM!
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2018 Scholarship Awards Ceremony results...
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What can we say? Because of your generous support, 2018 was our FIFTH year of distributing scholarships, and we were able to give out another $5,000 in scholarships to deserving students! This year, three, $1500 scholarships were provided, and as usual, the recipients were selected by the PTHS Guidance Department. All of these 2018 PTHS graduates demonstrate the most important qualifier for the Kristy Valent Pordon Scholarship Fund: kindness and compassion for others.
Congratulations to this year's scholarship recipients! |
Mingo-Palooza 2017 Results!
Thank You for another fun Mingo Season Pequannock! We are grateful for your continued support and for being good sports!
We filled 116 orders!
Our volunteers placed 3,258 Skelamingos!
Our amazing supporters donated $2800!
We already have pre-orders for 2018!
Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we plan on giving out AT LEAST another $5,000 in 2018, bringing our total distribution to $20,000!
Please check out our photos page for pictures from our hauntings and other events. if you have any photos that you'd like to share of your own haunting, last year, or this year, please email them to us. To pre-order your haunting for 2018, please click here!
Happy Halloween!
We filled 116 orders!
Our volunteers placed 3,258 Skelamingos!
Our amazing supporters donated $2800!
We already have pre-orders for 2018!
Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we plan on giving out AT LEAST another $5,000 in 2018, bringing our total distribution to $20,000!
Please check out our photos page for pictures from our hauntings and other events. if you have any photos that you'd like to share of your own haunting, last year, or this year, please email them to us. To pre-order your haunting for 2018, please click here!
Happy Halloween!
The Kristy Fund had another Terrific day at the Pequannock Hoedown!
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We had so much fun at the Hoedown - thanks for coming by!
Boy, it was a HOT one, but our fabulous supporters and volunteers didn't let the heat stop them! Dee Best's Fabulous Face Painting was with us again representing the Kristy Fund this year, and she outdid herself! We also we able to set up our crafting tent adjacent to our face painting this year and it worked out perfectly, providing some much needed shade to the kiddos and our volunteers. We raised another $1500, and sold a bunch of tank tops (thank you Indian summer!) We still have Kristy Fund hoodies, and shirts, Christmas ornaments, and coasters left, and we will even deliver locally - email us or call or text Heather @ 973-865-0879. We take debit and credit cards and 100% of the proceeds go directly to local graduates of PTHS!
Please visit our Photos tab to see pictures of our satisfied (and very cute) customers!
Boy, it was a HOT one, but our fabulous supporters and volunteers didn't let the heat stop them! Dee Best's Fabulous Face Painting was with us again representing the Kristy Fund this year, and she outdid herself! We also we able to set up our crafting tent adjacent to our face painting this year and it worked out perfectly, providing some much needed shade to the kiddos and our volunteers. We raised another $1500, and sold a bunch of tank tops (thank you Indian summer!) We still have Kristy Fund hoodies, and shirts, Christmas ornaments, and coasters left, and we will even deliver locally - email us or call or text Heather @ 973-865-0879. We take debit and credit cards and 100% of the proceeds go directly to local graduates of PTHS!
Please visit our Photos tab to see pictures of our satisfied (and very cute) customers!
Park Lane Jewelry Fundraising Campaign
Longtime friend of the Kristy Fund, Kristin Rogan Salinas, has generously set up an online fundraiser for us! 50% of all proceeds will go directly to scholarships for local and deserving graduating seniors of PTHS! In addition, Kristin has selflessly agreed to donate her profits from any private party booked as a result of this fundraiser! So please visit our online fundraising page, stop by and see us at the Hoedown and if you're feeling social, book a party!
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2017 Scholarship Awards Ceremony results...
And the winners are.......Sydney Valent & Matt Apryasz!
This was our fourth year of distributing scholarships, and we were able to distribute two, $2500 scholarships to these deserving young adults. One of the recipients this year is Kristy's niece, as you can imagine, we were beyond thrilled that she was selected by the PTHS guidance department to receive the scholarship established in her aunt's memory. Both of these graduating seniors are well deserving and demonstrate kindness and compassion for others. Please take a peek at our photos from the ceremony.
Congratulations to this year's Kristy Valent Pordon Scholarship recipients!
Skel-A-Mingo Part III -- Results Time!
What a Great Season! Thank You again Pequannock, for making our third year of Skel-a-Mingos the biggest one yet! We had the busiest season to date, in fact, we need to order more spooky birds for next year!
We filled 134 orders!
Our volunteers placed 3,828 Mingos throughout Pequannock!
Our amazing supporters donated over $3,300!
Thanks for your continued support and for being good sports! We plan on giving out another $5,000 in 2017, thanks to your generosity!
Please check out our photos page for pictures from our hauntings and other events. if you have any photos that you'd like to share of your own haunting, last year, or this year, please email them to us.
Happy Halloween!
We filled 134 orders!
Our volunteers placed 3,828 Mingos throughout Pequannock!
Our amazing supporters donated over $3,300!
Thanks for your continued support and for being good sports! We plan on giving out another $5,000 in 2017, thanks to your generosity!
Please check out our photos page for pictures from our hauntings and other events. if you have any photos that you'd like to share of your own haunting, last year, or this year, please email them to us.
Happy Halloween!
We had so much fun at the Hoedown - thanks for coming by!
Thanks to our wonderful volunteers and the always fabulous - Face Painting by Dee Best - we raised $1500!! We still have lots of Kristy Fund apparel and coasters left and we will even deliver locally - email us or call or text Heather @ 973-865-0879.
Please visit our Photos tab to see pictures of our satisfied (and very cute) customers!
Thanks to our wonderful volunteers and the always fabulous - Face Painting by Dee Best - we raised $1500!! We still have lots of Kristy Fund apparel and coasters left and we will even deliver locally - email us or call or text Heather @ 973-865-0879.
Please visit our Photos tab to see pictures of our satisfied (and very cute) customers!
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2016 Scholarship Awards Ceremony results...
2015 proved to be our most successful fundraising year to date, allowing us the opportunity to give out 5 individual scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each, at the 2016 Pequannock Township Senior Awards Ceremony. Yup, that's right, we distributed $5,000 this year! We were honored to have Kristy's nieces represent the Kristy Fund on stage this year, they did an excellent job! We are so fortunate to have a supportive community, and we wish our five scholarship recipients all the best and can't wait for next year!
Congratulations to our 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th Kristy Valent Pordon Scholarship recipients!
Congratulations to our 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th Kristy Valent Pordon Scholarship recipients!
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Did you know.....
... that you can customize your Thirty-One bags to show your support of the Kristy Fund? While our constant supporter hosts fundraising parties for us periodically, you can order form her anytime and customize your order...have a look see at the flyer that she made from our last event and visit her store page here.
Bravelets Fundraising Bling!
In celebration of our best year yet, we are partnering with a company called Bravelets. Bravelets donates $10 of every bracelet, necklace or earring set to our charity! In case you hadn't heard, thanks to the support from our fabulous donors, this year we are awarding $5,000 to our local, deserving students! That's right, 5 lucky, compassionate seniors at PTHS will be receiving $1,000 each at the scholarship ceremony in June! Please check out our Bravelets fundraising page here: https://www.bravelets.com/bravepage/kristy-valent-pordon-scholarship-fund and check out the fun designs that are available. You can select different colors, such as purple, orange or grey, but we are partial to our signature blue. Please visit our fundraising page, buy yourself (and your friends) some bling, and spread the word! THANK YOU!
They're Gone!
2015's Haunt-A-Friend program raised over $3,500! We filled 107 orders, and our volunteers - who are AMAZING by the way - placed 3,304 spooky birds on lawns throughout Pequannock.
Our second year of our Haunt-A-Friend fundraiser exceeded our expectations!
Our feathered friends haunted Pequannock Township from September 15 - October 30, but now it's time for them to fly south for the winter, but don't fret, they will be back next year, possibly even in neighboring towns!
Please check out our photos page for pictures from our hauntings and other events. if you have any photos that you'd like to share of your own haunting, last year, or this year, please email them to kpordonfund@gmail.com, tag us on Instagram @kristy_fund, or post them on our facebook page.
2015's Haunt-A-Friend program raised over $3,500! We filled 107 orders, and our volunteers - who are AMAZING by the way - placed 3,304 spooky birds on lawns throughout Pequannock.
Our second year of our Haunt-A-Friend fundraiser exceeded our expectations!
Our feathered friends haunted Pequannock Township from September 15 - October 30, but now it's time for them to fly south for the winter, but don't fret, they will be back next year, possibly even in neighboring towns!
Please check out our photos page for pictures from our hauntings and other events. if you have any photos that you'd like to share of your own haunting, last year, or this year, please email them to kpordonfund@gmail.com, tag us on Instagram @kristy_fund, or post them on our facebook page.
Does your employer have a Matching Gifts program? If so, the Kristy Fund may be eligible to participate! Please email us at kpordonfund@gmail.com for more information.
Spur of the Moment Booster Campaign a Raving Success!
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Have we mentioned how much we love our community, family & friends? Rather last minute, we launched a booster campaign to sell the t-shirts shown to the left, and in less than 30 days, we sold 52 shirts and raised over $700! All proceeds will go directly to the 2016 scholarship awards - we are well on our way to our goal of giving out $5,000 in scholarships next year. We have a few left in our back pocket, if you'd like to purchase a Tahiti Blue Kristy Fun T-shirt for $25, please email us. We are honored that our supporters put their trust in our fund, and look forward to paying it forward. |
Congratulations are in order - Again!
In May of 2015, we were lucky to be able to award $3000 in scholarships, thanks to our awesome community! We thought that splitting this into two awards would make a larger impact, and we think we made the right call! We were proud to give out two, $1500 scholarships to deserving PTHS seniors, we wish them all the best and can't wait for next year! Hoping for three scholarships for 2016!
Congratulations to our Second and Third Kristy Valent Pordon Scholarship recipients!
Congratulations to our Second and Third Kristy Valent Pordon Scholarship recipients!
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It was a real Whodunnit!
Something very mysterious happened at The Barnyard & Carriage House on February 27th, and it was so much fun!
The Kristy Fund held a Murder Mystery Dinner hosted by The Barnyard & Carriage House and acted by The Murder Mystery Company.
Please check out our photos from the event here!
Something very mysterious happened at The Barnyard & Carriage House on February 27th, and it was so much fun!
The Kristy Fund held a Murder Mystery Dinner hosted by The Barnyard & Carriage House and acted by The Murder Mystery Company.
Please check out our photos from the event here!
Tax Deductions Galore!
The Kristy Fund is a recognized 501.3 (c) charity and donations are tax deductible! If you did not receive a receipt for your donation this year, and would like one, please contact kpordonfund@gmail.com we will get one out to you ASAP. Thank you for your support!
The Kristy Fund is a recognized 501.3 (c) charity and donations are tax deductible! If you did not receive a receipt for your donation this year, and would like one, please contact kpordonfund@gmail.com we will get one out to you ASAP. Thank you for your support!