Getty Owl Foundation

Mimi Blankets Giveaway

We are overjoyed to be working with such amazing small business, Mimi Blankets. We have been wanting to find just the right product to offer to our SMA community. I know for Getty, making sure she is comfy and cozy in her chair isn’t always easy to accomplish. Making sure she is covered for all weather conditions is important to us and we wanted to offer the same opportunity to our SMA community.

Beginning October 3rd, we are welcoming our SMA community to enter your kiddo to win a Mimi Blanket. Mimi Blankets are designed to cover your child’s chair for easy comfort and transport. No purchase necessary. Please go to this link and see what blanket will be the best fit/need for your child. https://mimiblankets.com.au/collections/all

Once you have decided, head over to Getty Owl Foundation’s email (hoot@gettyowl.org) and drop us the following information:

Child’s Name

Address

Email

Item Name

Size

Pattern

Please also attach a picture of your child. We like to make recipient collages when announcing the winners.

October 10th is the deadline. We will announce the 20 recipients on October 11th.

Thank you all for your continued support and love. Good luck to all who enter. Thank you to Mimi Blankets for their support and collaboration.

Kate

So Many Reasons to Celebrate Recipients

From Kate:

We want to thank all of the SMA families who entered their kiddo in Getty Owl Foundation’s, So Many Reasons to Celebrate Giveaway.

We are so thankful to be able to support SMA families in all kinds of ways. This annual giveaway is always special, because we love to imagine what each child’s response will be while their present is unwrapped. I know Getty’s eyes are big and bright as she sees what presents lay underneath the tree. The unwrapping is another story, the paper can’t come off fast enough. 🙂

We send our love far and wide to the SMA community. This time of year is bittersweet, because we are so aware of how incredibly precious our kids are to us and how we move about this life with such purpose and determination to give our kids the world. We hope you all have time to sit with all of the beautiful moments this holiday season provides. Our hearts are with those families that will not have their special human being by their side right now. We send our love and we hope you are all surrounded by loved ones that can hold you and comfort you.

Without further ado………….

We thank you all for entering. We hope you enjoy!

Happy Holidays to all!

So Many Reasons to Celebrate

From Kate:

From the looks of things, I may just be coming by once a year to pop in to do our annual giveaways. Every time I want to sit down at the computer to update on Getty, I get pulled away by her’s truly. 🙂

Getty is now 13 years old and just not stopping to take any pictures or stall for a second. She is enjoying 8th grade and has her eyes set on high school, next year. She is over 5ft tall and at this point has not only passed her Grammy, she has her eyes set on my height and too best honest that really worries me. She is doing so well. We are, as always just over the moon for each day we have together and life just keeps moving forward. She is an absolute gift and reflecting on the last few years, we are so incredibly aware of how fragile life can be and we hold onto every moment and pursue the future at the same time.

This year I wasn’t quite sure what to do for our giveaway. Many things are the same and then I wanted to try other items that might be enriching for some of our SMA kiddos. We will be giving away iPads, as usual, and last year we got some great feedback on the Bedjets, so we will be continuing to gift those as well. To add to the list, we decided to add the Nintendo Switch. The Switches will come with adaptation options for those that might need other means to operate the device.

As always we love what what we do. Getty Owl Foundation has been such an incredible experience for us and we just hope that we can a make difference for as many SMA families as possible. We have been supporting families as best as we can for the past 12 years and for that, we are just so thankful. We strive to assist where we can and hope that for some who believe our efforts are admirable, decide to donate to help us keep on, keeping on. 🙂 This entire journey has been life altering in a way I was truly hoping it would and I am just beside myself knowing we are still doing the work.

So let’s get going!

Here are the details:

-Any SMA family can enter for their child/young adult. Please limit it to only one entry per household.

-Enter now 12/8, until Deadline 12/12 by 8pm PST.

-Recipients will be announced 12/13 @6pm PST. (Also Taylor Swift’s Birthday :))

-Email gettyowl@gmail.com the following information:

• Name of child/young adult
• Address/phone number
• Indicate which item(s) you are interested in. (iPad/Bedjet/Switch)
• Please attach a picture of your child/young adult

Our Giveaway includes the following:

(12) iPad w/$50 gift card

(6) Bedjets

(3) Nintendo Switch w/$35 gift card

We look forward to your entries and we are excited to announce the recipients on 12/13.

14 Reasons to Celebrate: Recipients Announced!

From Kate:

Hello from our most favorite owl nest, Getty’s room. 🙂 On behalf of Getty Owl Foundation, we send our love and hope for a healthy and happy holiday season. We hope everyone can be in the presence of your loved ones. We send our sincerest warmth to everyone in the community.

Thank you to all of the families who entered their amazing kiddos into our 14 Reasons to Celebrate Giveaway. Every year just keeps getting better. We thank all who have trusted us with your donations to then find a need in the SMA community. Technology helps bridge gaps to education, inclusivity, and communication. We are so thankful to have the ability to support as many kids as we can.

We would like to congratulate the following 14 recipients.

Happy Holidays one and all!

14 Reasons to Celebrate

From Kate:

It is that time of the year when Getty Owl Foundation can truly celebrate our efforts to support as many families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy as we can. This year seems a little extra special. We will be able to award 14 iPad packages to some great kids who need the tools to navigate their education and communication with the support of technology.

We have been so lucky as a family, to be able to offer Getty, any and all avenues to grow and blossom. We are so aware of the fact that we are fortunate to give her the world. We know that many families are not afforded that same opportunity. Truly, that is why we created the foundation in the first place. Our forever goal was to find a need in our community and try our best to meet it.

This year, similar to last year has brought some overall worries about our kids health and well-being. I have often told people outside of the SMA community that while we have been uniquely prepared for a “pandemic-like” situation, overall isolation is hard, even for the strongest. It isn’t easy live in a world of insecurity in regards to health. It is scary on so many fronts. But in true fashion this SMA community has found many ways to remain optimistic and in forward motion. I want to thank so many in the community who have supported not only our family but so many others who needed a pep talk or a virtual hug.

For the past 10 years, Getty Owl Foundation has strived to find gaps in need and fill them as best as we can. Time and time again, it centers on technology. Technology opens so many doors for our community.

In order to fill those technological gaps, we completely depend on the outside world for support. Donors from all over the world have found us, Getty Owl Foundation as a trusted organization and that trust means the world to us. We are aware that donors can go anywhere and donate to any organization and the mere fact that you have chosen us gives us pause with gratitude. Thank you!

We would like to thank a specific donor today. One who has supported GOF for many years. The Grubbs Family and their entire staff at Dutch Bros. Coffee has stepped up to support our efforts. $1 from every drink purchase has accumulated into the support we need to help our SMA community. Thank you all for your tireless and selfless efforts. We literally couldn’t do this without you.

Over the years, Getty Owl Foundation has given away over 70 iPads. 70 amazing children have benefited from our annual giveaway. While we can help meet the needs of 14 SMA children in this 2021 giveaway, we hope to be able to continue our efforts for years to come.

So, let’s get to the details, shall we? 🙂

We will be having a giveaway for the holidays. SMA families, we hope you can join us!

This year we will be gifting the following items to 14 SMA kids:

Each gift box will include:

-(1) iPad 10.2

-(1) iPad travel holder

-(1) $50 Apple Gift Card

How to enter:

-Email us at hoot@gettyowl.org with the following information:

-Your name

-Your child’s name

-Address

-Phone Number

-Attach a picture

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: DECEMBER 10th

GIVEAWAY RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED: DECEMBER 11th

As with all giveaways, Getty Owl Foundation is an organization that fosters support for families with Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Please consider this before entering the giveaway. Thank you!