The Princess Fund

Day 3 of Higgy Con is underway! Just a reminder we have tons of bears in our queue waiting to be sent out, once we are back in office, they will be on the way! 💚

Our team is out at Higgy-Con for the week! Our packages that were supposed to be sent out (apps approved between June-July) will be pushed back until we return to office! :)

Incoming delivery!! We have 4 bears that came straight from the Higgy Bears HQ! 😎

Our crew of 4 are ready to receive their special homes but need you to help fund their trip! 📦

TPF is looking for a generous sponsor to cover the cost of shipping our bears out! We approximate $25 to ship them out! Who can help us?

Paypal, venmo & GoFundMe donations accepted. Receipts of transactions provided by request!

100% of our donations go towards TPF and sending bears out to children! 💓

A nice way to kick off is with a new order of !! Once these get delivered they will be on their way to their new home! 💓 Thanks to everyone who helped so far! 🫶🏼

A big thank you to Smithfield’s for the generosity at our last event! 💚🐻

Higgy Bears are ordered and will soon be on the away! 🐻 We can’t wait for our deserving friends to get them! 💚

We are less than a month to National Scoliosis Awareness Month (yay!) and I’ve decided to share a little bit more about my spine and the importance of having your “village”. 💚
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We started monitoring my curve in 2018, when my spine measured a 52.1 degree curve. In March of 2019, we officially hit the red alert. Between October of 2018 and March of 2019, my spine was at a 56.3 degree curve. Almost a 5 degree change in just a few months. We decided on March 4th as a family to move forward with a Spinal fusion.

At this time, I (including my family) weren’t as aware of the amazing community behind every scoli-warrior. Personally, I wasn’t sure of all the resources available to me. Before I left school for surgery, I made a pact with an old teacher of mine, who was a coach for my high schools cross country team. If I could recover and slightly run, they’d let me run with the team in Disney. Little did I know, a bunch of class mates I either never met or rarely spoke too, would become my biggest push towards recovery. Girls I never met before I started running, became my “roommates” on a little trip. Coaches I’ve taken classes from became mentors. Teammates who let me join their team, knowing this was so new to me, had my back.

When they say, ”it takes a village”, they mean it. During a 5 month recovery period, everyone involved with this sport in my highschool became my tribe. They watched me give out and give up but they also watched me succeed. I can confidently say over 3 years (almost 4) later I’m not sure how I would’ve gotten through recovery. There were dark nights, that were met with bright mornings… but it’s a lot to sort through. Both physically and mentally. At the end of one of our race days, my back gave up on me, the pressure of a new spine got the best of me. I didn’t finish the run that day, and boy… I was disappointed. Before packing up, one of my teammates who was half out of breath, told me one little thing I stuck with me almost 4 years later. “You’re a fighter, nothing less”.

Something every scoli-warrior can relate to. We are fighting for a better life; free of back pain, negative self reflections, fighting for self love and normalcy.

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So as we go through the rest of May, gearing up towards June, there’s one thing I have to say to everyone that is on this journey: You’re a fighter and nothing less.

Hey everyone! Michele here 💓

I sent out 3 emails for further info so we can get these bears ordered! This round we are able to send out three more bears, fully sponsored! 🎉 We are SO excited about this. Please check your email/spam folders if you applied. If you did not get an email, don’t stress! We keep your forms on file and will reach out when we have more sponsored bears.
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As you know, we are a non-profit, we operate on donations that are generously given to our program. Through community events and social media outreach we hope to increase our reach. We are IN SEARCH OF more amazing, kind and generous donors to help us sponsor a bear. Donations can be sent directly to our GoFundMe or you can PM me to set it up a different way.
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What an amazing day! 💓❄️

Today we made our first public appearance as The Princess Fund and raised a total of $110 which will be used to send out at least 3 more Higgy bear care packages to children battling scoliosis! We are so grateful, thankful and blessed to have this opportunity to share such an important message with our community!

Thank you SO much to Creating Smiles Mascot Rentals for allowing us to set up and party with everyone today! ❤️ We are so grateful for you!

I can’t put into words how truly grateful I am for everyone’s support. We can’t wait to get these bears out to more kids!

If you’re local to we will be at Special Moments on May 6th! My lovely husband will be running our booth while I attend my princess duties with Princess Anna!
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Stop by and say hello as you grab your raffle tickets for a chance to win a FREE princess party and 18 inch doll hospital kit! ❤️
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As always- if you aren’t local and want to help us send out more care packages, you can donate to our go fund me or send me a message and we can set up a direct donation. ❤️

With the launch of our Instagram, we did a quick collab with The Scoliosis Shop for an awesome giveaway! Hop on over to our IG for the chance to win a newly launched tee shirt! 🫶🏼

We’re on Instagram! 👑 Make sure to follow us and say Hi!

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👑Princess Delivery!👑

Sooooo many amazing things underway, our team just sent out our first bear! Thank you again for all those who support us. To support our mission, you can donate via GoFundMe or send me a message! 🙂
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If your is battling scoliosis, make you to fill out our nomination form. Our team would love to send them a bear!

I am so grateful for where my journey has lead me. I was so graciously invited to attend Higgy Con this July and bring my “princess friends”! Michigan cannot come soon enough. Beyond blessed to be apart of something so amazing. Thank you Higgy Bears and all the generous sponsors!

A HUGE thank you to Shriners Children's for being one of the top sponsors for Higgy-Con!!! Thank you so much to Kara from Shriners Children's Chicago and Stephanie from Shriners Children’s Philadelphia for making this happen. You two are the best!! ❤

When I started Higgy Bears 10 years ago, never in my wildest dreams did I think SHRINERS would be sponsoring ME! I'm so thankful and so blessed to have all of the support that I do.

Let's all give a huge thank you to Shriners, Kara & Stephanie! Not only for providing the best possible care to children regardless of their ability to pay, but for helping make Higgy-Con possible for scoli families!!! ❤

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

I’m Michele, Party Princess, Scoli-Warrior and founder of “The Princess Fund”. As many of you know, my battle with Scoliosis truly began once I stepped foot into the children’s hospital to undergo a 13+ hour surgery. All fixed up with a titanium spine, I started to discover a whole new world.🧜‍♀️ Many years passed and I received an amazing opportunity to be casted as different Disney Princesses for children’s events. I reconnected with Lauren from and the magic was born… and so was TPF, no one knew it just yet. 😉 Elsa spoke to many little warriors and princesses who much like her, started their journey into the unknown.❄️
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The Princess Fund is a non-profit that connects young Scoli-Warriors to a fantastic community and delivers a Higgy Bear directly to them, no cost to the warrior or their family. In addition 👑 TPF supplies a Bi-annual check to in order to keep their mission going strong, for many generations of Scoli-Warriors to experience.
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I am beyond blessed to be presented with such an opportunity to create something amazing. Thank you to everyone who lended a hand in the creation of this project, we couldn’t have done this without you!
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If you feel inclined to help or would like to nominate a Scoliosis Warrior to receive a bear under our program, please send me a message or you can visit our go fund me!

https://gofund.me/c615e35d 👑
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Let the magic begin!

The Princess Fund 2023