True Hope Doll Giveaway

I have been following a movement on Facebook for quite some time and it's called:

Beautiful and Bald Barbie! Let's see if we can get it made. .  

Description

We WILL see a Beautiful and Bald "friend of Barbie" made to help young girls who live with hair loss due to cancer treatments, Alopecia or Trichotillomania . Also, for young girls who are having trouble coping with their mother's hair loss from chemo. Many children have some difficulty accepting their mother, sister, aunt, grandparent or friend going from a long haired to a bald.

Unlike men, who having a bald head is trendy and a fashion statement, women and children are stared at and often teased when they go in public, expected to cover their bald heads. We want to stop the shame and stigma that children and women deal with having hair loss.

Accessories such as wigs, bandanas, scarves and hats will be included. This will be a great coping mechanism for young girls dealing with hair loss themselves or a loved one.

emails can be directed to thebbmovement@gmail.com

Petition can be signed at: http://www.change.org/petitions/mattel-inc-sell-us-the-bald-friend-of-barbie

They were successful and 6 dolls were made in the True Hope line of Bratz and Moxie dolls by MGA.  A big round of applause, please!  Below are the dolls.

I personally have a special liking to Sophina, which is the first doll on the left because she has big brown eyes.  In her box, she comes with a purple knit hat that matches one that my sister in law made me when I lost my hair.  Initially when the dolls came out, I ran out and bought Sophina. 

I realized that Sophina was just going to sit on my dresser collecting dust so I graciously gifted her to one of my cancer sister's in Alabama who has a small daughter.  Sophina is meant to be played with and she is enjoying her new home.  Then I got this idea. Why not purchase another doll and spread the lesson of hope, bravery, courage, and adversity?  In this day of age where there is so much bullying going on, I thought these True Hope dolls could be used as a learning tool for parents.  I opened up a giveaway to my US friends on Facebook where I was to gift one doll to whomever wanted to enter.  Whether you have a child who still plays with dolls or you would like to gift to a child who could use this doll, I left my giveaway open for a few weeks.  I closed my contest on 7/19 and held my drawing on 7/10.  I announced my winner who is graciously gifting the doll to a special child who has already faced difficult circumstances in her life as she weighed only 14 ounces when she was born.  I was truly touched by her story and she is a thriving little girl today.  

With my 31st birthday coming up at the end of this month on July 29th, I thought it would be a great idea to have another giveaway.  I have been contacted by a couple of supporters who would like to generously donate a couple of dolls for giveaways.  I'm excited as this means we can keep the lesson going!  Contest is now open!  Those who did not win this last round are still in the running (there are 38 of you) and anyone who would like to enter can do so (USA only, please).  The last winner is not eligible.  If you would like to enter my giveaway, here are the ways:

Email me at: julymoose@hotmail.com with the subject line "True Hope Doll" and I will enter you.

Message me on my personal Facebook if you are a friend, www.facebook.com/marcam and let me know you'd like to enter.

Message me on my Team Marta page on Facebook, www.facebook.com/TeamMartaOfficial and let me know you'd like to enter. 

Anyone can friend me on FB, just ask! And anyone can like my Team page.  If you are not on FB, email just works as well. 

Again, I'm leaving this open to USA residents only and contest closes on July 29th and I will announce the winner on July 30th.  Have fun and I hope you enter!

If you would like to purchase your own True Hope doll, per Jane Bingham (the brains behind this movement):

hey are available at Toys R Us stores in the USA. online at toysrus.com. In Canada they are available for pre-order at toysrus.ca. They will be on shelves in Canada and the UK at toysrus store end of July/early August. Starting next week they week be available online at Walmart.som and in July at target.com.

And anyone interested in keeping the giveaways going, please contact me via email or Facebook.  This is all based on donations in the Team Marta fund. 

Hope you are inspired as much as I was by these dolls!

If I am missing credit where credit is due in this movement, please contact me and I will edit this posting.