Cardinals 50/50 Raffle for Be The Match

Mia and family was asked to help with the 50/50 Raffle 

for Be The Match at one of the preseason Cardinals game.

We had SO much fun!

Mia and her sister helped with selling the raffle tickets.

They also got some sweet seats and were able to watch the

Cardinals warm up.

We helped to raise about $23,000. for patients like Mia who need 

a bone marrow transplant for a cure.

Remembering Kwamie Lassiter

We have NO words for the sudden loss of @kwamie_lassiter42 @thekwamielassiterfoundation 💔 our hearts are broken for his family ... he was the best supporter of @bethematch as his son underwent a bone marrow transplant at PCH, and Kwamie was always helping others in the community and raising awareness for sickle cell anemia. He will be dearly missed. Praying for you Lassiter Family 🙏🏼 #neverforgotten #weloveyou #kwamielassiterfoundation #GodBless

Be The Match

Mia needs YOUR help to find a cure to her

bone marrow failure disorder called:

Diamond Blackfan Anemia.

She needs a perfect 10/10 HLA tissue type bone marrow match

(Deeper than blood)

None of her 3 siblings match - and the closets

match so far has been a 9/10 lady in Europe.

For Mia's best chance of survival she needs a 10/10

PERFECT MATCH.

What is it's YOU?

Did you know YOU could be the cure??

Someone walking around this earth is Mia's medicine...

that's why everyone should sign up for 

BE THE MATCH.

http://www.bethematchfoundation.org/site/TR?team_id=48558&fr_id=4123&pg=team

Madison Fills in For Mia

Mia had been looking forward to speaking at the 

Isagenix #NYKO 2018 conference for weeks.

Unfortunately, Mia was overcome by the flu the day

before she was supposed to go on stage speaking.

We were mortified.

This had never happened before as we have been

fortunate enough to always make most of our events

illness free.

Madison, Mia's little sister, 11 years old, 

said that she would step in for her big sis.

Thank goodness for Madison because

I don't know why we would have done!

Sweet Madison woke up to the questions, 'Hey Madison...

I have the biggest favor...can you go on stage for Mia in

front of 5 thousand people??'

Sure!

Haha love you Madders.

Here she is in the green room before she went on stage.

Isagenx has raised $8.9 million for Make A Wish...

And has given away 938 wishes...AMAZING!

We are so sad that Mia couldn't be there, but the next best thing is 

Madders...who knew she could have a future in comedy??

MAKE SURE YOU WATCH THIS VIDEO!!

PRESS PLAY in the VIDEO above!!! 

Madison rocking the stage with a head microphone and everything!

What a great team of people who can get stuff done!

Stephie - Isagenix Make A Wish coordinator

Aubrie - Be The Match Rep for Southwest

Madison - Guest Speaker

Me - Mom-ager

Lisa- Make a Wish International

Here are our Numbers:

Be The Match - Cheek swabs 

-Corporate Office 44

NYKO

Day 1 - 12

Day 2 - 153 (Madison spoke)

Day 3 - 157

= 366 people added to the bone marrow registry

to potentially save a life!

Money Raised in a weekend for Make A Wish = $100,000.

Team Work is awesome, we are blessed.

Be The Match @ Isagenix Headquarters

Mia had a fun time at the Isagneix Corporate Headquarters in Gilbert AZ

to register potential bone marrow donors to the Be The Match

registry to start the New Year off!

Mia helping explain how simple the cheek swab is

to be added to the registry to help save lives.

We were so happy to see so many smiling willing potential donors!

Mia just loves her Isagenix buddy Stephie - who is in charge

of special events like this and also a partner with 

Make a Wish - who we love dearly and have been blessed 

by a make a wish trip to Hawaii 5 years ago.

Isagenix - Speaking Engagement

Mia should honestly be a motivational speaker.

Her story is so touching and she inspires so many different types of 

people and groups with her life.

Mia is thrilled to be given the opportunity with a speaking

engagement in front of 5-7 thousand people at the

New Year's Isagenix conference in Phoenix in January.

CLICK HERE to read their article about Mia

and giving back.

We can't wait to raise awareness of Be The Match and Mia will

be representing as a make a wish kid as well.

Yep.

Funny because Mia is one of THEE most thankful people in the world.

We love Arizona for keeping Mia alive!!

Be The Match @ ASU Downtown

Mia was given the opportunity to briefly share her story (of how

to be cured of DBA she would need a bone marrow transplant) to a

fabulous group of students at the ASU Downtown campus who

wants to host a bone marrow drive in Phoenix.

Mia had a blast!

Of course...she rocked it.

These students are awesome for wanting to help find not only Mia a Match,

but others who need life saving bone marrow transplants as well.

If you would like more info about Be The Match,

Visit: Mia's Be The Match Page!

Be The Match - Scottsdale - Mathew Blades

What an awesome Be The Match event in Scottsdale hosted

at the ASU Skysong Center and put on by Mathew Blades &

Tyson Nash!

Thank you Tyson for being awesome!

Mia and 

Taking a break with some grilled cheese from the food trucks!

Thank you SO much Aubrie for taking Mia to this awesome event!

Mia at the D'Backs -1st Pitch

Mia and her BFF Clare ready to go at the D'Backs Game!

The Mix 96.9 gave us all shirts to wear, SO awesome of them.

Ready to go on the field girls?

They really had so much fun!

Mia & Clare

Welcome to 90's night!

One of the cool parts was that Mia got to meet Sugar Ray

aka Mark McGrath since he's doing a 90's concert after the game.

SO FUN!

Pics pics pics!

Too cute...

Literally just hanging out on the baseball field.

Thanks to friends who took these for us!

Waving to the sweet lady who put the words on the back of our

shirts for free! Mia said she'd wave to her, so sweet.

Go Mia!

I'm sure Matt always thought he'd be the one to be pitching 

out there in the field...but no, it's Mia!

After, Mia had the catcher sign the ball and Mark McGrath!

Ok, mom...seriously...what are you saying??

Haha, so fun!

Nice to meet you Mark, you rocked the concert, loved it!

Elevator selfie!

Mia and Clare = ice cream

IF you haven't visited Mia's link for Be The Match -

You can CLICK HERE - Match4Mia 

One day she will find her MATCH!

After the D'Backs sadly lost to the Cubs, we went outside

to the Pepsi VIP area for the 90's concert.

We had SO much fun!!! 

Mom and Dad might have had a little too much fun while feeling

old. Haha! Thank you so much to everyone who made this so awesome for us!

ESPECIALLY the Mathew Blades Show!!

BE SURE to watch this VIDEO of Mia's interview on the radio

and Mia throwing out the 1st pitch!! SO MUCH FUN!