A nice part of convention is giving back to the local charities and area. The He's A Doll! Club is extremely proud and excited to work with the following charity.

Live Auction Charity:

Lindsay’s Voice

treesofhopewi.org

Mission: To raise awareness for Leukemia, Lymphomas, blood Cancers and raise funds to support patient services and on-going research locally through the Leukemia-Lymphoma Society of WI, Blood Center of Wisconsin, BeTheMatch, CIBMTR (Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research).

Information: Lindsay (Wenzel) Lopez grew up in New Berlin, WI.  She married Jason Lopez and they had a daughter, Olivia (10). They were the typical American family- just working, living life and having fun. On September 21, 2009 all that changed. Lindsay was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Thus began a journey that nobody ever prepares for…chemo, numerous medical complications, transfusions, biopsies, months of hospital stays. Since the Doctors knew she needed a bone marrow transplant, the search for a marrow donor began.  Being an only child, a sibling match was not an option, so the National Marrow Donor Program “Be The Match” started a search to find the one person in the world that would match… That donor was found in Germany. On June 23, 2010, Lindsay received this life-giving transplant at Froedtert Hospital. The tireless work of the transplant team, doctors, nurses, technicians and many people behind the scenes helped her recover to return home five weeks later.  Three months after being home, a bone marrow biopsy showed the leukemia was gone. Hope was restored for a full recovery and a 32nd Birthday celebration was in order.

Several weeks later, Lindsay started feeling ill again and more tests were done. The results… the leukemia had returned.  Re-admitted to the hospital, strong chemo treatments began again with another month of relentless treatments to fight the evil cancer cells and infections. On Nov 22nd, 2010 Lindsay lost her battle against Leukemia.

Lindsay’s Voice, Inc is registered as a non-profit public charity in Wisconsin.  Trees of Hope, WI was created as a way to celebrate the life of Lindsay (Wenzel) Lopez, a 32 yr old wife and mother, who lost her 14-month battle against Leukemia. In her memory, Lindsay’s parents Karen and Gene Wenzel, decided to look for a way to raise funds to support local patient services and research for anyone who is fighting blood cancers. The SE Wisconsin area is fortunate to have exceptional medical facilities who continue to work tirelessly every day to advance the treatments, and extend and improve the quality of life for infants, children, teens and adults that are stricken with Leukemia or Lymphomas. This is Karen and Gene’s way in keeping their daughter’s fighting spirit alive and to help others. They continue to be “Lindsay’s Voice”.