Childhelp Fundraiser Flagstaff, AZ

June 11, 2011 A Night of Light and Hope Childhelp Wine Tasting and Auction Fundraiser. The story of Childhelp is about two young Hollywood actresses’ “chance” encounters—one with 11 homeless orphans abroad, and one with Nancy Reagan—and how they led to a lifelong commitment to helping children in need.

BB Freeman (comedian) was the host for the night.
Childhelp Chapter was started in 2007 by Jill Babb (left) and her husband Bill Babb


Comedian and Host/Personality,BD Freeman is widely known for his uncanny ability to remember the rich history of entertainment and bring out of the most funny, relevant and insightful moments in Vh1's highly successful "Pop Culture" series.

Sara O'Meara(left) BD Freeman (center)  and Yvonne Fedderson (right)

 BD is thrilled to be busy filming the new season of topics on VH1's Pop Culture Shows!

 Beginning in the 1950s, while entertaining U.S. troops in Japan, Yvonne Fedderson and her actress-friend Sara O'Meara became concerned with the plight of orphans and took the first steps toward founding International Orphans Inc., an organization that built and maintained four orphanages in Japan, as well as five orphanages, a hospital and a school in Vietnam. Lime and O'Meara later redirected their efforts toward abused and neglected children in the U.S. and changed their organization's name to Childhelp USA.

The founders first met each other in 1958 on the set of The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, a popular 1950s television show. The pair, rising Hollywood actresses, played the part of Ricky's girlfriend and quickly became fast friends.Yvonne Lime (Fedderson) had a recurring part on TV's "Father Knows Best" (1954) and had other roles in Elvis Presley's Loving You (1957) and AIP's I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) and claims to have dated Elvis. 

Today, Sara O'Meara and Yvonne Fedderson continue to actively lead the organization as Chairman/CEO and President, respectively. Childhelp® exists to meet the physical, emotional, educational and spiritual needs of abused, neglected and at-risk children. We focus our efforts on advocacy, prevention, treatment and community outreach.


The local chapter of Childhelp hosts the event. 

 Becky Payne (center) Chapter President

Beth Motsenbocker (2nd) Event Chair


**Additional photo's of the event: http://hopegibbsphotography.zenfolio.com/p82617676

Forever and Always

This was a vow renewal ceremony. What fun to see things "down the road". They reconfirmed promises and possibly made new ones but what made this extra special is that their kids were involved. Their oldest son played the guitar, their daughter performed a reading and the youngest was in charge of the ring. When a couple first gets married it's just them. Once children are added, it's a team. Watching this family in action was great!  Thanks Nicols! Best to you....forever and always! 

Three Little Monkey's

These three little monkey's just welcomed in one soon to be spoiled little sister to their family! They are the sweetest little boys you could be around. The littlest "monkey" kept asking, "Can I hold it!" Mom would carefully put her in his arms. He would grin ear to ear, kiss her and announce he was finished. The older two were a little more stable and worked super hard at getting it right. Getting these 4 all in the same frame, sitting somewhat still and looking in a somewhat similar direction proved to be quite difficult. A carrot dangled in front of the cart...fine, fine a sucker or two or three helped us contain them a bit. They were a lot like I would imagine the job of herding cats to be like. I loved every minute! Baby girl, you are one lucky little gal!

They are so in love with their new baby I think they might just rub her skin right off kissing her. At just two weeks old she already seemed to be getting used to it!

  

I do!

My girl

Izze got home from school with no following plans. It was snowing and neither of us felt like doing what we were supposed to do. So, instead we did this! We took fun pictures of just my 11 year old red head. It's hard to catch her hair accurately. Well, this is it (well, that all depends on your monitor).  But...on mine. This is right! The real color of her hair! She is fun and wild. Just hanging out was great!

Knot: tying a cord to itself or another.

"Today I caught myself smiling for no reason... then I realized I was thinking about you." 

Spending time with Garrett and Brianne makes me think of the quote above. They are smitten and just giddy about each other. Brianne announced that there were only 4 short months left before they would marry. Most brides would say that in a panic. With all that needed to be done they would feel that was a short time. Not Brianne. She said it with dignity and promise. They are happy to be tying the knot. Tight. 

No way!

My hubby went on a hunting trip to the "Strip" to help a friend. It's the North rim of the Grand Canyon between Arizona and Utah.  He wasn't going to be hunting, only helping. I sent him with my old Canon Rebel Xsi with a 75-300mm lens. I set the camera to mostly automatic and sent him on his way. He came back with 5 fuzzy pictures of deer 2 miles away and THESE! He said he was standing in the middle of nowhere and looked up to see THIS! What a breathtaking surprise! This sunset was just outstanding! I love how the clouds look like balls of fire! Wish I could have been there...