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💛🩵 This Saturday 7/22 @ Noon 🩵💛 right next to Bridge Park !
A few more days left to get your racer ducks!!
Link below to get racer ducks-
https://give.nationwidechildrens.org/site/TR/Events/General?px=1631037&pg=personal&fr_id=1810
Or Go to columbusduckrace.com ➡️ Donate
2023 Cbus Duck Race Info:
Date: Saturday, July 22nd
Location: Riverside Crossing Park
6625 Riverside Dr Dublin, OH 43017
Time: 12:00pm
Help us celebrate National Deaf History Month and Diana's Birthday today 💛
To learn more about Diana's legacy & celebrate Deaf History with us, visit DeafChildren.org and follow ASDC (on Instagram as ).
If you'd like to share your own "happy birthday" sign videos (see our stories) make sure to tag ASDC - American Society for Deaf Children MADFuns so we can share and feature your videos! 🥰🤟🏼
St. Patrick's Day fun 🍀🌈🥣 Print at home!
🛒 Link below (listed under "Printable Kids Activities" on MADFuns Etsy)
*not responsible for copious amounts of Froot Loops consumed by parents while sittervising these activities 😝*
https://www.etsy.com/listing/968388320/
2023 MADFuns monthly calendar 🗓️🖊️
*Can we pretend this was posted in December (or even January 😬) like it was supposed to be..🙃
Comes with 12 monthly pages that measure 8.5" x 14" + each set comes with a mini rose gold binder clip 📎
(Our frig isn't magnetic so I use the clip + clear 3M sticky hook to hold two or three month pages)
📍Printed / shipped from Findlay, Ohio
🛒 Link below or search MADFuns calendar on Etsy 💛
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1122534585/
New Spiderman-inspired (thanks to our spidey-obsessed 5-year-old) classroom Valentines up on Etsy 🤟🏼♥️🕸️
Download and print at home for Valentine's Day school parties / treats & spread some ASL love 💌
Swipe to see more available options! 🥰🤟🏼
🛒 Link below or search ASL valentines on Etsy
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1379451944/
🖍️ Kids St. Nicholas Day Printables 🖍️
This Tuesday 12/6 is St Nicholas Day ♥️✨
Last year we made the change to have our elf come on St Nicholas Day (Dec 6th) instead of Thanksgiving at our house, and 💯 never going back! 😝🧑🏼🎄
If you need an Elf on the Shelf idea, these can be printed at home and set out (with fun candy cane staffs) from your elf! Also comes with stories/facts about Saint Nicholas, coloring/I Spy pages, and prayer cards. You can also print multiple copies of candy cane holder cards for your littles to give to friends & family 🥰
Link below-
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1361202245/saint-nicholas-day-printables-st?click_key=64fbc216e4dc2e733cb66ae01393f555047eb808%3A1361202245&click_sum=5aaf2f80&ref=shop_home_active_13
*shout out to one of our friends for the idea for Elfie to come on St Nick's day aka giving an extra week+ to get our elves in a row 😅🫠🙌🏼
Personalized Milk & Cookies trays for Santa (& reindeer treats 😛) are back!🎄✨ Can also personalize with family name like "The Smith Family" instead of kids' names.
First 10 Santa trays also get Santa letters + envelopes ready to fill out and send 💌🎅🏼
*Swipe to see (address is the real USPS operation Santa address)
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Personalized Milk & Cookies tray for Santa are back!🎄✨ Can also personalize with family name like "The Smith Family" instead of kids' names.
First 10 Santa trays also get Santa letters + envelopes ready to fill out and send 💌🎅🏼
*Swipe to see (address is the real USPS operation Santa address)
This Trays item by MADFuns has 15 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Findlay, OH. Listed on Nov 25, 2022
Help us celebrate our Season of Giving campaign today, on Giving Tuesday, with a look back on the legacy and love of Diana Hernandez-McCaffery.
The Diana Hernandez-McCaffery Scholarship Fund honors Diana's amazing legacy and love of language and ASL to support more parents in their ability to communicate with their deaf children.
https://deafchildren.org/donate/the-diana-hernandez-mccaffery-memorial-scholarship/
If you are considering giving today on , and would like to support ASDC - American Society for Deaf Children and , you can learn more about Diana, as well as the programs and resources provided by ASDC by visiting www.deafchildren.org/donate.
During this season of thanks - we cannot thank you enough for your continued support. 🤟🏼
Exciting new stuff over here in time for holiday shopping 🥳 Extra-large poster-quality play mats now available to ship directly to you! Option to customize town shop names with your little one's name/favorites in the drop down menu on Etsy.
The Toy Car Town themed play mats measure 46.5" x 30.5" which fits on most train tables, and is the exact measurement to fit on top of the Pottery Barn Kids Carolina Activity Table. You can also get their clear acrylic table mat as a protector to go on top (cus ). 🤓
Message with any questions/requests!
Link below & will also be available on www.MADFuns.com soon 💛
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1329189747/personalized-toy-car-play-mat-large-size?click_key=f05eb936ccaea60d79113f1d8ed8413b506672de%3A1329189747&click_sum=7960cf6c&ref=shop_home_active_15&sts=1
📦 Ships from Ohio
Now scheduling lessons through the beginning of 2023!
Email me to get your child scheduled: [email protected]
Halloween printable activities 🎃👻🧙🏼♀️ Download and print at home!
I can also print, laminate, & ship any of these out if needed for a kids Halloween party (or just for fun 🙃) - just message and I'll make a custom listing 🎃
⬇️ Link below (all are listed under Halloween section on Etsy page)
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MADFuns?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1075217870§ion_id=35440540
💗 Breast Cancer Awareness Month 💗
Some new designs added for this year 💕 If you have any custom requests or ideas, feel free to message or email [email protected]!
Link for Breast Cancer Awareness section:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MADFuns?section_id=35608471
Sending so much love to those with heavy hearts and to all the fighters and survivors 💞💪🏼🤟🏼
🎉CONGRATULATIONS🎉 to the winner of our Deaf Awareness Month design challenge, Julia Smith!
Thank you Julia for using your amazing talents to help bring awareness to sign language! Julia has also illustrated a children's book called THE KINDNESS BADGE - The Kindness Badge Book - a beautiful book designed to teach children the value of spreading kindness.
A portion of all shirt/sweatshirt/bag sales featuring this new design will go to help support family access to ASL via the 2024 ASDC Diana Hernandez-McCaffery Scholarship. Items available to purchase at link below or at madfuns.com .
*Found under "Sign Language (ASL)" section
Thank you all for honoring Deaf Awareness Month and International Day of Sign Languages with us! Check out ASDC - American Society for Deaf Children or deafchildren.org to see how we can spread Deaf Awareness all year long!🤟💛
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Had to include some Ohio love for the new Halloween sweatshirts 🫶🏼
♥️ O-H-I-O ♥️
All under the “HALLOWEEN” section on MADFuns Etsy 💀👻
*Child & adult sizes available
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MADFuns?section_id=35440540
New 🍂cozy🍂 Halloween sweatshirts, shirts, and tote bags up now 🎃
Toddler & Adult sizes available for sweatshirts!
Thanks to all who shared the amazing (and some hilarious/ too inappropriate to make😅😬) Halloween ideas!
Any other custom ideas- send them over 👻
Link below ⬇️
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MADFuns?section_id=35440540
🎉 Today Only! 🎉
14% off any item with shop code
“ITSYABIRFDAY” 😜
Link to shop below 🛒🛍
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MADFuns
I LOVE teaching children to stay safe in and around the water!
I also LOVE when my swim students and swim families commit to the ISR way and love it too!
This little guy came to lessons this week wearing a special shirt his mom made him. How darling!
We love happy starfish floating free because that means the child is safe, breathing and resting on the water.
We want YOUR ideas for our next ASL / Deaf Awareness shirt!
How to share your ideas with us:
◦ DM us picture(s) of your own art / drawing
◦ DM us explaining your idea, and we will draw it up
◦ Comment on this post explaining your idea
(Keep an eye on your DMs - We may message you if we have questions or ask for your email!)
Deadline to submit ideas is Thursday, September 22nd @ 8pm EST.
Winner will be announced on Instagram ASDC - American Society for Deaf Children + MADFuns
on Friday, September 23rd - aka International Day of Sign Languages! 🤟
Winner's design will be shared + printed on t-shirts and tote bags! Items will be available to purchase at:
etsy.com/shop/MADFuns
A portion of sales from each shirt/tote bag will help support family access to ASL via the 2024 Diana Hernandez-McCaffery Memorial Scholarship.
Winner will also receive a free shirt and tote bag with their very own design printed on it!
We will contact winner by DM to arrange shipping (zero charge to winner of course).
Thanks for sharing your ideas and good luck!💛
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Only a few days left to get your ducks for race day (THIS Saturday!!!) 🐥🦋💛
And- so you can match our *professional* models shown below 😅 - 70% of proceeds from MADFuns + BeeGeeTees.com duck race merch still go to support the Columbus Duck Race. We will also be selling all merch plus some extra surprise items at the race!
Visit https://www.etsy.com/shop/MADFuns?section_id=37872619 for merch to support duck race or go to COLUMBUSDUCKRACE.COM for more info!
And on a personal note, our families thank you for your generosity.
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On December 2, 1959 Douglas "Dougie" Reed Smith was born in Findlay, Ohio. He had an older brother, Robert "Bob" Smith, and would eventually have a younger brother, Steven Smith, and younger sister, Susan "Susie" Smith.
When Dougie's parents, Veronica "Lee" Smith and Charles Smith, discovered he was sick, they took him to Columbus Children's Hospital to be treated for leukemia. Now called Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Columbus Children's Hospital took care of Dougie at a time when cancer treatment was much less advanced than it is today. Dougie and his family fought his brave battle until he went to Heaven on May 1, 1962.
We do this in loving memory of our Uncle Dougie to celebrate him and his parents, brothers, and sister. Thankfully, research and treatment for cancer (and other illnesses) has come so far in 60 years since Dougie was born, but there is still so much more research that can be done. This is why we feel it is so important to support organizations as incredible as Nationwide Children's Hospital Foundation . They do so much GOOD for so many children and families, and together we can help so they can do even MORE good.
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With a huge thank you from our ASDC family, RoseBYANDER offers a special coupon code: ASDC10 for ten percent off and they will donate a portion of all sales with this coupon to ASDC.
The founder has the same beliefs that aligns with our mission, to continue the progress of elevating the quality of education for our deaf children. 🤟
Thank you for the support.
[ID: promo code- ASDC10, three photos: necklace pendant of “LOVE” with the ILY in place of the “O”, a dark haired woman looking sideways and wears a ILY necklace, a necklace with the ILY pendant. Logo of RoseBYANDER and www.rosebyander.com. Thank you from our ASDC family ]
There’s still time to get rubber duck racers for a chance to win cash prizes up to $3,000!
Purchase your ducks at:
http://give.nationwidechildrens.org/goto/DUCKIESFORDOUGIE
TWO WEEKS until race day on July 30th 🎉💛🦆🦋 You can also get shirts, super duck capes, and tote bags from BeeGeeTees.com+ MADFuns to support Columbus Duck Race at the Etsy shop link:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MADFuns?section_id=37872619
Then join the Development Board of Nationwide Children's Hospital to watch all the ducks race down a 300-ft slip-n-slide! Bring the whole family for a fun-filled day with face painting, balloon artist, magician, superhero and princess mascots, DJ, kids’ activities, and delicious (local) treats from Rime Time Curiously Crafted Pops and Poppy’s Cookies! Plus, proceeds benefit the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at !
For every $50 donated, one super cape will be donated to a patient at Nationwide Children's.💛🦋 Also, for every 3 super capes purchased (Etsy link above), one will also be given to a Nationwide Children’s patient.
Also, on race day, other local businesses donating a portion of sales to support pediatric research include:
Coastal Local Seafood
REBoL
Extravagifts
MARKETBAR
Fun begins at 12pm Saturday, July 30th at Riverside Crossing Park near BridgePark in Dublin, Ohio!
Link to buy racer ducks above, or visit COLUMBUSDUCKRACE.COM
*You don’t need to be present to win race day prizes
Feel free to message with any questions!💛
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🌤💛 Two Little Shadows 💛🌤
I saw a young mother
With eyes full of laughter
And two little shadows
Came following after.
Wherever she moved,
They were always right there
Holding onto her skirts,
Hanging onto her chair.
Before her, behind her—
An adhesive pair.
“Don't you ever get weary
As, day after day,
your two little tagalongs
Get in your way?”
She smiled as she shook
Her pretty young head,
And I'll always remember
The words that she said.
“It's good to have shadows
That run when you run,
That laugh when you're happy
And hum when you hum—
For you only have shadows
When your life's filled with sun.”
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Just over here attempting to dry my eyes…😭🌤💛
Came across this anonymous poem on Insta and wanted to make a printable to hang in my bathroom to read every morning 💛 (apparently i thought bawling like a baby would go nicely with some morning gratitude.. 🤔)
Nice reminder before starting the day with littles 🙏🏼🌤💛✨
* also for balance.. last few pics are of our 2 y.o. eating my makeup AS i was taking pics of this poem.. NBD 🤣🤡🤠
Quack, quack! The ducks are back! Join our , Logan, the Development Board of Nationwide Children's Hospital, and thousands of rubber ducks on July 30 for the 2022 Columbus Duck Race!
Logan was less than a year old when his family learned he had bilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss and RUNX1 familial platelet disorder (RUNX1-FPD) – a blood disorder that causes a low platelet count along with dysfunctional platelets. Causing complications like easy bruising and excessive bleeding, it also significantly increases Logan’s risk of developing blood cancer in his lifetime. Both diagnoses were a lot to process, but Logan’s family believes his RUNX1-FPD diagnosis has given them powerful information. He is routinely monitored for blood cancers and because Nationwide Children's Hospital is a pioneer in genetic research Logan's family knows he will get the care he needs as quickly as possible.
Get your lucky ducks and support powerful discoveries and innovative treatments for kids like Logan. Three ducks will win the race, but the real winners are the patients and families of Nationwide Children’s!
Get Your Duck Racers: https://bit.ly/3b5JiNW
Link below to support (and match 👕💛) patients like Logan. 70% of MADFuns Columbus Duck Race merchandise proceeds go to benefit pediatric research at Nationwide Children's Hospital. 💛🦋
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MADFuns?section_id=37872619
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Hope Is Our Super Power 💛🙏🏼 Kids’ capes to support Columbus Duck Race available here-
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MADFuns?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1217408375§ion_id=36954858
Each cape purchased gives $10 to support pediatric research at Nationwide Children's Hospital (also.. what kid couldn’t use a super cape?!🦸🏻♂️)
Use Etsy Shop code LOCALPICKUP to remove shipping cost if you live locally.
Nationwide Children’s has done so much for so many children & families, including our friend Casteel and her son, Luke. Link to learn about Luke’s story below. 💛
https://youtu.be/W6DCt-XnuHk
*wearing Sonic pajamas with cape optional, but recommended for speed 😅
Printable Father’s Day Coloring Pages 💙🌎🌟🚀
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So excited to partner with for its 11th annual race and help spread all the good that does. 💛
The Columbus Duck Race helps raise funds to support pediatric research at the Abigail Wexner Research Institute. The institute supports the discovery of new knowledge and its translation into novel therapeutics and diagnostic tests to advance pediatric research and improve the health and quality of life for children and their families. The impact on children who previously had little hope has truly been remarkable.
After two years of being virtual, we are excited to be bringing back an in-person Duck Race, where we race thousands of rubber duck racers down a 300ft water slide and have our patient champion pluck three lucky duck winners of cash prizes: $3,000 , $2,000 , or $100. This years' Duck Race will be on July 30th at Riverside Crossing Park next to Bridge Park in Dublin. Come enjoy the fun, family-friendly event after the Dublin Market and see if you are one of the lucky duck winners!
To be entered into the Duck Race and support Nationwide Children's Hospital, donate through event page (link posted below) using the "Donate Now" button.
http://give.nationwidechildrens.org/goto/DUCKIESFORDOUGIE
The following donations enter rubber ducks as participants in the race:
Solo Duck – $5
Family of Ducks - $25 - 6 Racer Ducks
Flock of Ducks - $50 - 12 Racer Ducks
Colony of Ducks - $100 - 25 Racer Ducks
Gaggle of Ducks - $250 - 60 Racer Ducks
Brood of Ducks - $500 - 130 Racer Ducks
You can also support pediatric research by purchasing a special Duck Race t-shirt, tote bag, or superhero cape for your kids, all designed by MADFuns (Link in bio - click "Columbus Duck Race" section on the side). 70% of all proceeds will be donated to the Duck Race.
Shoutout to for #1 being an amazing human,💛 For sharing her son Luke’s inspiring story & all the hard work she puts in to support this cause, and for inviting us to partner with this incredible event. Grateful to get to be a part of this and to call you my friend!
Happy Easter Friends 🥰🤍✝️🐇
New treasure map / scavenger hunt focused on the meaning of Easter 💜✝️
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1202276050/the-meaning-of-easter-treasure-map
Anyone else have toddlers asking deep questions about Easter & Jesus on the reg? 😅💛 Organized some thoughts/answers to our 4 year old’s questions & put together a fun activity with discussion ideas to follow along. Wasn’t going to share initially, but figured it may help someone else, too!
Also has 2 bonus coloring pages!🖍
Mama crewnecks (+ more) 🥰
https://www.etsy.com/shop/MADFuns?section_id=36954858
Each style available in all 5 sweatshirt colors 💛 Click on the “Family” section on MADFuns Etsy to view more options.
Message with any requests!
*Sizing is unisex. I usually wear size Small and tend to wear a Medium in these sweatshirts for more of a cozy fit. Small still fits, just less baggy in the arms and shorter in torso length FYI!
New greeting cards up 🥰🌷💛
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We want to wish Diana a happy heavenly birthday today 🥳🤟🏼💛🦒
Thank you to everyone who shared and donated to the Diana scholarship. Everyone’s generosity helped raise $500 - which sends one more family to the ASDC annual conference in California this summer. 💛🙌🏼🙏🏼
We are grateful for all of the love shown for Diana and her family and grateful for ASDC - American Society for Deaf Children .
We can still try to reach our goal of $5,000 by sharing the scholarship site and spreading the love for Diana and ASL. 🤟🏼 If you still want to help families who need access to ASL, donate directly on this FB link below, or head to the Diana scholarship site -
https://deafchildren.org/donate/the-diana-hernandez-mccaffery-memorial-scholarship/
And encourage anyone you think could benefit from the scholarship to head to the link & enter their name! 💛
Happy Birthday Diana!🎉🎈
ASL Alphabet Matching Activity | American Sign Language Printable Learning Resource
Download at home - great for kids to start learning ASL alphabet/fingerspelling!
Comes with two sets of matching squares- an “Easy” version (great for toddlers) with the upper & lower case letter on the square and an “Advanced” version with only the ASL sign on each square.
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[Comes with 11 JPEG files]
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ASL American Sign Language Alphabet Matching Learning Game Help your little one learn the American Sign Language alphabet with this hand made matching activity! Great for homeschool, classroom, or play with this educational game! Laminate for a hands-on tool to encourage learning every day! This
We now have a direct link you can share to apply for / donate to the scholarship fund! Click for more Diana Scholarship info and thank you so much from MADFuns & the Hernandez-McCaffery-Cantelme families for sharing. 💛🤟🏼🦒
https://deafchildren.org/donate/the-diana-hernandez-mccaffery-memorial-scholarship/
Thank you ASDC - American Society for Deaf Children 💛🤟🏼💛 !!
This memorial scholarship was inspired by Diana Hernandez-McCaffery, with the hopes of helping families in the deaf community.
ASDC - American Society for Deaf Children - is a non-profit organization that supports parents of children who are deaf & hard of hearing and believes that deafness is not a disability, but language deprivation is. That’s why their mission is to ensure that every deaf child can learn sign language from the very start.
ASDC + MADFuns created a scholarship to help reach more families and allow more parents to be able to communicate with their children, free of cost. Currently, this new scholarship is set up to help 3 recipients annually. The goal is to gain enough awareness and donations to be able to choose 15 recipients per year. That would be the equivalent of $5,000 if the goal is reached. (for this year at least) Read below for more details about this memorial scholarship in Diana Hernandez-McCaffery's name.
If you would like to donate to the scholarship fund to provide more opportunities for families to learn ASL, here is the link:
https://deafchildren.org/donate/
In the "Is your donation in honor of someone special?" blank, you can type in " Diana Hernandez-McCaffery " to ensure the amount is added directly to the scholarship fund.
This scholarship was inspired by Diana Hernandez-McCaffery, with the hopes of helping families in the deaf community. Diana was a proud Deaf Cuban-American. She was the founder of the South Jersey Deaf Club, and was president of the club for nearly a decade. The club held Deaf social gatherings monthly and coordinated trips to fun places all over New Jersey.
Born in Florida, Camaguey, Cuba, Diana came to the United States at the age of 2 and settled in Newark. She loved living in Paramus at her childhood home with her three sisters and parents. Twenty-six years ago, she moved to Brick with her husband and two children. She was excited to be a grandmother to her first grandson.
She attended the Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf which held many of her best memories, and is also where she was introduced to Deaf culture and ASL. She served on the Katzenbach 40th Reunion Committee, where she was able to showcase her love for the school. Diana was also an American Sign Language mentor to many students who were in local ITPs (interpreter training programs). In her personal life, she LOVED collecting anything "giraffe," and enjoyed crafting and knitting. Above all, being a wife and mother were her most precious roles. Her two children, who are both proud CODAs (children of deaf adults), work in their hometown. Her son is now a police officer, and her daughter is an ASL teacher. Both hope to continue their mother's legacy of sign by staying committed to working with the community through their careers.
Diana loved her deaf dog, Rousey. She made the world a better place every day with her smile and laughter. The impact she made is still felt in the hearts of many.
Team Georgie 💛💪🏼
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Profits go to support Georgie’s family currently going through treatment for neuroblastoma. Any extra direct donations can also be sent to MADFuns on Venmo & 100% will go to Georgie’s family. Use shop coupon code LOCALPICKUP to remove shipping costs if you live locally. Sizes newborn through 24
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