Project GIVE
Charity Champions for Children
Founder's Welcome
A Message From
Our Founder:
"One
evening I wished upon a star.
I wished that I would be well enough to have a child with
the man that I love, my husband Tom. That particular wish was unable to come true due to my own
life-threatening medical condition, and yet my wish DID come true
a thousand-fold by giving me the understanding of how to touch the
life of every child through goodness, compassion and grace.
It wasn’t until I was given a second chance at life that
I was blessed with a wonderful epiphany of exactly how to champion
for the cause of children. Project
GIVE was thus born, and is a vision of service goodness.
It was built out of love and continues to grow from
everyone who believes in the power of wishing upon a star."
Founder's Biography
A former captain of the Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders and certified aerobics instructor, Heather Cunningham has translated both her team spirit and her spirit for life into a spirit of giving to children in need. Heather and her husband of 10 years, Tom, are advocates for children, serving as Wish Grantors for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, as well as contributors to the Starlight, Starbright Foundation, the Junior Achievement Program, and the Children's Miracle Network. As Mrs. New Jersey United States 2007, Heather travels throughout the state and the nation promoting her platform, "Project GIVE", which focuses on enhancing the lives of children suffering with life-threatening medical conditions.
In the battle against her own life-threatening medical condition, Lupus, Heather has taken a proactive role as a board member of the South Jersey Lupus Foundation, chairing two of their largest events and raising $200,000 in annual net proceeds for Lupus research. She is also a community Lupus Awareness spokeswoman through appearances on CN8 TV's Comcast Newsmakers, which airs during CNN Headline News.
