Did you know that anyone in the state of Alabama can purchase a Curing Childhood Cancer car tag when you renew your tag???
That's right - there is a tag available that costs an additional $50, but you can personalize it for nothing extra or take a random numbered one on the spot. Out of the $50 fee, $41.25 goes to Colette's doctor's office in Birmingham, UAB Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, located in Children's Hospital.
What if some of the folks who pay the $50 fee just to have their vehicle personalized actually chose a cancer tag instead? When Deidre Downs was Miss America, she promoted the tags since her platform was curing childhood cancer. She worked closely with Birmingham's Dan Sims, father of leukemia patient Janie Sims, who passed away a few years ago. Dan even provided gifts for Colette when she was in stem cell for Christmas 2005. I am proud to know another parent who was so driven to help other area kids, he created the Janie Sims Foundation and provided the whole parent lounge on 4 Tower at Children's.
So here is the deal - PLEASE tell your family and friends that they can REALLY help Colette and other children from around the state by purchasing the tag when they renew. You don't have to get it personalized, one we did and one we didn't. The first one we bought said CLTTE and that is the special one to me. You don't see a lot of folks in Mobile with these tags and that makes me sad!! When you go to Birmingham, you see TONS AND TONS - that was a game we played when we drove up the parking deck going to the hospital. We counted over 30 cars with the tags as we drove up the different levels. If you buy one, please let me know - Colette would like to send you a little gift for your thoughtfulness!
With HOPE,
Tammy
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