Showing posts with label Courtney Bloxom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Courtney Bloxom. Show all posts

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Reminder: 2nd Annual Poker Run To Benefit Courtney Bloxom

2nd ANNUAL COURTNEY BLOXOM POKER RUN
Saturday, October 1,  2011
11:30am - 2:30pm
CYCLE CREATIONS
NEW CHURCH VA

NO BIKE ?  NO WORRIES  ~
 COME OUT GRAB SOME FOOD ~ 
 HANG OUT  AND JUST HAVE FUN

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!


SIGN UPS FOR THE RUN WILL START @
11:30 AM TILL 1:30PM .

FIRST BIKE OUT WILL BE AT 12:00PM
WITH THE LAST BIKE IN AT 4:30 PM.


 PIG ROAST WITH ALL THE FIXINGS.

LIVE MUSIC

A CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT
 WITH $100 TO THE WINNERS

50/50 

 $100 FOR THE BEST HAND ON THE RUN

THE COST FOR A RIDER WILL BE $10
PASSENGER WILL BE $5
EXTRA CARD $5


PIG ROAST $1O


$2 BEER ALL DAY/NIGHT

As always, please keep Courtney and her family in your prayers....................

Monday, September 26, 2011

Poker Run To Benefit Courtney Bloxom

2nd ANNUAL COURTNEY BLOXOM POKER RUN
Saturday, October 1,  2011
11:30am - 2:30pm
CYCLE CREATIONS
NEW CHURCH VA

NO BIKE ?  NO WORRIES  ~
 COME OUT GRAB SOME FOOD ~ 
 HANG OUT  AND JUST HAVE FUN

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

SIGN UPS FOR THE RUN WILL START @
11:30 AM TILL 1:30PM .

FIRST BIKE OUT WILL BE AT 12:00PM
WITH THE LAST BIKE IN AT 4:30 PM.

 PIG ROAST WITH ALL THE FIXINGS.

LIVE MUSIC

A CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT
 WITH $100 TO THE WINNERS
50/50 

 $100 FOR THE BEST HAND ON THE RUN

THE COST FOR A RIDER WILL BE $10
PASSENGER WILL BE $5
EXTRA CARD $5

PIG ROAST $1O

$2 BEER ALL DAY/NIGHT
More to come..............

As always, please keep Courtney and her family in your prayers....................

Thursday, September 22, 2011

~Poker Run To Benefit Courtney Bloxom~

2nd ANNUAL COURTNEY BLOXOM POKER RUN
Saturday, October 1,  2011
11:30am - 2:30pm
CYCLE CREATIONS
NEW CHURCH VA

NO BIKE ?  NO WORRIES  ~
 COME OUT GRAB SOME FOOD ~ 
 HANG OUT  AND JUST HAVE FUN

EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

SIGN UPS FOR THE RUN WILL START @
11:30 AM TILL 1:30PM .

FIRST BIKE OUT WILL BE AT 12:00PM
WITH THE LAST BIKE IN AT 4:30 PM.

 PIG ROAST WITH ALL THE FIXINGS.

LIVE MUSIC

A CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT WITH $100 TO THE WINNERS

50/50 

 $100 FOR THE BEST HAND ON THE RUN

THE COST FOR A RIDER WILL BE $10
PASSENGER WILL BE $5
EXTRA CARD $5


PIG ROAST $1O

$2 BEERS ALL DAY/NIGHT
More to come..............

As always, please keep Courtney and her family in your prayers....................

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Dinner and Auction To Benefit Courtney Bloxom

BENEFIT FOR COURTNEY BLOXOM

 DINNER AND AUCTION
Saturday, Aug. 20 at 5 p.m
Temperanceville Masonic Lodge

Dinner includes lasagna, garlic bread, salad and dessert.
Carry outs are available.

Door Prizes ~  50/50 raffles
Cake auction   ~   Games for the children

Lots of local items to be auctioned by Auctioneer Allen Barfield

Tickets:  $15.00  for adults.  Children  8 and under FREE

Tickets are available at Young's Old Shop in Mears and Fox Insurance Agency in Temperanceville or call 757-894-5874
or 757-894-3287.

**Please keep Courtney and her family in your prayers**

Saturday, July 23, 2011

~CAR WASH TODAY~

CAR WASH
TO BENEFIT
COURTNEY BLOXOM

Saturday   July 23, 2011
9:00 AM   until   2:00 PM

Saxis Fire House
Saxis, Virginia

Food will be available
For more information contact: 
Tonya Beasley @ (757) 894-0652

Please continue with your prayers for Courtney and her family.  Her total recovery is  long but progress is  being made with your help through prayer.

Go to Prayers for Courtney Bloxom on facebook

Monday, March 28, 2011

Courtney Bloxom Benefit

Here are a couple of photos taken Saturday night during the Courtney Bloxom Benefit held at the Community Center in Pocomoke City, Maryland.

The contest included 35 beautiful contestants. What a difficult job it must have been to select princesses from these beautiful young ladies.

Contest Winners............


From left to right: Mrs. Hope Eastern Shore Angela Abell, Ms. Hope Eastern Shore Allison Funds, Miss Hope Eastern Shore Ashley Mapp, Miss Hope Eastern Shore Teen Amy Wigglesworth, Miss Hope Eastern Shore Junior Teen Madison Jennings, Miss Hope Eastern Shore Pre Teen Olivia Kurtz.


I will have more later................. <>

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Pageant To Benefit Courtney Bloxom Is Just Days Away

This is going to be an exciting event with proceeds going to a worthy cause. Don't miss it. Get your tickets today.

Miss Hope Eastern Shore Pageant
Little Miss Hope Eastern Shore Princess Tea
(ages 3)
Saturday March 26, 2011

7:00 PM @ Pocomoke Community Center
1410 Market Street, Pocomoke City, MD.

Doors open at 6:15 PM

Tickets on sale at the door or in advance @ www.bringyourbling.net
Price: $15.00 Adults ~ $12.00 ages 10 and under

Silent Auction and 50/50

All proceeds will be donated to the Courtney Bloxom Fund to purchases special physical therapy equipment costing about $19,000.00 and with other expenses associated with Courtney's care.

Courtney, 2010 Arcadia High School graduate, was seriously injured May 23, 2010 in an auto accident. She remains hospitalized at Riverside Shore LifeCare in Parksley, Va. where she receives daily therapy and other medical care.

Please continue to pray for Courtney.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Coming Soon.....

~~DON'T FORGET~~
The Miss Hope Eastern Shore Pageant
with
Miss America 2010,
Caressa Cameron

Join us for our inaugural year of the Miss Hope Eastern Shore Pageant.

Time & Date: Saturday March 26, 2011

7:00 PM until 10:00 PM

Lots of fun! Very nice auction items, 50/50 and more!

100% of the proceeds go to the Courtney Bloxom Fund.

For tickets and more information go to: http://www.bringyourbling.net/

Monday, March 14, 2011

Hymn Sing For Courtney Was A Wonderful Event!

Well, good news travels fast and I am hearing what a success and what a wonder time so many people had last night at the hynm sing held at the First Baptist Church in New Church, Virginia for Courtney Bloxom.

It's so wonderful to know that so many people congregated together to lift their voices and hearts to help Courtney and her family. What wonderful communities we live in!

If you would like to give a donation to benefit Courtney the information can be found on her facebook page..."Prayers For Courtney Bloxom". Donations and even words of encouragement are always welcomed.

And as always........

Please continue to keep Courtney Bloxom and her family in your prayers.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

HYMN SING THIS SUNDAY

HYMN SING

SUNDAY MARCH 13, 2011


FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
31027 Depot Street

New Church, Virginia

6: 00 PM until 9:00 PM


FCB Praise Team and Greg Fentress leading off with praise and worship.

Singers for the evening: Brian and Monique Linton, Kindred Spirit, Cliff Jester, Earnie Ray Mears.

Refreshments will follow.

A love offering will be taken for Courtney Bloxom. Please plan to attend and bring a friend so that the family will know that the community cares and are praying so very hard for Courtney's recovery.

~BRING YOUR VOICE OF PRAISE~

For information: (757)824-0493

Please continue to pray for Courtney. She is making progress every day but recovery is slow. Your prayers do help and continue to be uplifting for the family.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

HYMN SING Sunday

HYMN SING

SUNDAY MARCH 13, 2011


FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
31027 Depot Street

New Church, Virginia

6: 00 PM until 9:00 PM


FCB Praise Team and Greg Fentress leading off with praise and worship.

Singers for the evening: Brian and Monique Linton, Kindred Spirit, Cliff Jester, Earnie Ray Mears.

Refreshments will follow.

A love offering will be taken for Courtney Bloxom. Please plan to attend and bring a friend so that the family will know that the community cares and are praying so very hard for Courtney's recovery.

~BRING YOUR VOICE OF PRAISE~

For information: (757)824-0493

Please continue to pray for Courtney. She is making progress every day but recovery is slow. Your prayers do help and continue to be uplifting for the family.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

*Miss Hope* Eastern Shore

~COURTNEY BLOXOM BENEFIT~

Last day to register to be in the pageant: March 5th

Tickets on sale now. For more info go to www.bringyourbling.net

100% of the money from this event will be donated to the very special Courtney Bloxom

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Courtney Bloxom's Mother To Be Interviewed On WBOC Tonight

Please watch WBOC TV 16 tonight at 6:00 PM.

Becky Bloxom, the mother of Courtney Bloxom, will be interviewed and will explain just exactly what is involved in the life of a patient that suffers from Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) on a daily basis.

Courtney is the nineteen year old Arcadia High School student still hospitalized from a car accident back in May of 2010. At the present time Courtney is a patient at Shore LifeCare in Parksley, Virginia. Each day she undergoes hours of extensive therapies trying to get her young body back on the right track so that she may live life as she once did.

This young woman has a very long way to go but it has been through prayer, her wonderful medical personnel and the love from family, friends and even strangers that has helped Courtney stay on course.

On her facebook page Courtney has close to 4,000 friends many of them leaving notes of love to her on a daily basis. Each and every day Becky takes the time to give updates on Courtney's progress. The journey has been a long one but each day Courtney's Mother makes sure God knows how thankful she is.

Please say a prayer for Courtney as she continues to recover.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Miss America 2010 To Attend Pageant Benefiting Courtney Bloxom

GREENBACKVILLE -- Sisters Sara and Emily Pettine wanted to help an Eastern Shore of Virginia car accident victim by holding a benefit pageant -- and they wanted the biggest draw possible.

So they contacted Miss America 2010, Caressa Cameron of Fredericksburg, Va., to see if she would attend. They hoped for the best but didn't expect it.

So when Cameron committed to attend the March benefit for Accomack County resident Courtney Bloxom and also waive her usual fee, Emily Pettine and her sister reacted like pageant winners.

"We started crying," she said.

Cameron will attend the inaugural Miss Hope Eastern Shore Pageant.

All proceeds go to the family of Bloxom, a graduate of Arcadia High School who was involved in a single-car crash last May. She suffered a severe brain injury that left her in a coma for six weeks, during which she missed her high school graduation.

Bloxom is still recovering and, last month, returned to Accomack County to continue her recuperation at Shore LifeCare, a long-term care facility in Parksley. She undergoes three hours of speech, occupational and physical therapy daily to recover basic skills.

The Pettine sisters, with the help of their mother, Maureen, started the company Bling, which will coordinate an annual benefit pageant on the Eastern Shore. Emily Pettine was Miss Teen Maryland 2009 and Teen Miss Delmarva 2011.

The Miss Hope Eastern Shore Pageant's goal is to raise enough money to buy Bloxom specialized physical therapy equipment costing about $19,000. Every year, the pageant will choose a new beneficiary.

"Everyone wants to help, and they don't know how," Emily Pettine said. "But just showing up at the pageant helps."

For contestants, the pageant will be comprised of an opening number that is not judged; a personal interview, consisting of 50 percent of the contestant's score; an onstage introduction, counting for 25 percent of the score; and evening gown session, with grading on grace, poise and confidence for the remaining 25 percent of the score.

There will be a silent auction of donated goods, including Vera Bradley merchandise, teeth whitening sessions and more. Businesses are donating the prizes, which include a photo shoot, hair and makeup at Vanity Hair Salon, dinner at Mallards in Onancock and limo service to these locations.

For the pageant, Bling is looking for ladies of all ages who are interested in community service and involvement. During her reign, the overall winner of Miss Hope Eastern Shore will participate in service-oriented events and mentor her younger sister queens and Little Miss Hope princesses.

Registration for the Miss Hope Pageant is $75 and payable in advance. However, if contestants refer a friend who registers, registration is $50. Age division spaces are limited.

Before the pageant begins, there will be a special crowning ceremony at 4 p.m. for all participants in the Little Miss Hope Eastern Shore Princess Tea. Girls ages 3-10 are encouraged to wear their prettiest party dresses and show off their natural beauty without makeup.

Little Miss Hope princesses will be crowned by the special guest queen and given an autographed photo of the guest queen. They will be given admission to the Miss Hope Eastern Shore Pageant, as well as an on-stage introduction during the pageant.

In addition, they will participate in holiday parades with their big sister queens and have the opportunity to join in volunteer service events throughout the year with their big sister queens. The registration fee to be a Little Miss Hope Eastern Shore Princess is $50.

www.delmarvanow.com

Friday, January 21, 2011

Concert To Benefit the Courtney Bloxom Fund


BENEFIT CONCERT TONIGHT


NASSAWADOX -- The Franktown United Methodist Church Choir will perform a variety of songs including "Child of Peace" by Mark Hayes, a seasonal cantata, in addition to solosists presenting Opera and Broadway selections on Jan. 21, 7 p.m. at the Franktown Methodist Church.

Performers include Marilyn Kellam, Anna Womble Sterrett, Jo Ann Molera, BJ Rogers, Dora Weston Wilkins, choir director Judi Tracy, and Stefan Dulcie on the piano.

All proceeds will benefit the Courtney Bloxom Fund.

Courtney is a local teen who was involved in a single car accident in May 2010. Although unable to attend graduation exercises she is a graduate of Arcadia High School. Courtney suffered a severe brain injury that left this young teen in a coma for six weeks with her Mother constantly by her side.

Through days and weeks and months of prayer and constant rehabilitation in hospitals far away from her hometown, friends and loved ones, Courtney now continues her daily sessions of speech and physical therapies to regain her skills from Shore Lifecare in Parksley.

This has been a long and hard struggle for Courtney and all that know her and love her. The hard work is far from over for her. Each day she continues to work hard and each day she is surrounded by those that love her and each person takes the time to give Courtney the extra care she needs to be complete again.


Friday, December 24, 2010

PARKSLEY -- Becky Bloxom's family is planning a quiet Christmas this year.

They already received one of the greatest gifts possible -- the chance to celebrate the holiday together -- after a Dec. 13 return to Virginia's Eastern Shore by their older daughter, Courtney, 19, who has been a patient at several hospitals after being seriously injured in a May 23 car accident.

After Bloxom's husband, William, gets home from his shift at Perdue Farms, the couple and their other two children will open gifts together at their Hallwood home on Christmas morning.

Then they will take Courtney's presents to Shore LifeCare at Parksley, where she is staying in a room filled with the typical trappings of a teenage girl's life -- her senior portrait and prom pictures, a menagerie of stuffed animals, music coming from a small CD player and a small glittering, rotating Christmas tree.

It is all crowded in a strange juxtaposition to the medical equipment more commonplace in a nursing home.

They might watch William's favorite Christmas movie, "A Christmas Story," and maybe have dinner later -- but the details don't matter.

"It's not important. Just being together, that's what's important," Bloxom said.

That night

On the night of May 23, Becky Bloxom had spoken on the telephone with her daughter not long before she received a second call, this one from Courtney's boyfriend.

It was the phone call no parent wants to get, saying Courtney had been in a bad accident while driving home from her boyfriend's house.

The Arcadia High School senior, whose activities included cheerleading, chorus and an after-school job at St. Paul's on the Shore day care, had attended Arcadia's prom the week before and was preparing for her high school graduation.

The only visible signs of injury from the crash were a cut on her pinkie and a black eye, but she was seriously wounded internally.

But Courtney suffered a severe brain injury in the single-vehicle accident and has since been treated at four facilities: Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Retreat Doctors' Hospital in Richmond, Cumberland Children's Hospital in New Kent, Va., and most recently, Shore LifeCare.

She was in a coma for about six weeks and during that time missed a major milestone in her life: her June 9 graduation from Arcadia High, where her sister, Ashlin, 16, accepted Courtney's advanced studies diploma in an emotional ceremony.


"It was a bittersweet day. Before the accident, we were preparing for graduation. The cap and gown were hanging up at our house," said her mother.

A move home

In the days since the accident, milestones are measured in very different ways, such as the ability to focus her eyes on an object or to make a sound.

"We were never told it would be short," Bloxom said of her daughter's progress. "The doctor's exact words were, 'It's going to take a long time.'

At Shore LifeCare, Courtney receives three hours daily of speech, occupational and physical therapy in an effort to recover skills. The move to the facility, although welcomed because it is close to home, did not come easily for her mother.

"It was a little scary because no one ever wants to put their child in a nursing home," she said, adding that the staff there have been "wonderful; they love her."

Bloxom went on, reflecting on another benefit of the move: "Traumatic brain injury is a long journey. I'm excited about bringing her home and letting the community be a part of it."

Bloxom took leave from her job with First Med to care for Courtney and has remained by her bedside six to eight hours a day in the seven months since the accident. Her husband has held down the fort at home, working at his job while trying to maintain a normal home life for Ashlin and the couple's 12-year-old son, Josh.

After emerging from the coma into what is considered a minimally conscious state, Courtney continues to show some signs of progress.

"We know she is seeing; we know she is hearing," said her mother.

The family is thankful for the hundreds of Shore residents who have helped since the accident.

"Our heartfelt thanks to the community for everything they've done," Bloxom said.

Courtney's classmates, friends and others have spearheaded many charity events -- including haircut-a-thons, car washes, a dance, a motorcycle poker run and the sale of bumper stickers and bracelets -- to help alleviate the financial strain that comes with long-term medical needs.

Churches around the Shore continue to pray for Courtney's recovery and more than 3,600 people have joined the Facebook site "Prayers for Courtney Bloxom," where her mother posts regular updates on her progress.

Becky Bloxom's greatest fear is that as time goes by the community will move on, even while Courtney continues her slow struggle for recovery.

"Our family's fear is she'll be forgotten. So come by and visit her; tell her to keep fighting," Bloxom said to all who have shown their support to the family.

And turning to Courtney, she says with a hug, "My dream of you walking across that stage -- I don't know what stage it is, but it's going to happen. You've got a lot to offer, a lot to share.

www.delmarvanow.com

So many of us have watched and read about the daily sactifices this Mother and this family has made. Courtney's road to recovery has not been an easy one for her nor her family and friends. I wish all of you in the Bloxom family a very Merry Christmas. Courtney is proof that wonderful things do happen with prayer and with the attitude to never give up.

Keep up the good work Courtney. A Merry Christmas to you. jmmb


Saturday, September 4, 2010

Fundraiser Dance for Courtney Bloxom


Here's your chance to continue helping this young lady and her family.

Courtney Bloxom, a local teen and gradute of Arcadia High this past June but never got to attend her graduation. In May she was seriously injured in an auto accident and is still hospitalized and in a coma. While she is making wonderful progress daily more medical attention is needed.


Fundraiser Dance for the benefit of Courtney Bloxom

Moose Lodge in Belle Haven

September 4th, 2010 from 8:00 PM until midnight


Music by Karaoke Brian.

The price of admission is $10 per person.

There will also be a 50/50 raffle, tickets are $1 each, 6 for $5 or $10 for an arm length.


50% of the proceeds will go to Courtney Bloxom and 50% to the winner or the winner can donate the winnings back to Courtney.

Keep the tickets as there will be a door prize drawing throughout the night.

Come out and enjoy the fun and dance your heart out for a good cause.

Prayers are appreciated.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Weather Prediction Looks Good For Courtney Bloxom Benefit Poker Run

Don't forget the POKER RUN this weekend.

Courtney Bloxom is a local girl who remains in the hospital in Richmond, Virginia recovering from serious injuries she suffered in an auto acccident in May. She is making progress in her recovery but has a long way to go. Through the past months her mother has been by her side while friends, relatives and even strangers continue to send her prayer through "Prayers For Courtney" on her facebook page.

So make plans to "ride for the cause" and let's help Courtney and her family with some of those expenses.



Look for this sign on the highway.
If you can't ride on Saturday stop by and leave a donation. And a prayer.
Send us your photos!
Be safe.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

~~Poker Run For A Very Worthy Cause~~

Please mark this date on your calendars and if you do have a motorcycle please plan to attend. This is an important matter and needs everyone's attention.

Pass the word along to all of your friends or anyone that might want to ride for this wonder cause.


There aren't many people around this area that don't already know Courtney and her wonderful family. Many of us have ventured with Courtney and her family through the past months, day to day, beside them, as Courtney still remains in somewhat of a coma and continues to heal from injuries resulting from an auto accident this past May.

She was to graduate with her class at Arcadia High School this past June.

Courtney, along with her mother, (whom has never left her side) are currently in a hospital in Richmond, Virginia but will be preparing to move to another hospital in the next few days.

As we all know medical care can become costly. Expenses for the mother to remain by her daughters side can become expensive also. And this is where all of you can help!

Even if you don't have a motocycle to ride on August 28th or you can't make it in time for the ride try to make time to stop by Cycle Creations to leave even a small donation. Even the smallest monetary gift will be greatly appreciated by this family, and even Courtney's friends.

If you have no money to spare please take time to say a prayer for Courtney that she may be back to her old self again and continue on with her life. Please pray for this young woman and her family daily. Prayers don't cost a thing.


Enjoy the pig roast!! It's the best!
Take some pictures and send them to me. I will be sure to post them!