Happy Holidays to All 2008!

Hello from Spencer’s Treasures,

Another year has gone by and lots of toys are still being delivered to the Hospitals thanks to the Hopkins family!! We really appreciate them stepping up and helping us continue “The JOY of a Simple TOY!” in Southern California.

We continue to refill the chests here in Kansas City at Children’s Mercy Hospital and have managed to keep the toys coming in thanks to the DeSoto Rotary Club which Spencer’s Grandma Carol is a member of. We Thank them for their continued support! (as well as others in and around the Kansas City area)

Thanks to all of you that have continued to volunteer, organize toy drives, and make monetary donations to our organization. Your continued support has help us touch the lives of thousands of children for the past eight years. Community support has been a huge part in our success.

On a personal note we have another new Treasure!! Tabatha Ashley Stockton and her twin, Tawnie Brooke, were born on August 6th 10 weeks prior to their due date. Sadly, Tawnie was only 1.5 lbs and her lungs weren’t fully developed and two days later she passed away and joined her older brother Spencer. Our family now has two special Angels to watch over us.

I’m sure this comes as a surprise to most as it was for us too, but for some reason we’ve had to endure another loss and strengthen our faith. (I really wasn’t up for the challenge, but so far we all have managed)

Spencer’s Treasures has been a great healing outlet and has helped and touched so many other children’s lives while keeping Spencer’s Spirit alive so there is good that comes from bad.

I want to thank everyone for their patience during the past months. The transition with another baby has definitely kept me from returning calls or answering emails in a timely manner, but I do get the messages and will respond as quickly as I can.

We wish all of you a Wonderful Happy and Healthy 2009 as we are looking forward to a New Year and new beginnings!

Sincerely,

Teresa Stockton, Founder

Peace – Love – Toys!

Great Service Project

Turner D. Conway attends the Inland Leaders Charter School. This first grade
student does a very unusual thing – he gives away toys.

Conway, as part of a school service project, looked for something that would
benefit others. “So, when he heard about Spencer’s Treasures he knew he
found what he wanted,” said his mother, Chasie Conway.

Hello Readers,
I just wanted to share this special moment with you. Turner is doing a
service project for his school. He decided to donate new hand held toys to
little ones that are in the hospital for procedures or getting shots. The
organization that grabbed his heart is SPENCER’S TREASURES. This came to our
attention when Turner was just 3 yrs old, and he has been giving  his toys
to this precious cause  ever since.

When the principal challenged each student to spend 6-8 hours giving back to
the community, Turner decided to go to businesses and ask for donations to
Spencer’s Treasures. He also emailed friends, and made a flyer and delivered
it to our neighbors doorsteps. I am so touched by this little guy!!!! Thank
you for smiling with me

THANK YOU FOR DONATING TOYS MY FRIENDS!!
Chasie Conway, Mother

Current Contact Numbers June 2008

Current Phone Numbers:

714.931.5935 (CA)

714.225.1352 (CA)

816.352.5487 (MO)

Spencer’s Treasures Mailing Addresses:

In California:

Spencer’s Treasures

c/o Hopkins

9552 Woodlawn Drive

Huntington Beach, CA 92646

In Kansas City, Missouri

Spencer’s Treasures

c/o Stockton

809 Huntington Road

Kansas City, Missouri 64113

Pacific Life Gives Big!

Pacific Life Wavelength
Life Division’s Food Festival Support’s Spencer’s Treasures

The Life Communication Committee and the Life Division had another successful Food Festival in 2007!

Our charity of choice was Spencer’s Treasures, based in Huntington Beach, California. Spencer’s Treasures was founded in 2000 in memory of five year old Spencer Stockton. Spencer loved to buy a toy after each of his appointments while being treated for a brain tumor. He lost his battle, but his love for a toy lives on!

Spencer’s Treasures donates wooden treasure chests filled with small sized toys to areas of hospitals that care for children with life-threatening illnesses. The children pick a toy from the chest after their procedures.

Not only did we have a very successful bake sale, basket raffle, jeans days’ sale, but we also had a great toy drive! Our associates in the Life Division filled three wooden treasure chests with small toys which will be placed in hospitals around Orange County! Without everyone’s contributions this would not have been possible!

On January 30, 2008, the LCC presented Dean Hopkins from Spencer’s Treasures with a check in the amount of $10,731.81. This is the most successful fundraiser yet!

Spencer’s Treasures 2008

Yes, we are still here…Spencer’s Treasures continues to spread “The Joy of a Simple Toy!”

You may or may not know that our family now lives in Kansas City, Missouri. After much thought and consideration, we decided to raise our 10 year old, Jacob and 3 year old Samantha closer to both of our families. (Both Ron and I were raised here in the mid-west.) The change has been good, but we still miss our friends and Spencer’s Treasures’ families in Southern California.

I am still running Spencer’s Treasures via internet and cell phone with the help of wonderful friends and volunteers in California. Dean and Denise Hopkins have been the biggest help with our toy deliveries and we are very grateful for their help and support!

I was in California last month to help with CHOC’s NSI Patient Christmas Party. This was our seventh year to be involved. The party was held at Children’s Hospital of Orange County and the guests were patients of Dr. Muhonen, a Pediatric Neurosurgeon. Children that received an invasive procedure that year received the invitation to see Santa, get a toy, have lunch and spend a fun afternoon with their families. We took Spencer in 1999, when he was in the heat-of-the-battle of fighting his brain tumor. (I’m pictured below with Dr. Muhonen)

This year we provided games, prizes and “I’m a Treasure!” t-shirts for the patients. Our t-shirt sponsor this year was Casco Contractors, owned and operated by Jeff and Cheryl Osborn. They are friends of ours that knew Spencer in our old Huntington Beach neighborhood. (So, Thanks guys for your continued support!!)

We’ve settled into our new environment and home and now its on to 2008! So, please refer back to this blog and our website: www.SpencersTreasures.org for Toy Drive information, Drop-Off locations and contact numbers. (we have new phone numbers and mailing addresses)

Keep Those Toys Comin’ and we’ll help spread the JOY!

Teresa Stockton, Founder

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