Queen For A Day Builds Confidence In Cancer Patients
Queen for a Day (QFAD) is a non-profit organization designed to raise the self-esteem and self-confidence of girls coping with cancer. QFAD events, called "tea parties," are held at local hospitals and counseling centers where girls diagnosed with cancer are invited to participate in a day of beauty. Volunteers provide refreshments, crafts, jewelry making, manicures, makeovers and lots of love. Each girl benefits from the royal treatment, where they are dressed up in a queen's robe, pink feather boa and rhinestone tiara. The tiaras have been worn and donated by real beauty queens from around the country. The girls get to keep the tiaras.
Recent addition to the program is our Heroes. It brings in firefighters and police officers to participate with boys diagnosed with cancer. Their parties are given simultaneously with the girls.
Established in 2000 by former Miss Teen USA All American Jenna Edwards, QFAD now operates internationally in 19 cities, including a chapter in South Africa. As of May 2009, we are proud to have opened a local chapter serving the Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
For information about Queen for a Day, volunteering or sponsorship opportunities, please contact Brigitte Wilinski, director of the Los Angeles and Orange Counties chapter at 310.871.0223 or LosAngeles.OrangeCounty@qfad.org.
Also, if you are outside these areas, we would be more than happy to arrange a QFAD/Heroes party. Please contact me for further information.
Recent addition to the program is our Heroes. It brings in firefighters and police officers to participate with boys diagnosed with cancer. Their parties are given simultaneously with the girls.
Established in 2000 by former Miss Teen USA All American Jenna Edwards, QFAD now operates internationally in 19 cities, including a chapter in South Africa. As of May 2009, we are proud to have opened a local chapter serving the Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
For information about Queen for a Day, volunteering or sponsorship opportunities, please contact Brigitte Wilinski, director of the Los Angeles and Orange Counties chapter at 310.871.0223 or LosAngeles.OrangeCounty@qfad.org.
Also, if you are outside these areas, we would be more than happy to arrange a QFAD/Heroes party. Please contact me for further information.
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