I was just blown away by the fabulous entries to win an American Girl Doll here! Your stories are touching and for the record, I think every single child that was nominated is worthy of a doll. I used Random.Org to pick five finalists to highlight, based on the comments in order received. The numbers Random.Org selected were 8,9,15, 16,19.
I’m copying the comments into the post below, along with a look at some of the dolls (chosen completely at random as I have no idea what any of these awesome kids look like!) from American Girl’s new “My American Girl” collection.
My 7 year old has a lovely heart. She is kind and compassionate. When a friend is sad, she comforts her and asks what’s wrong. When she hears someone needs help, she asks what she can do.
When she and my son raised money for the people of Haiti. They emptied their piggy banks and didn’t ask what they could buy with the money, but where they could send it.
My daughter treats her younger brother with respect. She cheers for him when he learns a new skill and hugs him when he cries.
She’s quiet, my daughter. And she doesn’t expect anything in return. She does these things because they’re the right thing to do. That’s why I think it would be so wonderful to surprise her with an AG doll
We are a Scottish family living in the States for a year and I am proud of my daughter Louisa (age 7) for becoming a real life “American Girl”.
I don’t just mean learning to cheerlead and make s’mores (although she does love both). Throughout its history, America has always been marked by its unique sense of responsibility to uphold the rights and equality of everybody. I am proud of the fact that Louisa has absorbed this amazing lesson.
In the past couple of months, she has written a letter to President Obama (http://thestanforddiaries.wordpress.com/2010/04/17/dear-mr-president/) with her suggestion to help make life better for everyone, she has held a lemonade stall to raise money for sick children, and taken an active interest in protecting marine life. She says she would like to be a princess so she can make laws to help the planet.
She may not get to be a princess (though fingers crossed!), but I have no doubt she will make a difference in the world in years to come. She already makes a huge difference in our life every day.
Meet Alysa, an American Girl. Alysa is only 7 and is already someone I look up to in many ways. First grade was a good year for her, with many ups and downs and lessons on life. Before school started, she had found an American Girl doll which needed some serious TLC at a second hand store. She set out to save her money to send her to the doll hospital.
At Christmas time she became very aware of a little girl in her class who was going to have a very tough Christmas. Many kids this age are only worried about what they are going to get for Christmas, however Alysa was worried about what this other little girl was going to get. Alysa decided that she couldn’t sit back and do nothing, so she got this little girl a present using some of her money she had saved.
When the earthquake hit Haiti, my sweet daughter brought home a list of supplies needed to make hygiene kits to send to Haiti. Once again, sitting back was not an option. We went to the store and got the supplies needed to make hygiene kits. She was so excited to pick out toothbrushes and washcloths and all the other supplies. Her heart was very touched by how hard of a time those children must be having and she was excited that she had found a small way to help them.Another project she was thrilled to help with was making dolls for an orphanage in Africa. I sewed the dolls and clothes and she helped stuff them and lovingly dressed them and made sure they looked perfect for a little girl to love.
Whenever she earns money, she gives a part of it to our church to help those in need. She has passed up many opportunities for fun because she noticed someone was alone and chose to spend time with them instead. She is a friend to everyone and has a very kind heart.
There are not many things in life that my little American Girl would like, but one of them is an American Girl doll that looks like her. To earn one through this contest would be extra special because it would always be a symbol of love and service, which is how she tries to live her life.
I tend not to enter these contests but my daughter is a special girl whom I love dearly. She’ll be six in a few weeks. She is daddy’s girl and I make no excuses for it.
She makes me cards, reads stories to me and likes to do my hair. In between all that she does all the normal little girl stuff and works hard to keep her baby cousin amused.
She looks like a doll- just a very sweet child who would love one of these American Girls to show up for her birthday.
We adopted my second oldest daughter (now 10) two years ago. She is such a sweet girl who has had to deal with a lot in her young life. At ten she is still a kid, but since she has gone through such a rapid growth spurt and she is entering teenagerhood way to soon. She still likes dolls, but she loves music too. Torn between two worlds you might say! She would really get into this new American Girl doll I believe because it has the computer aspect to it. She loves her Josephina doll and takes very good care of it.
All of these girls are clearly winners in their family’s eyes! We’ll announce the winner of the doll on Saturday July 31st.
If you haven’t done so already, please go to Shine On Now and have a click around. Shine On Now harnesses the collective power of girls to help others in need. Through Shine On Now, American Girl is calling on girls across the country to help the company give up to $1 million in clothes, books, dolls, and money to the following four organizations: Kids in Distressed Situations, National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions, National Wildlife Federation, and Save the Children. Visitors to the site can contribute up to 100 free stars each day to help American Girl reach its goal of collecting one million stars by the end of the program on July 31, 2010. If the target is reached, American Girl will donate its maximum gift of $1 million in clothes, books, dolls, and money to the four designated charities.
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