WHO & VISUALS:

• Walking Characters – Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Pocahontas, Minnie Mouse & Clowns
• Dress Up Closet stocked with more than 75 Costumes and Accessories for future play
• Every Child at the House on June 18 will also receive Costumes and Accessories
• Playroom Ribbon Cutting by Children of Board Members from the Princess Alexa Foundation
• Princess Alexa Foundation Founder Crys Aigner (Alexa’s mother), as well as Tammy Burraston, Tommy Vanya and 8 other board members from the Foundation
• Ronald McDonald House board, staff, families and volunteers
• Other community supporters of the playroom makeover include Andy Vance of Mr. Electric, Beck Elementary (Trophy Club), Liz Mizell, Teacher’s Tools, Parrish-Hare Electrical Supply, Rich Liptak, Sherwin Williams (Watauga), Vanya Millwork & Watauga Elementary.

WHEN & WHERE:

Friday, June 18
1:00 p.m.
Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth
1004 7th Avenue, Fort Worth, TX 76104
(817) 870-4942 main

The Princess Alexa Foundation began in August 2008 in memory of Alexa Aigner, a 4-year-old girl who loved dressing up to escape the reality of cancer. Founded by Alexa’s mother Crys Aigner, the non-profit is a 100% volunteer run 501(c)(3) with a mission to celebrate the childhood spirit of seriously ill children through dress up and play. In its first year, the organization gifted just under 5,000 items to seriously ill children. The Princess Alexa Foundation has three dress up closets in operation in the DFW area. The first closet opened at Children's Medical Center in Dallas on June 25, 2009, at the first anniversary of Alexa's passing. There are also dress up closets at Our Children's House of Baylor and its six outpatient facilities, as well as at the Ronald McDonald House of Dallas. The Princess Alexa Foundation plans to open a dress up closet at Cook Children's Medical Center on June 25. The Foundation accepts donations of new costumes and accessories for boys and girls sizes 2-10 year-round. www.PrincessAlexaFoundation.org.

ABOUT RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE OF FORT WORTH

Located across the street from Cook Children’s Medical Center, the Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth provides help, hope and a home-away-from home for the families of critically ill children who travel to the area for medical treatment. Last year, 906 families received lodging and care at the Ronald McDonald House of Fort Worth. www.ftworthrmh.org