If you are like me you probably grew up with Smokey Bear, you remember learning about fire prevention and safe forest behavior in school. Well Smokey Bear is turning 75 years old this year and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has chosen Box of Balloons to celebrate! The WDNR was tasked with finding a way to celebrate Smokey while giving back to the community so together we have set a goal of celebrating 200 kids in need this year with birthday parties. Box of Bal

The theme and colors are the first things decided when I am getting ready to plan a party. My brain only thinks in themes and alliterations so most of my day, week, goals and work are all themed! Preparing for a party can be overwhelming and daunting but breaking it into smaller pieces and focusing on a few key elements helps. Once you choose a theme and color scheme all the other details can fall into place. Whether I am planning a birthday party, baby shower or a holiday th

In every community across the country their are children in need, children who are homeless or perhaps living in a shelter, sick in a hospital or part of the foster care system. All of these children have one thing in common, they will have a birthday this year and deserve more than anything to be celebrated! These are the children we are serving here at Box of Balloons but we can't do it without you. One of our main goals here at Box of Balloons is to have a chapter in every

The new year has started and perhaps you have "volunteer more" on your goals list. Well we here at Box of Balloons want to make volunteering and giving back to your community as easy as possible. Let's be realistic, we all set out with huge lofty goals but then life happens. Our daily schedule fills up, kids take priority, work demands increase or unexpected challenges arise and pretty soon volunteering has to be at the bottom of the list. We get it, and that's why we want to

Happy New Year! We are so thrilled to have wrapped up 2018 successfully with over 700 kiddos in need being celebrated with a happy birthday. We gained many volunteers and supporters as well, so incredible. As we now look forward to this new year we are already getting started on one of our big goals, 100 Birthday Pledgers who raise at least $100! Our Pledge Your Birthday program is not new, it is actually one of the first things we started when Box of Balloons was born. It is