2025 Fairway Cares Young at Art Contest

About 2025 Fairway Cares Young at Art Contest

All artists submitting artwork must be related to or have a relationship with a Fairway employee.
Artwork will need to be made on a standard 8.5x11 paper using crayons, colored pencils, paint or markers.
Entrants should draw or paint what it means to BE STRONG and COURAGEOUS when you are in the middle of losing someone, grief or fighting a serious illness-even struggling with mental illness.
Fairway Cares has launched this initiative to cultivate sensitive and real conversations with kids about precious people, of all ages, who are facing a critical illness, lose of a loved one or sustained a physical injury.
Take a picture of the artwork and submit it on this website, creating your own page.
A winner will be selected from each category: K-2nd grade, 3rd-5th grade, 6th-8th grade, 9th-12th grade. Prizes will be awarded.
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One submission per child.
All artwork must be submitted by Tuesday, February 20th 11:59pm.
Artwork will be judged by the Fairway Cares Champions.
Winners will be announced Feb 26th on website and Connect Call.
The winning artwork will be used to create cards in our Care Packages.
Original artwork needs to be mailed to: Fairway Cares, 4750 Biltmore Lane, Madison, WI 53718.
By submitting the artwork you are giving Fairway Cares permission to use the creation in cards and other materials-such as videos and poster.

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Avianna - A Heart Warrior Inspiration

When Avianna's mom was 5 months pregnant, they discovered during an ultrasound that Avianna had a heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome. This is when the left side of the heart doesn’t develop properly. She was a severe case and her mom was given two options, terminate the pregnancy or continue on knowing that Avianna would need heart surgery as a newborn to survive.

As a family, we prayed on it and did research and decided to continue with the pregnancy. She was monitored closely and had multiple ultrasounds. At 7 months in the womb, we found out that the standard procedure for HLHS wouldn’t be an option and Avianna would need to have a heart transplant.

Avianna was born on October 8^th, 2018 and immediately Avianna was taken by life flight to our Children’s Hospital and placed at the highest priority for an infant heart on the transplant list and Avianna's mom stayed in the hospital to recover from delivery.

The odds of getting an infant heart are rare, almost never gotten in the amount of time that you need it. Avianna was connected to so many machines and tubes to maintain life while we waited for a miracle. And 2 days later it came. There was an auto accident 6 hours away thru a tragedy, we got a miracle phone call.

On October 11^th, 2018 Avianna had heart transplant surgery, And when she was 2 months old, she got to come home from the hospital. We knew at the time of her transplant that she would eventually need a procedure to remove scar tissue as her body grew. They thought it would be around age 9-10. And watched Avianna’s heart with echocardiograms every year on her birthday.

Unfortunately, we aren’t going to be able to wait until age 9 – 10 before her next surgery. Her aorta is being over taken by scar tissue. On December 17^th, she had her aorta removed and replaced with a donor aorta. She also had two cusps repaired in the left ventricle. She is currently recovering beautifully.

About the Cause

Charlie “Oilcan” Bell – November 2, 1944- October 9, 2014 Charlie was a kind, gentle soul who always brought out the best in people he touched. His wit, charm and unshakable sense of humor was what we loved the most about him. He was the most genuine, honest and humble man anyone could hope to call friend! Steve Probst

Fairway Core Value #10 - Family-focused. Engaging the younger generation in what we do, while supporting their creativity.

Create a drawing/painting that shows others what it means to Be Strong and Courageous when facing challenges such as suffering from critical illness, loss of a loved one or sustained physical trauma.

Did you know your page can honor a loved one you know affected by heart disease? We invite you to include a picture or a story of what that person means to you.

We are honoring Charlie Bell and Randy Cross, dearly loved by Fairway, who both battled heart disease.

How Your Support Makes a Difference

Comments from thank yous as we send packages to those facing critical illness, loss of a loved one or sustained physical trauma:

The heartwarming things that are in the package are a beacon of sunshine
I can not express how much this company shines behind the scenes
It really is the simple little things that can give a smile in a time of grief
The Fairway Cares box made a tough day a lot better
It came at EXACTLY the right time

Left to right: Randy Cross, Sean Parnell, Ken Pederson, Andy Andrews, Steve Jacobson, Joe Theisen - Randy “RC” Cross – July 22, 1960 - November 9, 2014 A true friend of many but specifically CEO Steve Jacobson and Kirby Bradley –and the man who named FAIRWAY!! We remember Randy as a man with many gifts from God. He possessed the ability to fill with joy any soul he came into contact with. He was a walking embodiment of all that is love. Blessed with the ability to find the positives in the most negative situations, Randy was one of the purest minds on God's earth. In particular he was everything one would need in a father. He allowed his children to live and learn, while providing unconditional support and guidance. A true friend to so many!

Thank you for supporting Fairway Cares!