Dear Famous Person,

I have been visiting patients at The Children’s Hospital in Denver every month for the last four years to hand out heart-felt hugs, enthusiastic high-fives and thousands of stuffed pigs where they are needed most. Regular readers of this blog may recall a previous post about one special child, Taylor, whose friendship means the world to me - and the entire Famous Dave’s family. Thanks to care she received at The Children’s Hospital, Taylor remains cancer-free, and that’s Snoutstanding.

Famous Dave’s wanted a way to share the inspiration I get from my time visiting kids and to create a way for our guests to give back, too. At last, the porkfect opportunity has come to get you involved and I’m tickled pink that the new program bears my name, “Wilbur Cares.” Each of Famous Dave’s Colorado locations now carries Wilbur Cares dolls: pigture-perfect stuffed mini-replicas of yours truly. When you purchase a $7 Wilbur Cares doll, Famous Dave’s will donate 100% of the proceeds on my behalf (pigs can’t have bank accounts) to The Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Find Wilbur Cares on Facebook for more photos, videos, and to share with your loved ones.

Wilbur Cares coordinator, Marlon Johnson, “I started going to The Children’s Hospital 4 years ago because I am blessed to have 2 healthy daughters at home, and wanted to find a way to affect the kids dealing with very difficult situations in a positive way.  With the rollout of the Wilbur Cares program, we will not only be supporting the children and their families, we will be supporting The Children’s Hospital financially as well as helping to raise awareness for all of their great work.”    I couldn’t have put it better myself - and I’m one smart hog!

Wilbur Cares mission is to positively affect children dealing with difficult, and in some cases life threatening situations, by supporting them and their families in a time of need. Wilbur Cares will also help support The Children’s Hospital Foundation financially, as well as help raise awareness of their goals and objectives. Continually recognized as one of the nation’s outstanding hospitals by U.S. News & World Report, The Children’s Hospital is known both for its nationally and internationally recognized medical, research and education programs as well as the full spectrum of everyday care for kids throughout Colorado and surrounding states.