Stay Tuned...

Please stay tuned for my Kings Island trip report! It will be published tomorrow evening!

In the mean time have fun with the Banshee POV!

This ride is AMAZING!! Can't wait to tell you all about it!

Made it!

Hello all!! 

I made it to Ohio! It was a long but thankfully fast trip!! 

Got my oil all changed and ready to hit the road!!!

As I continued to drive, I see this cross. It is my favorite thing when driving on I70! It reminds me of how far I have gone! I will visit it soon!!

Made it to Indiana! So close!!

Ok so I did not get to take an Ohio welcome sign but I did get this photo! It shows how excited I am!

Now why am I in Ohio?? I am going to Kings Island tomorrow morning! Their media day for their new roller coaster Banshee starts tomorrow at 4:30 AM!! I will be at the park around 3:30am!!:)

I want to get over 100 rides tomorrow!!!:)

I will keep everyone up to date on all happening!! Follow along on here, Facebook, and Instagram!!

Have a great Easter break!!

Daniel Sukup 

Thank you!!

I wanted to take this time to thank each and every single person that helped me raise money for "A Kid Again"!

 I am thrilled to announce that I reached my goal of $250!! I could not have done it with out your help!! It honestly means the world to me and these children!!

First an update on how much money was raised. 

Individual money raised: $50,707

Total money raised: $101,414

That is just some amazing news and it will benefit A Kid Again so much!!! Thank you for everyone that participated!

Now I would love to send out a huge thank you from the bottom of my heart to:

Scott Evans

Gram Pat

Eldon and Tami Sukup 

Cathelyn Jones

Judi (for Dorian and Sylvia) 

Gail & Mike Fitzpatrick

Jeremy Sukup

Anonymous 

I can't thank each of you enough for helping me reach my goal! It means the world to me that you would take your time and scarfice something to help children with life threatening illnesses. 

I will be posting my Media Day coverage and also Scream for A Kid Again coverage on Thursday!! Follow along and see all the thrillin adventures!!

Daniel Sukup  

A Kid Again Final Days

April 13th 

Fundraising for A Kid Again ENDS!

If you are planing to donate, please do so before April 13th! 

Please go to my page: Daniel Sukup to give in support of me! 

I am wanting to raise $250! I am currently at $160! That means that I only need $90! We can do this! 100% of proceeds go to A Kid Again, to help CHILDREN with terminal illness to have a day to be a kid again!! 

This foundation means the world to me! These children are facing adult issues and don't get to be a child! Help them to be able to do that!

Here is a parent's daughter essay about A Kid Again!

A few years ago, when my family lived in Reynoldsburg, OH I volunteered with A Kid Again when it was still Adventures for Wish Kids. My daughters joined me on several occasions and those experiences have truly impacted their lives. When my daughter Michaela Ousley, who is now a High School Senior, started her college search, she fell in love with Berea College. She was required to submit an essay of either the worst experience of her life or the best experience of her life. She chose her experience with A Kid Again for her essay. The following is her essay. I'm pleased to announce that as of yesterday, Michaela was awarded a full four-year tuition scholarship to Berea College. Thank you for providing my daughter the opportunity to grow, learn, and give to others. Blessings rain down when you give. She is planning on double majoring in Child/Family studies and Sociology and going on to earn her Masters in Social Work. Who knows? Perhaps she will one day bring A Kid Again to Central Kentucky.
With a grateful heart,
Lisa Aliperti

The Best Experience of My Life by Michaela Ousley

Since I was a small child I have found joy in helping people less fortunate than myself, and one could say I am passionate about serving others. Community service has become second nature in my life; however, one project is especially meaningful to me, and I consider it to be one of the best experiences in my life. I worked with an organization called Adventures for Wish Kids in Columbus, Ohio. With help from volunteers, Adventures for Wish Kids provides events and activities for children with life-threatening or terminal diseases and their families that take the focus off the illness of the one child and allows them to enjoy normal family outings such as holiday parties, trips to amusement parks, and parent/child activities. I personally volunteered at a Halloween party helping the younger children choose a costume, get dressed, and go trick-or-treating, and assisted them with craft projects at COSI. At their Christmas party the same year, I helped wrap gifts for the families and I also served as an assistant photographer shooting family portraits
When I first started working with the children, it was very heart breaking. I met children with cancer who have lost their hair from chemotherapy, children with radiation burns, and others with missing limbs. Spending time with these children and talking to them has helped me develop a sense of appreciation for the health I've enjoyed and sadly taken for granted. Seeing the happiness on their faces made me realize how the little things a person can do for someone else can make a tremendous impact on the lives of others. In one instance we found out that the family portrait my mother, the photographer, and I shot was the very last photo of a certain little boy. He died of cancer two weeks after that photo was shot and his family will treasure that portrait forever. Although I was originally there to help them, the children and their loved ones helped me in bigger ways than I think they realize. They have given me the courage to reach out beyond my fears and risk heartbreak for the greater joy. They have made me feel thankful for what I have because it is what they lack and, although they do not know it, they have given me a greater sense of faith because for some, faith and hope are what they are clinging to so desperately while facing terrible odds. They have certainly influenced my decision to work in a service field such as social work or counseling in a school setting. By volunteering with this program, I learned the value of community service and gained an understanding of how important it is for people to use their talents and resources to help the less fortunate. I feel very privileged to have had this unique experience. One of the things I miss most since moving to Kentucky from Ohio is working with Adventures for Wish Kids. I have every intention of working with this organization again sometime in the future 

Please take a read, it is extremely powerful and shows the meaning behind A Kid Again and the impact it can have on people! 

To donate: Click HERE!

If you can donate, I know money is tight, then please share with all of your friends and family!! Thank you for helping me in my final push!!

Daniel Sukup

The start of April

Wow! April is hear now for 4 days, and I have so much planned for this month! This is going to be a BIG month for me!

Where to start for the update?!

Lets fill in what has been going on for spring break:

I understand why professors are giving us homework over break, we only have 5 weeks left when we get back and that is not a lot of time. I have been doing homework over break. I have an Art History test next Thursday, an Art History paper due April 17th, and a Self-portrait due next Tuesday! Nothing  overwhelming but time consuming for sure.

For the past 3 spring breaks in my college career that has been something very familiar about them and this year did not disappoint! I think this image will help you understand:

Yea, you are looking at those images correctly! SNOW! I am so done with winter, but somehow it is not ever done with me!

That is a quick summary of Winter Spring break!

April has a lot in store:

-This coming weekend Anna Karenina Opens for one weekend only. This show will open on Thursday April 10th and close on Sunday April 13th.

-For my drawing class we have to submit art work for the student art show. Submissions are due April 7th and the show opens April 13th. If I get accepted into the show, this will be my first show ever!!! WISH ME LUCK!!

-Easter weekend, I will be leaving for Ohio to attend Media Day at Kings Island for their new roller coaster: Banshee! and also attending Scream for A Kid Again fundraiser for A Kid Again. I will also be there for opening day of Kings Island!!

-I will be making it back in time to attend 1 of 7 church services at Element Church! This church is amazing!!

Finally:

I am now preparing/have been preparing for Tecumseh! this summer! If you don't know I will be back at Tecumseh! this summer! More information to come later!

Now for the big surprise that will effect me, I will be publishing something later on today. Look for a post regarding this information! I am excited for this as it will be big step for me.

That is the summary of April! Lots to look forward to and I can't wait to post about it all! Keep following and sharing this blog to keep up with everything that I am doing!

Have a wonderful weekend,

Daniel Sukup

Spring Break

SPRING BREAK!

Yes it is finally Spring Break!  Lindenwood University has spring break roughly 3 weeks later then every one else! This is because of a wonderful thing called: J-Term! It is a blessing and a curse. 

I am so excited to be on break that I decided to write on the right side of the page!:) Ha! So what is everyone doing for spring break? I hear some people are going to Mexico, Florida, Utah,  and other exciting locations! I have been asked many times what are you doing for spring break? Well Now I tell you the exciting details!

  Are you excited to find out? I bet it is killing you! I am so excited to spill the beans on my spring break plans that I had to switch up the area of writing again! HAHA

Ok for real now, I am driving to my location, 6 1/2 hours away to.....WAIT FOR IT.... OMAHA!!!! I am so excited to go back home for my FINAL SPRING BREAK EVER AS AN UNDERGRAD!! 

"Wait what? This is your final spring break, you are not going anywhere special?"
-No I am not, I have given up my senior spring break to do something awesome! 
"What do you mean?"
-In April I will be heading to Ohio to attend Banshee Media Day event and also attend a fundraiser for A Kid Again! I have given up my spring break to help children! 
"Is this a plug to help raise money again?"
-No this is not, I am just super excited to tell you how much this fundraiser means to me! you don't have to donate at all, all you have to do it SHARE!!

A Kid again is a wonderful foundation that I have talked about a lot, instead of telling you over and over why this means so much to me, I figured I would tell you by sharing what other people think of A Kid Again!

"As a very greatful parent of a Kid Again kid, I thank you for your time, effort, and love. The smiling faces we see at the Holiday party make all the difference in that event. From the moment we walk into the venue, Amelia and her sisters and I are greeted with smiles and laughter from what seems like a million happy people, all there to make our day better.
When my girls wanted to go in two different directions, one volunteer said she’d keep an eye on one for me. When we got to the meal and I couldn’t carry our prizes and two meals, and hold onto my youngest, a kind man took both meals from me and escorted us to a table.  The women at the face painting station are ALWAYS a huge hit, of course, even trying the specific requests each child seems to come up with.
And this is just one event. Each time a volunteer gives his or her time, it helps brighten the day of one of our kids. And we thank you.
Amelia was born with spina bifida, and has had 49 surgeries in her 8 years so far. She is blessed with many people who care about her and two wonderful sisters, but she also copes with more than her fair share of complications. Her sisters deal with this in their own way, as well.  A Kid Again means the world to Amelia, and to her sisters. Just the other day, one of her sisters said, “I wish Amelia didn’t have to deal with everything she does, but it sure is nice that people invite us to fun places.”
Thanks You! We appreciate all of the hours, and smiles, and the love that you share with our family.
~Pam Murphy, mom of Amelia, Claire and Emma"

So if you feel very generous about donating please help me out! I am aiming for a goal of $250!  I am at 38% and feel that I could make it, but I need all of your help! This is such an amazing cause, even $1 will help more then anything! Here is the donate link:

https://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/DanielSukup/screamforakidagain 

Thank you for your help and hope you all have an amazing spring break! The semester is almost over, lets take this breather and relax for a bit!

Daniel Sukup 

A Kid Again Update

What time is it?? UPDATE TIME!

Donate Here!

Count Down: 23 days!! 

Amount to go: $155

Goal: $250

We can do it! I need to raise $5 more to be able to participate in this event, and another $150 to make my goal! I know that we can all pull together! What am I taking about??

If you are new to this A Kid Again stuff, well I will gain you up to speed.

Kings Island is holding fundraising event for A Kid Again, were all proceeds will be donated to this amazing foundation that helps kids with life alternating illnesses to simply be a kid again! 

I am raising money to support this foundation, it happens to be one of my favorite! I just wish I was not a college student, others wise I would not be asking him help from all of you! I would love to gather enough support to help me raise $250 for an amazing foundation!! 

At this time I am at 38% of my goal! I would love to be at 50% by next weekend and I only can do that with all of your help! Spread the word! If you can't donate $50, $25, I understand I am a college student. If you can only do $5 or less, every bit will help! EVEN you simply sharing this post will help! All you have to is direct them to this link: DANIEL SUKUP's PAGE!

why does this foundation mean so much to me?

A child should be that, a child! When something that interacts with there childhood, not for the good, it is divesting! A child should be able to have their childhood. They have to face these adult problems and don't have time to be a child. 

This organization gives them just that! I have been featuring stories from parents on how their children where impacted by this foundation and here is another one:

Thanks for the Murphy Family

As a very greatful parent of a Kid Again kid, I thank you for your time, effort, and love. The smiling faces we see at the Holiday party make all the difference in that event. From the moment we walk into the venue, Amelia and her sisters and I are greeted with smiles and laughter from what seems like a million happy people, all there to make our day better.

When my girls wanted to go in two different directions, one volunteer said she’d keep an eye on one for me. When we got to the meal and I couldn’t carry our prizes and two meals, and hold onto my youngest, a kind man took both meals from me and escorted us to a table.  The women at the face painting station are ALWAYS a huge hit, of course, even trying the specific requests each child seems to come up with.

And this is just one event. Each time a volunteer gives his or her time, it helps brighten the day of one of our kids. And we thank you.

Amelia was born with spina bifida, and has had 49 surgeries in her 8 years so far. She is blessed with many people who care about her and two wonderful sisters, but she also copes with more than her fair share of complications. Her sisters deal with this in their own way, as well.  A Kid Again means the world to Amelia, and to her sisters. Just the other day, one of her sisters said, “I wish Amelia didn’t have to deal with everything she does, but it sure is nice that people invite us to fun places.”

Thanks You! We appreciate all of the hours, and smiles, and the love that you share with our family.

~Pam Murphy, mom of Amelia, Claire and Emma

This is just one of many stories and thank you's that can be found on A Kid Again's website! I highly encourage reading some more on your own!

 ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS from A KID AGAIN!! This will bring  huge smile on your face! These are from the Cincinnati branch!!

Well I will share another story next week! Remember all you have to do to help is share this post as much as possible!!

Thank you again, have a great weekend!

Daniel Sukup

Drawing

Drawing....drawing...DARWing...DRAWING!!!

It is finally done! 

We had a midterm that in tailed 101 drawings! 80 sketches, 20 - 18X24, 1 6' foot, all of the same drawing, exploring different aspects of the object. 

Well below you will find all 21 drawings of my object - RUBBER BAND!:) 

It was fun drawing with charcoal, ink, paint, coal. I feel that I have a lot of great abstract(ness) with these drawings. 

Ok, that is a lot of photos! 

Enjoy! 

I really, enjoyed this process! I feel that I explored many areas other then physical space of the object. My main objective was to tie human emotion into the drawings. I did this by different means, mainly focus on music being my influence. 

My professor for this class has gotten me addicted to looking at the negative space, shadows, and how it all interacts with the positive aspects of a drawing. 

I hope you loved these, I hoped they raised questions,  any questions. If so I will answer them, if you care to ask. I am more then thrilled to present this collection!

Have a great weekend and look forward to seeing an update on A KID AGAIN fundraiser. I have some big news!:)

Daniel Sukup 

A Kid Again

Recently I signed up for an amazing opportunity to donate to my favorite charity: A Kid Again! Many of you that read my posts on facebook are going to get sick of me posting about this over an over, but this is a great opportunity to donte to help an children that don't always have to chance to have a normal life becuase of their illness. This foundation helps for these children to have that expereience for each child enrolled.

This organization is nonprofit, and relizes on volunteers heavily! They are always in need of help! If you can spare, $1, $5, $10, or any amount that you can please contact me in person about giving by check or yo
u can donate online at: 

https://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/DanielSukup/screamforakidagain

That link will direct you to my donation page. But this may not be a good enough reason to donnate, take a look at this:

Dear Mr. Damron,I would like to thank you for all of the "smiles" that Adventures For Wish Kids brought to my son Dustin's face throughout the years. He especially cherished his time spent with the OSU Basketball players during the yearly Father & Son events! I think he is the biggest OSU Fan!!!Life is hard enough and to have to watch your child go through things that you don't know if even you yourself could survive, makes it difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I think back to times when Dustin had a surgery scheduled, being mad at the world and an invitation from Adventures would come to do an event and that smile we hadn't seen in weeks, would be a permanent fixture on his face!This year Dustin graduated from high school, turned 19 and although he is still able to participate, we have decided that we would give back instead. Enclosed please find a check to help provide Christmas gifts and smiles for other deserving children.Again, thank you for being there to help share our burden and for making Dustin feel like a kid when he needed it most.God bless you for all that you do!Sincerely,Brenda & Troy MillerDustin & Dakota

This was found on A Kid Again's website under their stories. I want to share a new story that tells the impact of what this organization is doing for children of all ages from 18 and under. 
What I love about this story is that the parents saw such a huge impact on their child, that they even wanted to give back after leaving the program. The parents were able to see their child smile, like every child should be able to, for the first time in weeks! That smile is worth everrything to a parent.
If you do have a few minutes to spare in your day, please check out A Kid Again and read more about them!

 I have a deadline of April 13th, and I am hoping to make my goal of $250! Can you help make this happen??

Thank you for reading, and I will share more stories from now till April 13th. 

Finally Watch this clip from A Kid Again 2011 at Kings Island! It is worth a watch!!



Daniel