The 2020 McKenna Claire Foundation / Chevron Butterfly Tour is coming to a corporate owned and operated Chevron station near you!

For the seventh year in a row, the patrons of participating Chevron stations will be given the opportunity to purchase the McKenna Claire Foundation’s butterfly (originally drawn by McKenna).

From July 1st – July 31st, MCF butterflies will be available for a $1 or $5 donation. With your help, McKenna’s butterflies will not only shine a light on pediatric cancer, but fund the much needed research that children and families so desperately need.

To date, the patrons of Chevron have helped raise nearly $2,400,000 to the benefit of pediatric brain cancer research.  Please consider visiting a participating Chevron and purchasing an MCF butterfly.  Don’t forget to thank the Chevron staff for being champions of the McKenna Claire Foundation and pediatric brain cancer research!  Scroll below to find a participating station near you or download a PDF list.

For more information about this year’s McKenna Claire Foundation / Chevron campaign for Pediatric Brain Cancer Research, please contact David Wetzel at dave@mckennaclairefoundation.org or by phone 714-612-0198 .

CLICK to link to an interactive map of all participating stations.

CLICK to see the 2020 Butterfly Tour Station List!

CLICK to see photos from last year’s Butterfly Tour!

Back by popular demand…

Virtual Wine Tasting

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Join us on Zoom Thursday, July 16th at 6:30pm as we spend a second evening virtually tasting wines curated by the Hill family.  For the discounted price of $100 (includes taxes and local wine distribution) guests will receive 3 bottles of wine from Hill Family Estate.  Additional fees for those who need wines shipped out of the local area.

Included Wines:

• 2019 Albarino (Click here for tasting notes)
• 2015 Windy Flats Zinfandel (Click here for tasting notes)
• 2015 Origin (Click here for tasting notes)

Special guest Matt Koerner will be serenading us with some sweet tunes 

Place your order by registering for this event.  Full price of registration goes directly to Hill Family Estate. **This is a 21 and over event.

***Orders must be received by Tuesday, June 30th for shipping to the Midwest and East Coast.***

***West coast orders must be received by July 6th (for those being shipped directly as well as the consolidated delivery)***

Hill Family Estate will consolidate delivery to the Wetzel home just like the last event.  We will send out a message when the wines are available for pick up.

NEW DATE!!!!!

Click Here to “Donate Now” and Participate!

10th Annual Party With A Purpose

The Covid Cowboy hog-tied a lot of our plans this year, but Boots and Butterflies was not something he could lasso that easily!

MCF’s 10th Annual Party With a Purpose will ride live via Zoom on Saturday, August 29th at 6:30pm. Gather your posse around your biggest screen and experience all the fun you’ve come to associate with PWP – costumes, silent auction, updates from our researchers, live band and more! And going remote means seats aren’t limited, allowing more of our supporters to join this previously sold out event.

For a $150 donation, you will receive exclusive access to the all the fun PLUS McKenna Claire Foundation swag, wine from one of our amazing wine sponsors, and a gift certificate to Mama’s on 39!

So saddle up for some fun and click below to make your donation today! You won’t want to miss the wildest shindig in town!

***New Additions***

 Dr. Michelle Monje will be joining us to provide an update on her research as well as special guest Matt Koerner will be serenading us with some sweet tunes. (Matt Mauser and Dave Murphy will not be able to join us due to unexpected scheduling conflicts)

Join us on Zoom Thursday, May 28th as we spend an evening virtually tasting wines curated by the Hill family.  For the discounted price of $100 (including taxes and local wine distribution) guests will receive 3 bottles of wine from Hill Family Estate.

Included Wines:

• 2016 Carley’s Cuvée Chardonnay (Click here for tasting notes)
• 2016 Beau Terre Merlot (Click here for tasting notes)
• 2016 Clarke Vineyard Syrah (Click here for tasting notes)

To place your order (Click here to register) for this event. Full price of registration goes directly to Hill Family Estate. **This is a 21 and over event. Orders must be received by Wednesday, May 20th!!!!

Hill Family Estate will consolidate delivery to the Wetzel home. Wines will be available for pick up Tuesday -Thursday May 26th-28th.  Limited local delivery available. Contact Dave at 714-612-0198 for questions, to coordinate group pick-up/delivery or for inquires regarding delivery outside of Southern California.

Player Registration open NOW!

CLICK HERE TO BOOK

Event Details

Date: Friday, October 18th, 2019

Location: Tijeras Creek Golf Course

Registration: 10:00 AM

Tee-off: 12 Noon

Dinner: 6 PM

Enjoy a complete day of events!
18 holes of Golf (cart included)

Range Balls – Box Lunch – BBQ Dinner

Purchase a Mack Pack to participate in Contests & Prizes:

Putting contest, longest drive, closest to the pin, hole in one
Additional dinner tickets may be purchased for $30.00
Join us for the Opportunity Golf Ball Drop after the tournament.

The first ball in the hole wins up to $2,500 dollars!

Sponsorship Opportunities Available  NOW…click on links below. You may also contact Dave Wetzel directly at 714-612-0198 or dave@mckennaclairefoundation.org

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2019 GOLF Sponor Commitment form

Click Here To Register 

An amazing community of friends and partners will be gathering on Friday, November 22nd for the 5th Annual McKenna Claire Foundation (MCF) Charity Poker Tournament.   This year’s “Poker At The Museum” will be held at the Westside Museum in Costa Mesa .  This remarkable mid-century, bi-level building is a unique location with plenty of space to play poker, enjoy the company of friends, shuffle board, billiards, ping pong, music and so much more.  Whether you are a “Poker At The Museum” player, sponsor, or guest simply enjoying this amazing space, it promises be a great start to the Thanksgiving Holiday week.   

Prizes will be awarded to the top players, as well as a light dinner is included for all registered players and guests. Cash Bars will be available all night.

Cost:

$100 Per Player – includes light dinner

$20 Per Non Playing Guest – includes light dinner

We recommend using UBER, Lyft, or carpooling to the event, there will be limited amount of complimentary valet parking available at the venue.

“Poker At The Museum” sponsorship link – Click HERE for sponsorship information!

For additional information and sponsor opportunities please contact David Wetzel at dave@mckennaclairefoundation.org or 714-612-0198. If making your sponsorship payment by check please contact Dave directly.

We hope you can join us!

McKenna and her friends loved to hold lemonade stands on our street corner to raise money for various causes they believed in.   To celebrate McKenna’s birthday (August 5th) and pay forward that sense of community, we are inviting kids near and far to hold their own stands in support of pediatric brain cancer research.   The simple act of kids pouring their hearts into a cause is not only fun, but shows our youth that they have the power to change the world one glass of lemonade at a time.

To date, the kids of Stand Up & Shine have raised over 120,000 for pediatric brain cancer research.

Knowing summer is filled with family adventure, camps, and commitments, we invite this years MCF Stand Up and Shine kids to hold their lemonade stands as their schedules permit any time in August.   We can’t wait to see the energy and creativity of this years participants.   Thank you for choosing to be part of the pediatric brain cancer solution.

Registration is FREE –  Click HERE to Register!

Need to purchase additional T-Shirts (each stand includes a max of 3 free shirts)?

Click Here To Purchase Additional Shirts

(T-Shirt Design to be revealed in July)

Want to have chance to design this year’s Stand Up and Design T-Shirt?  Use the template below and return to us by mid June.

MCF T-Shirt Template

We have lots of tips, ideas and even downloadable logos, graphics and forms to help you create your very special lemonade stand!

Click on the downloads below…

Join the Shine Squad – Submit your high resolution photos by email to  or post them to our Facebook page

If you share pictures of your stand on social media please tag us and use the hashtag #mackyshines.

Forms and Booth Decorations

(click to download PDF and word documents)

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The 2019 McKenna Claire Foundation / Chevron Butterfly Tour is coming to a corporate owned and operated Chevron station near you!

For the seventh year in a row, the patrons of participating Chevron stations will be given the opportunity to purchase the McKenna Claire Foundation’s butterfly (originally drawn by McKenna).

From July 1st – August 5th, MCF butterflies will be available for a $1 or $5 donation. With your help, McKenna’s butterflies will not only shine a light on pediatric cancer, but fund the much needed research that children and families so desperately need.

To date, the patrons of Chevron have helped raise nearly $2,000,000 to the benefit of pediatric brain cancer research.  Please consider visiting a participating Chevron and purchasing an MCF butterfly.  Don’t forget to thank the Chevron staff for being champions of the McKenna Claire Foundation and pediatric brain cancer research!  Scroll below to find a participating station near you or download a PDF list.

For more information about this year’s McKenna Claire Foundation / Chevron campaign for Pediatric Brain Cancer Research, please contact David Wetzel at dave@mckennaclairefoundation.org or by phone 714-612-0198 .

Click to link to an interactive map of all participating stations.

Click to see the 2019 Butterfly Tour Station List!

CLICK to see photos from last year’s Butterfly Tour!

Thank you!

Click HERE for the event photos

9th Annual Party With A Purpose/Doors Open 5:30PM

On Saturday, May 4th, the McKenna Claire Foundation will pull together an amazing community of friends, associates and business partners and host the 9th Annual Party With A Purpose – 1 Night of Peace, Love & Hope. Our goal is to raise funds for pediatric brain cancer research and highlight the ongoing research being done to the benefit of children and families who continue to fight the pediatric cancer battle.

This year’s 50th Anniversary of Woodstock themed event will again be hosted at the Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort and includes great food, drinks, guest speakers and the always amazing silent and live auctions. Get ready to once again dance the night away with Flash Back Heart Attack. We hope you will make plans to join us for this annual McKenna Claire Foundation highlight.

The Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort has generously set aside a limited number of discounted rooms for friends of MCF and this year’s 9th Annual Party With A Purpose. The hotel is expecting to sell rooms out this weekend and encourages any takers to book early. Please contact the Waterfront Beach Resort directly at 800-822-7873 and use McKenna Claire Foundation as your special rate code or book directly online with the link below.

CLICK HERE TO BOOK SLEEPING ROOMS

For sponsorship information Click Here or contact David Wetzel at dave@mckennaclairefoundation.org or by phone 714-612-0198.

 Click HERE to Register