Paula's Promise

Paint and Sip
2026-02-21 16:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Black Jax Sports Bar & Grille, 8040A Perry Highway, Erie, PA, 16509
Paint and Sip
Come paint with us at Black Jax Sport Bar and Grille on Feb 21, 2026 for our first fundraiser of the year.
Instructor led painting by Erika Goss on a 16×20 canvas, supplies included. Limited seating available. Proceeds will help us help those fighting their battle with cancer!

Please no outside food or snacks, as food and drinks will be available for purchase.

Mums with a Purpose
2025-09-27 12:00 - 16:00 | Misty Meadows Greenhouse, LL, 18477 Elgin Rd, Elgin, Pa, 16407
Mums with a Purpose
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and Misty Meadows has partnered with Paula’s Promise with this special fundraising event!Come visit with volunteers from Paula’s Promise for information on foundation and learn more about the the Cancer that whispers! While shopping for all of your fall decorations, mums, flowers and goodies in Elgin PA. Part of the proceeds from that day’s sales will go to Paula’s S. Cousins Ovarian & Endometrial Cancer Foundation Inc.

http://www.mistymeadowsgreenhouse.com

5th Annual Dick Cole Memorial Kickball Tournament
2025-09-13 08:30 - 19:00 | Harborcreek Community Park, 5850 Firman Rd, Erie, PA, 16510
Kickin’ It For A Cure!
Dick Cole Memorial Kickball Tournament
Paula’s Promise annual kickball tournament has a new location! We will be kickin’ it at the Harborcreek Community Park, Field 1&2, on Sept 13, 2025 at 9am.
Grab your friends, family or coworkers and join our fun filled day of kickball. Your team should consist of at least 8 people. This play at your our risk kickball tournament is a family event,filled with laughter, smiles and jokes. All while helping raise awareness on Gynecological Cancers! Proceeds from this event help us with donations or gift cards for cancer patients, raffle baskets for benefits, Paula’s Promise (2) $1000 Scholarships, items for filling our chemo comfort bags, and donations to the local oncology departments.
Registrations are due by 8/31/25 with a fee of $225 per team. Each team should consist of at least 8 players, at least 2 females, ages 16 and older. Each team should wear the same color T-shirt. This is a play at your own risk.
Wally Sue Fresh Squeezed Lemonade will be available and also Smith Hot Dogs, Meatball Sandwich, chip and other snacks will be available for purchase.
Tickets for raffle items and 50/50 will be available.
If you have any questions please email us at paulaspromise@yahoo.com or message us on facebook.
REGISTRATION FORM
This is a major fundraiser for our small foundation. We raise awareness for Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer but know, no one should fight alone. We try to help those in need.

Dick Cole, father of Paula Cousins sadly passed away on Dec 13, 2022 due to his 5th battle of cancer. He was a huge supporter of our foundation and his daughter’s biggest cheerleader. He played on our team in Sept 2022 and proudly wore his Ovarit shirt!.
A HUGE Shout out to our Kickball Tournament Sponsors:
Moore Research
Union City Pet Hospital
Plastek Group
John Pledger Roofing
Heritage Chiropractic

The following also have donated:
Sander’s Market, Maple Donut, Wally Sue’s Fresh Squeezed Lemonade, Fox Run Golf Course, Scenic Height Golf Course, Smith’s, Elevate Trampoline Park, Sport Clips Hair Cuts, Wegmans, Wally Sue, Luminary Distilling, Ascent Climbing, U-pick 6, Country Fair, Ump, EG, Sunview Golf,

Kickin' it for a Cure Kickball Tournament
2024-09-14 08:30 - 19:00 | Union City Little League Fields, 8 First Ave, Union City, PA, 16438, United States
KICKIN’ IT FOR A CURE
A family fun filled event in loving memory of Dick Cole who passed away from his 5th battle of cancer in Dec of 2022. Dick is Paula’s dad whom supported his daughter with her fight against cancer and the foundation. We were blessed enough that Dick played on our “Ovar Its” team in 2022.
Come join us Sept 14, 2024 at the Union City Little League Fields. This is a play at your own risk, family event with lots of smiles, laughter and helping raise awareness to Gynecological Cancers. Proceeds from the event help us with donations to cancer patients, raffle baskets, scholarships, chemo comfort bags and other items.
So start to gather your teams! Teams must consist of at least 8 players, 16 yrs and older with at least 2 females playing. First kick is at 9am !
NEW!! Registrations forms must be turned in by Sept 1st with registration fee of $225. Seeding your teams will take place Facebook Live on Sept 7th at 1:00pm.
There will also be raffle baskets, 50/50 and food truck available.
IF you are interested in donating a raffle basket please reach out to any board member or email us at paulaspromise@yahoo.com
** Bradys’s Chuckwagon, Dig In Food Trailer and Wally Sue’s will be set up for the day!
REGISTRATION FORM

ERIE Gives ~ Paula’s Promise
2024-08-08 08:00 - 19:00 | Pa
ERIE GIVES 2024
🩵 Support Paula S Cousins Ovarian & Endometrial Cancer Foundation Inc or also known as Paula’s Promise on Erie Gives Day!
🩵Erie Gives Day is just around the corner, and we need your support to make it a success! Your donation to Paula’s Promise will go even further thanks to a prorated match, allowing us to continue to spread awareness about Ovarian and Endometrial cancer and help those in need with any cancer.
🩵Our mission is simple yet so large. We provide information and awareness about Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer to women, help them cope and live with this disease. We give the loudest voice to this disease, the “Silent Killer” , the deadliest of all women’s cancer. We strongly promote research, early detection and genetic testing. However, no one should fight alone during their biggest fight! We help anyone who is battling any type of cancer. This is our promise, this is Paula’s Promise.
🩵But we can’t do it alone—we need your help. Your donation on Erie Gives Day will help us continue to help cancer patients with Chemo Comfort Bags, HS Scholarships, raffle items, gift cards for food and groceries and other important items..
🩵Join us on Erie Gives Day and help us make a difference in the lives of those affected by cancer. Together, we can “Ovar come” cancer
Thank you for your generosity and support.!

More info on how to make a donation will be added soon

Paint'n Sip
2024-02-09 18:30 - 21:30 | Asset Protection LTD, 1311 west 26th Str, Erie, PA, 16508
Paint ‘n Sip
The Tree Of Life
Grab a friend, drinks and snacks and come join us for a night of laughter and fun. Instructor guided painting of the Tree of Life on a 16×20 canvas. While each painting will vary the end results will be a masterpiece! You will also learning facts about Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer and how are foundation helps those in need.
Proceeds benefit Paula’s Promise and our quest to help cancer patients.
Registering is highly encouraged as space is limited.
$30 per seat
Payments can be made at the following:
VENMO @Tanya-Lynn-72
CashApp $TanyaKonski
PayPal @paulaspromise1991 (Please pay friends and family to avoid extra fees)

Thank you to Asset Protection for hosting and sponsoring our paint!

2023 Paula's Promise 3rd Annual Kickball Tournament
2023-09-16 08:00 - 17:00 | Union City Little League Fields, 8 First Ave, Union City, PA, 16438, United States
KICKIN’ IT FOR A CURE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF DICK COLE WHOM PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER IN DEC 2022.
Join us on Sept 16, 2023 at the Union City Little League fields for our 3rd annual Kickball Tournament. This family event is filled with smile, laughter and helping raise awareness. First kick starts at 9am. So start to gather your teams now! Teams must consist of at least 8 players, 2 female and must be 16 years old and up. This is a at your own risk event. This Kickball Tournament will help raise funds for our charity, which is a registered non-profit.
Registration is $200 per team. Teams are asked to wear the same color t-shirts.. What is your team name gonna be? The Ovarits is already taken by the Paula’s Promise Crew.
If you cant put a whole team together contact us a paulaspromise@yahoo.com and we can possibly find other players.!!!
BBS Food Truck and Wally Sue’s Main Squeeze Lemonade will be set up. This is a free public event so come on down and have some food/drink, watch some kickball, and get some info on our Foundation.
There will be some awesome raffle items up for grabs as well.
Below is our team registration form and flyer.
3rd Annual Kickball Tournament Flyer
REGISTRATION FORMS

Duran's Down Home Days
2023-06-02 16:00 - 2023-06-04 17:00 | Waterford Community Fair Grounds, 13012 rt 19s, Waterford, pa, 16441
Duran’s Down Home Days
Duran’s Down Home Day is an annual event held at the Waterford Community Fair Grounds located on Route 19 just south of Waterford. Each year the community comes together to shop local vendors, watch teams compete in the Cast Iron Challenge, vote on many UpCycle projects created by kids, enjoy live entertainment, and many family fun activities all in an effort to raise money for a local non profit charity. Paula S. Cousins Ovarian & Endometrial Cancer Foundation Inc has been voted on to be a benefactor of the 2023 event!

If you are interested in being a sponsor, volunteer, or vendor for this event please email kmduran@earthlink.net
Stay tuned for more info!
SPONSORSHIP FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE! PLEASE HELP US MAKE THIS EVENT HUGE.
DURAN’S DOWN HOME DAYS ARE NOW A 501(c)(3) NON-PROFIT, all donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Please contact them directly for more info!
9th annual sponsor forms

2nd Annual Paula's Promise Kickin' It for A Cure
2022-09-17 08:00 - 18:00 | Union City Little League Fields, 8 First Ave, Union City, PA, 16438, United States
2nd Annual Kickball Tournament and Craft /Vendor Show
Wow we had a blast last year! Had a few hiccups due to Covid-19 and teams having to back out BUTT (see what I did there) we still had a blast! So are you ready!! Are you ready to kick cancers ARSE and have some fun! Gather your teams! Bring your family and join us Saturday, September 17, 2022 at the Union City American Legion Little League Fields for our 2nd Annual Kickball Tournament! Teams must have at least 8 players, 2 must be females, and 16 years of age and up are welcome to play. Registration is $200 per team OR $175 with a donation of a heated blanket. Email us for more info at paulaspromise@yahoo.com.
Not really into kickball? There will be a Craft Vendors and Food!!! Come watch some kickball and purchase some tickets for our Basket Raffle filled with great items! 50/50 tickets will be available and will be drawn towards end of the tournament, need not be present to win!
Drop off an electric blanket for out Electric Blanket Drive and have your name entered into a $75 Millcreek Mall Gift Certificate to be pulled in Nov. 2022
Wally Sue’s Fresh Squeeze Lemonade Stand will be set up selling her Flavored Lemonades and Hot Chocolates
Money raised will help us continue to help those affected by Cancer!
click here for Kickball Team Registration PAULA’S PROMISE KICKIN’ IT FOR A CURE II
click here for craft vendor application
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2022 ERIE COUNTY 4H CHARITY HOG
2022-09-08 17:45 - 22:00 | Waterford Community Fair, 13012 19S, Waterford, PA, 16441
This years 2022 Erie County 4h Charity Hog to benefit Paula S Cousins Ovarian & Endometrial Cancer Foundation Inc or also known as Paula’s Promise, will be sold at the Youth Livestock Sale.

Some history, every year the Erie Co 4h program raises a charity hog to give back to the community/non profits. The charity hog rotates yearly between the existing clubs. It is the responsibility of the club to cover any cost associated with the hog, pick a charity of the clubs choice, raise, show and sell it during the Youth Livestock Sale. The charity of choice receive the proceeds from the sale and the highest bidder pays for the hog, butchering cost (unless donated)and then receives the pork obtain from the hog.

This years club is True Grit 4h Club and Paula’s Promise was graciously picked as the charity of choice by the club’s 4h members. The charity hog “Promise” will be sold at the Waterford Fair Youth Livestock Sale, Sept 8th, 2022. The charity hog is given 10 minutes to sell introduce the charity and have the celebrity auctioneer sell the hog to the highest bidder!

The following list are those that have helped or will help with the raising of the hog:
Club: True Grit 4H Club

Housing & Raised by: Aubrey & Levi Robertson
Shown by: Aubrey Robertson
Feed: Locke’s Custom Meats
Hog: Raisin Ranch Farm purchased the hog, Promise
Bedding: Small Guys Feed Store:
Celerity Auctioneer: Dan Douglas of Union Overdrive ( Dan is the cousin to Paula Cousins and just recently had their first single release “She’s Home”, check them out on Facebook)

Please save the date and fill your freezer with quality pork! Also available during the sale is goat, sheep, hogs, and steers. These kids work hard to raise the best quality meat around! So much time, sweat, sometimes tears goes into raising these animals. Your support of these kids would be greatly appreciated! You are not only filling your freezer with top quality meat but also investing in the future of young entrepreneurs. Price is sold as live hanging weigh per pound.
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Opening Ceremony start at 5:45pm to recognized outgoing senior members. The bidding starts at 6:00. The line up of the auction (subject to change) is goats, sheep, hogs and steers. However, an exact time can not be given on the charity hog as it depends on number of animals and bidders.
Please register prior to start of sale.

Members of Paula’s Promise will be available to speak with prior to the auction.
More info to come!

Erie Gives 2022 - Paula S. Cousins Ovarian & Endometrial Cancer Foundation Inc
2022-08-09 08:00 - 20:00 | Pa
ERIE GIVES 2022
Please support Paula S Cousins Ovarian & Endometrial Cancer Foundation Inc during Erie Gives

Checks will be accepted on Monday, August 8. The online event takes place on Tuesday, August 9. You have 12 hours to make your donation between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. EST.
Gift Amount: The minimum gift is $25. There is no limit to the amount of money you may give. (There is no limit to the number of organizations you can donate to in a transaction.)
Credit Cards: Only Visa, MasterCard and Discover will be accepted. The credit card processor charges a nominal fee per transaction.
Checks: Donors can write a check for their Erie Gives donation.

Checks must be made out to The Erie Community Foundation.
All check donations must be accompanied by a Check Donation Form, which will be available for download beginning Monday, June 20, 2022.
Checks must be delivered to The Erie Community Foundation (459 West 6th Street, Erie, PA 16507) no later than Monday, August 8, 2022.

Prorated Match: The Erie Community Foundation and our sponsors will enhance donors’ gifts by providing a prorated match to each gift made to a nonprofit.
Paula S. Cousins Ovarian & Endometrial Cancer Foundation Inc. earned $829.12 in 2021 from Erie Gives Day, Can we beat this amount in 2022?

Summer Fun Craft & Vendor Show
2022-06-25 09:00 - 14:00 | Venango Volunteer Fire Department 25, 21486 Meadville Str, Venango, PA, 16440
Paula’s Promise Info table will be set up at the “Summer Fun Craft & Vendor Show”
Come visit us and learn more about Ovarian & Endometrial Cancer, the silent killer, and learn about our more about our Foundation, and who we help. We will have info on female cancers, genetic testing, and Lynch Syndrome. We will also be collecting electric blankets for our Electric Blanket Drive. For every blanket you donated, your name will be enter into a drawing held in November for a gift certificate to the Millcreek Mall worth $75.00. There will also be 50/50 tickets available for purchase. The drawing will be held at our 2nd Annual Kickball Tournament & Craft Vendor show on Sept 17, 2022. Do not need to be present to win.

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Paula's Promise Fundraiser at Topsy Turvy
2022-03-21 18:30 | Topsy Turvy, 3751 W Lake Rd, Erie, PA, 16505
Sip and Paint Fundraiser
Come join us while we paint a spring Gnome and raise some money for Paula’s Promise. As you know 1 out of 78 women will be it diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer, unfortunately in the later stages. Monies raised will help us continue to raise awareness, our scholarship fund, donating gas & grocery gift cards, provide chemo comfort bags, donate raffle items to cancer benefits and other things as well . We assist patients with ANY types of cancer because all cancer sucks and no one should fight alone.
28 seats will be sold. Cost is $40 this includes all supplies need and a step by step guidance on the painting. Please bring your own snacks and whatever you wish to sip!
http://http://www.topsyturvyerie.com/book-online
Seats are selling fast! Get yours while they last!
All Painters will be enter into a Raffle Basket Item!

Electric Blanket Drive
2022-02-26 08:00 - 2022-11-01 17:00 | Pa
ELECTRIC BLANKET DRIVE
Paula’s Promise has been donating electric blanket to 5 Oncology Departments for patients receiving chemo treatments. (Corry, Hillman, Meadville, AHN St Vincent’s, and Warren) In Nov 2021, we donated over 50 electric blanket between the five Cancer Centers. We would love to double that amount for 2022 As you can imaging this is huge expense to our Foundation and we thought “Hey! Why not have a Electric Blanket Drive !! “.
For every electric blanket that you donate, your name is entered into a drawing for a $75 Millcreek Mall Gift Card. The winner of the Gift Card will be announced on Nov 15, 2022.
Electric Blankets can be dropped off at any or our informational tables or to Asset Protection ltd, 1311 West 26th Str., Erie PA 16508, M-F 9am – 4pm.
Electric blankets can be purchased and shipped directly to our Foundation using our Amazon Wish List
Or by contacting us by email at Paulaspromise@yahoo.com to arrange for a pick up.
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Paula's Promise KICKIN' IT FOR A CURE KICKBALL TOURNAMENT
2021-09-11 | Union City Little League Fields, 8 First Ave, Union City, PA, 16438, United States
Are you ready to kick cancers Arse and have some fun? Gather your teams, bring your family and join us Saturday September 11, 2021 at the Union City American Legion Little League Fields for our Kickball Tournament! First kick is at 8am. Teams must have at least 8 players, 2 must be females, and 16 years of age and up are welcome to play. Registration is $200 per team. Email us for more info at paulaspromise@yahoo.com. Not really into a kickball team? There will be craft vendors and FOOD TRUCKS!!!!! Come watch some kick ball and purchase tickets for our American Raffle with great items!
Money raised will help us continue to help those affected by cancer!

PAULA’S PROMISE KICKBALL TEAM REGISTRATION CLICK HERE!
