Bridget’s Cradles concluded our Shine Their Light fundraiser held during October Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month.

We had set a goal to raise $75,000 in our peer-to-peer fundraiser, and though we didn’t meet the goal, we still raised significant funds to comfort grieving families.

Together, we raised $45,135!

We couldn’t have done this without each person who so generously donated to the fundraiser. Each gift will impact the lives of bereaved families by shining a light in the darkness of their grief.

Each year at Wave of Light, we award the team that raised the most funds (*excluding board members’ teams) with the Shine Their Light award.

This year, we are honored to announce the winner of the 2026 Shine Their Light award:

Kendall and Kylee Eden

In memory of their daughter, Junie Bea Eden, they raised $2,335.

Kylee shared, “We are the parents of Junie Bea Eden. She was born to Heaven on September 4th of last year. She was 32 weeks. Because she was 18 inches when she was born, we were gifted a memory keepsake at the hospital. At the time, we didn’t know what the memory keepsake meant or anything about Bridget’s Cradles.

But I had a lovely friend whose baby is being honored here today as well, gift me Ashley’s book, Cradled in Hope. And as we went through each chapter of the book together, I learned more and more about Bridget’s Cradles and the ministry that it has for families that have gone through similar things that we have gone through.

Being able to raise the money for this ministry meant a lot, not only to Kendall and I, but also to our families and the community that surrounded us as we lost Junie last year. Not only was this a way for us to continue to honor Junie, but we also understand the impact that it has on families who received a cradle or a memory keepsake in honor of their babies in Heaven, and we’ll be forever grateful for Bridget’s Cradles and the community that we were gifted with as what we’ve gone through.”

Thank you so much, Kendall and Kylee, for shining a light in memory of your precious Junie.

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We also want to thank the following Memorial Sponsors and Shine Their Light teams for fundraising:

• SRG and Bridget (Matt & Ashley Opliger) raised $10,134 in memory of their daughter, Bridget Faith Opliger, and in memory of Ashley’s father, Steven Golik
• Jack’s Pack (Jake & Casey Siegrist) raised $7,475 in memory of their son, Jack Monroe Siegrist
• Steve & Hillary Price-Coulter donated $5,000 in memory of their daughter Eva-Grace Price-Coulter and her siblings and Gammie in Heaven
• Kendall & Kylee Eden raised $2,335 in memory of their daughter, Junie Bea Eden
• Shiloh & Adalee’s Team (Rebecka and Adam Keesling) raised $1,521 in memory of their children, Adalee Elizabeth and Shiloh Keesling
• Adam Rittel raised $1,000 in memory of his daughter, Mary-Anne Amelia Rittel
• Kate Fish raised $1,030 in memory of her twins, Ethan and Hayley Fish
• Adrianna Kalbach donated $600 in memory of her daughter, Audrey Elizabeth
• Thomas’ Tribe (Laura Ondrovich) raised $547 in memory of her son, Thomas Stephen Ondrovich
• Christy Grunebach-Kolko donated $500 in memory of her son, Christopher Aaron Kolko

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Each of these teams’ donations played a vital role in the success of our Shine Their Light 2026 Fundraiser! We are now equipped to serve bereaved families with cradles, support, and resources in the weeks and months ahead.

If you haven’t had the chance to listen to the Cradled in Hope Podcast special Wave of Light bonus episode with the Reading of the Names, click on the link to do so now!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Shine Their Light fundraiser this year for shining your baby in Heaven’s light!

We look forward to hosting this special opportunity again next year for Wave of Light 2027. Mark your calendars for Friday, 10/15/2027!

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