Who Are We?

     Bailey's Heartprints is an organization dedicated to continue a legacy of kindness in memory and honor of Bailey Leander James McCollum. 
     Bailey James Leander McCollum was a kind, loving little boy who loved to be active and had a tremendous amount of curiosity. Bailey was killed in a car accident On October 8, 2013.  He was going to turn 6 on November 5th.  Bailey had just started kindergarten weeks before the accident. 
     In order to honor and remember Bailey we decided to start an organization. After great thought and inspiration from P.K. Hallinan and his book, "Heartprints", we created Bailey's Heartprints and made it our life goal to make Bailey's legacy one of kindness. ​

Here is an overview of our timeline since Bailey's Heartprints in 2013:
2013 - Bailey's Heartprints Kindness Cards
2014 - Inception of Bailey's Heartprints Theater Scholarship for graduating Seniors 
2014 - Inaugural Bailey's Ball as our first fundraiser
2015 - Heartprint Heroes Program for Elementary  Schools
2015 - Turned Bailey's Ball into a family fun Halloween Themed Event-
                                                                                              "Bailey's Halloween Spooktacular Ball"
2018 - Inception of Heart of Gold 8th Grade Scholarship
2018 - Started Bailey's Buddy Bench Fundraising Campaign
2019 - Began visiting schools and holding assemblies to promotoe and grow Bailey's Heartprint Heroes
2019 - Purchased first 2 Buddy Benches for Bailey's  alma mater, Somers Elementary School
2020 - Bailey's Spooktacular! (Virtual Contests due to COVID)
2022 - Centered focus on Elementary students and discontinued scholarships
2024 - Bailey's Spooktacular Ball is back!
To date:
3,000 Bailey's Heartprint Cards have been distributed
1,000 children have become Heartprint Heroes
22 Scholarships were granted
2 Bailey's Buddy Benches donated         
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