Yellow Umbrella Party: An Amy Krouse Rosenthal Foundation Virtual Benefit

October 8, 2020
7 - 8 PM CST

Register, Tickets, Auction & Donate

It’s our second annual party! See more details and learn how to inquire about sponsorship here.

AKR Day
Chicago, IL

On 8/9/16 (the release date of Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal), Mayor Rahm Emmanuel proclaimed that it was Amy Krouse Rosenthal Day in Chicago.

Unfortunately, due to COVID- 19, this event has been cancelled.

Jason Rosenthal Book Event
May 11, 2020
7 pm
JCC Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN

On March 3, 2017, beloved children's book author Amy Krouse Rosenthal published an extraordinary essay in the New York Times Modern Love column entitled, "You May Want to Marry My Husband", encouraging her husband, Jason, to find happiness after she died. The column instantly went viral, reaching over five million people worldwide and sparking an emotional conversation about love and loss. Amy's husband Jason B. Rosenthal picks up where she left off in My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me. Throughout the memoir, Jason details their remarkable love story, its painful end, and what happened after Jason tried to honor Amy's dying wish to live his best life while he and their three grown children confronted the world without her.

World Ovarian Cancer Day - Yoga Instagram Live @akrfoundation

This annual day of awareness takes place across the world. Each year on May 8th, women living with ovarian cancer, their families and supporters, along with patient advocacy organizations from around the world, come together to raise awareness about ovarian cancer.

Join us for a one hour yoga class mixed with inspirational musings from the writings of Amy Krouse Rosenthal.

World Ovarian Cancer Day is an initiative of the World Ovarian Cancer Coalition.

See WOCD’s official website for more information and ways to get involved.

Unfortunately, due to COVID- 19, this event has been cancelled.

Jason Rosenthal Book Event
May 7, 2020
7 pm
Highland Park Public Library
Highland Park, IL

On March 3, 2017, beloved children's book author Amy Krouse Rosenthal published an extraordinary essay in the New York Times Modern Love column entitled, "You May Want to Marry My Husband", encouraging her husband, Jason, to find happiness after she died. The column instantly went viral, reaching over five million people worldwide and sparking an emotional conversation about love and loss. Amy's husband Jason B. Rosenthal picks up where she left off in My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me. Throughout the memoir, Jason details their remarkable love story, its painful end, and what happened after Jason tried to honor Amy's dying wish to live his best life while he and their three grown children confronted the world without her.

*Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled.

Jason Rosenthal Book Event
April 27, 2020
7 pm
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd
Corte Madera, CA

On March 3, 2017, beloved children's book author Amy Krouse Rosenthal published an extraordinary essay in the New York Times Modern Love column entitled, "You May Want to Marry My Husband", encouraging her husband, Jason, to find happiness after she died. The column instantly went viral, reaching over five million people worldwide and sparking an emotional conversation about love and loss. Amy's husband Jason B. Rosenthal picks up where she left off in My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me. Throughout the memoir, Jason details their remarkable love story, its painful end, and what happened after Jason tried to honor Amy's dying wish to live his best life while he and their three grown children confronted the world without her.

*We are still gathering as a community —for a VIRTUAL event — to raise awareness and raise funds for ovarian cancer research. More information will be shared by the OCRA.

On April 26, 2020, just three days before what would have been Amy’s 55th birthday (on April 29th), Team MORE4AKR will join together to remember and honor Amy, as well as others who are living with or surviving family members who have lost a relative to ovarian cancer, at the Ovarian Cycle Chicago event.

As the OCRA's Chicago Community Partner, 50% of the funds raised by our MORE4AKR team will go back to benefit the AKR Foundation's efforts towards the early detection of ovarian cancer.

*Unfortunately, this event has been cancelled due to COVID-19. We will update our calendar as further announcements are made.

Jason Rosenthal Book Event
April 22, 2020
7 pm
Everybody’s Coffee
935 W Wilson Ave
Chicago, IL

On March 3, 2017, beloved children's book author Amy Krouse Rosenthal published an extraordinary essay in the New York Times Modern Love column entitled, "You May Want to Marry My Husband", encouraging her husband, Jason, to find happiness after she died. The column instantly went viral, reaching over five million people worldwide and sparking an emotional conversation about love and loss. Amy's husband Jason B. Rosenthal picks up where she left off in My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me. Throughout the memoir, Jason details their remarkable love story, its painful end, and what happened after Jason tried to honor Amy's dying wish to live his best life while he and their three grown children confronted the world without her.

The Resilience of Love
April 21, 2020
4 pm
Online Event

After his wife, the filmmaker and children’s author Amy Krouse Rosenthal, passed away in 2017, Jason Rosenthal and his family had to adapt to a new normal. On April 21, Rosenthal and his daughter, Paris, a best-selling author and filmmaker in her own right, will sit down to discuss his new memoir, “My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me,” exploring its lessons about love, loss, and how families can bond together in times of trouble as they begin a new chapter in their lives.

World Read Aloud Day

“For 10 years World Read Aloud Day (WRAD) has called attention to the importance of sharing stories by challenging participants to grab a book, find an audience, and read aloud! The global effort is now celebrated in over 173 countries and counting!

Join the movement! Below you will find everything you need to make WRAD a joyous day for students, teachers, and families.

THE YELLOW UMBRELLA PARTY:
Amy Krouse Rosenthal Benefit

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

To become a Yellow Umbrella Party Sponsor, email betsy@amykrouserosenthalfoundation.org for a sponsorship package.

Jason speaks on a panel about resilience!

October 17, 2019
12:00pm-1:30pm
The Harris Theater
205 E. Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60601

“As tennis great Billie Jean King famously stated, “champions adjust.” In this Talk, we’ll hear remarkable individuals share their inspiring stories of resilience, taking in lessons for success along the way. You’ll hear stories of tenacity, courage, fear and strength that will challenge you to push through your own limitations, self doubt, and momentary failures to unlock your inner champion.”

Join us for donation class during Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month to raise funds for ovarian cancer research.

September 28, 2019
1:30pm-2:30pm
Orangetheory Fitness Evanston
2800 Central Street
Evanston, IL 60201

TO REGISTER: Call (847) 491-9090 and press 1

100% of donation goes to AKR Foundation
Minimum donation of $15
Open to OTF members and nonmembers

Questions? Email team@amykrouserosenthalfoundation.org

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Look for events in your area.

We’ve put together some materials you can download, print, and distribute around your community.

DOWNLOAD PDFS:

Volunteer Opportunity
Bernie’s Book Bank
4:30-5:30pm

Help sort, sticker, and pack books (including Exclamation Mark by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, donated by the AKR Foundation) for the at-risk Chicagoland children Bernie’s Book Bank serves.

Sign up here.

Storytime & book signing with Jason Rosenthal
Saturday, August 10th
1441 W Webster Ave
Chicago, IL
11:00am

Storytime & book signing with Paris Rosenthal
Saturday, August 10th
150 E 86th Street
Upper East Side
New York, NY
11:00am

AKR Day
Chicago, IL
On 8/9/16, Mayor Rahm Emmanuel proclaimed that it was Amy Krouse Rosenthal Day in Chicago.

Platform in the Parks Program
Revere Park
2509 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago, IL 60618
6:00-7:00pm

Readings and activities inspired by the work of Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Tickets

Art installation in memory of Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Grandmother’s Garden, Chicago

Ovarcome Annual Gala
Westin Hotel, Memorial City
945 Gessner Rd, Houston, TX 77024
6:30pm—10:00pm

”Founded in 2012, Ovarcome is a global ovarian cancer foundation inspired by the simple philosophy of support, love, and a celebration of life. We would like to cordially invite you to our 6th Annual Gala on Saturday May 18, 2019, in honor and support of women with ovarian cancer.

 Our goal for this gala is to raise funds for our core objectives: 

• Support and fund breakthrough ovarian cancer research in search of a cure

• Expand our financial support programs for ovarian cancer patients in need

• Increase awareness and educational outreach, seminars and conferences

• Expand our grassroots international efforts”

Get tickets, donate, or find out more.

Find out more.

We Wish You More
National Healthcare Decisions Day
Goodwood Carriage House
1600 Miccosukee Rd, Tallahassee, FL
6:00pm—7:30pm

Come hear Jason share what he has learned from his wife’s generosity: about sharing with others what you want in life along with what you may want for them after you are gone.
Jason Rosenthal’s book, Dear Boy, will be available for purchase and autographing from Midtown Reader at the event!

More information

Text “I love you” to someone at 4:29.

(Amy’s wish from her book Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal)

Community Partner for Ovarian Cycle Ride
Midtown Athletic Club Chicago
2444 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
1:30pm-3:30pm
”OCRA’s spin to end ovarian cancer returns on Sunday, April 28, 2019, and this year you can join us at one of two locations in the Chicago area!  Spin for a cure for ovarian cancer at Midtown Athletic Club in Bannockburn or at Midtown Athletic Club Chicago. Ride solo or with a team, or go virtual to show your support! Survivors ride for free.”
Register or donate here

The companion to the bestselling Dear Girl comes out today:

Dear Boy, by Jason and Paris Rosenthal.

Learn more.

Amy Krouse Rosenthal was a person who liked to make things.

Some things she liked to make:
Children's books.
Grown-up books.
Short films.
Salads.
Connections with the universe.
Something out of nothing.
Wishes. 

According to The New York Times, Amy's award-winning children's books "radiate fun the way tulips radiate spring: they are elegant and spirit-lifting." Her 30+ books for children include Little Pea, Uni the Unicorn, I Wish You More, Exclamation Mark, Spoon, Chopsticks, Duck! Rabbit!, The OK Book, Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons, Plant a Kiss, and Dear Girl, which she co-authored with her daughter.

As for her adult work, Amazon named Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life one of the top 10 memoirs of the decade. Her second interactive memoir, Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal, was the first of its kind.

Her viral videos include The Beckoning of Lovely, The Money Tree, The Kindness Thought Bubble, The Wisdom Project, and Life is a Marathon.

She was a contributor to the TED conference and NPR.

Her final essay, You May Want to Marry My Husband, was published in the New York Times Modern Love column ten days before she died in March 2017. It immediately went viral, and became one of the most-read essays that year. To date, it has been read by over four million people across the globe.

Amy lived with her family on a tree-lined street in Chicago. She passed away on March 13, 2017.

Read her New York Times obituary here.