Diana Russo and Brianna O’Donaghue have been best friends for 10 years, have always done everything together and have grown to love making bracelets and jewelry together. Brianna and Diana have always been interested in helping a charity by selling their hand made products. With the help of their parents, they researched CURE Childhood Cancer. In the past, Diana’s mother had donated to CURE Childhood Cancer and they followed in her footsteps They created a website called “Wishful Threads” to market their handmade products and are donating 16% of their profit to CURE.
Brianna is currently enrolled in ninth grade. She is on the Cheerleading team and in her free time, she enjoys babysitting, gardening, cooking, and, of course, making handmade products. Her specialty is making the handmade earrings that are sold on Wishful Threads. She learned to make earrings from her grandmother and also taught herself.
Diana is currently enrolled in 10th grade. She enjoys gymnastics and playing the flute and piccolo in the school bands. Her specialty is making friendship bracelets, knitting and crocheting items sold on Wishful Threads. She learned how to make friendship bracelets from books and mostly by teaching herself. She learned to crochet and knit from her grandma.
Brianna and Diana lead busy lives but through it all they have always wanted to giveback to others. Wishful Threads will allow them to give back in a way that is special to them. CURE is very honored to be their charity of choice! Click here to visit their site and support both Wishful Threads and CURE Childhood Cancer!
