One Heart Foundation Receives 2010 Best of Orem Award

U.S. Commerce Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement

NEW YORK, NY, May 21, 2010 -- For the second consecutive year, One Heart Foundation has been selected for the 2010 Best of Orem Award in the Charitable Institutions category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).

The USCA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

Nationwide, only 1 in 70 (1.4%) 2010 Award recipients qualified as two-time Award Winners. Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2010 USCA Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties.

U.S. Commerce Association (USCA) is a New York City based organization funded by local businesses operating in towns, large and small, across America. The purpose of USCA is to promote local business through public relations, marketing and advertising.

The USCA was established to recognize the best of local businesses in their community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations, chambers of commerce and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to be an advocate for small and medium size businesses and business entrepreneurs across America.

Congratulations to Alan & Suzanne Osmond and the One Heart Foundation for again being chosen among the finest.

Joys and struggles / Osmonds to share how their faith in Christ helps them battle MS

OGDEN -- A special activity this year in recognition of the 75th anniversary of Ogden Pioneer Days is a community interfaith devotional.

The event, which begins at 6:30 p.m. July 19 at the Ogden Tabernacle, 2133 Washington Blvd,, will feature Alan Osmond and his sons, David, Scott, Jon, Doug, Michael, Nathan, Alex and Tyler, who perform as David Osmond and the Second Generation.

The event is possible because Alan and Suzanne Osmond will be in town to serve as grand marshals for the parade.

David Osmond and the Osmonds ¬�-- The Second Generation will perform in a concert the night before the devotional and will sing the National Anthem at the rodeo July 24.

The event, titled "Overcoming Adversity through Jesus Christ and His Atonement," will include talks by both Alan and David Osmond, and musical tributes, including original music by David Osmond.

"Both Alan and David Osmond battle multiple sclerosis," said Jana Rae Shaw, Ogden Pioneer Days community involvement director. "They have a message to share about daily overcoming adversity."

Shaw said the message of hope and overcoming hardship is one that people of all faiths will find beneficial.

"The Osmonds will honor our diversity as we seek to live out a common voice in response to human suffering," Shaw said.

"It is a universal message of hope for all, no matter the individual circumstance. We welcome and invite everyone to be part of this community gathering."

According to the family's biographical material, Alan Osmond, the oldest of the performing Osmond brothers, has performed all over the world. David Osmond has played to sold-out stadiums and arenas in the United States, Europe and Asia and most recently appeared on American Idol.

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Ogden Pioneer Days to feature Osmonds 2nd Generation

OGDEN — The Osmonds 2nd Generation and their parents, Alan and Suzanne, will appear as grand marshals at the Ogden Pioneer Days 75th Anniversary Celebration parade on July 24.

The parade begins at 9 a.m.

The Osmonds 2nd Generation, known around the world for singing, dancing and harmonizing, will reinforce the theme of this year's celebration, "A Tradition, Make It Yours," by providing good, wholesome family entertainment, according to a news release from event organizers.

The family will participate in more than 50 events during the celebration, including:

July 18, 10 a.m.: Ribbon cutting at Chidren's Treehouse Museum exhibit "How the West Was Fun."

July 18, 8 p.m.: Osmond family concert at Stewart Amphitheater. Tickets cost between $10 and $18; available at Smith's Tix.

July 19, 6:30 p.m.: Alan, Suzanne and David Osmond perform at a community interfaith fireside at the Ogden Tabernacle.

July 24, 9 a.m.: Osmond family serves as grand marshals during parade.

July 24, 7:30 p.m.: David Osmond and Osmonds 2nd Generation singing the national anthem at the rodeo.

For more information about the Ogden Pioneer Days 75th Anniversary Celebration, including a complete schedule of events, visit www.ogdenpioneerdays.com.

Alan & Suzanne - Strengthening Families

Alan & Suzanne will be speaking at the Healthy Women Expo at Tooele High School at 7:00 p.m. on April 2nd. Their topic is "Strengthening Families" and there will be a question and answer sessions afterward.

Tickets are $15 each and include a buffet dinner from 5:00-6:45, prior to their presentation. Tickets can be purchased by phoning 801-843-3600 (Dial 0)
Monday-Friday 8 AM – 5 PM.

Alan & Suzane Speaking at Utah Eagle Forum Convention

Saturday January 17, 2009
9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Salt Lake Community College, Larry Miller Campus
Free Enterprise Building Auditorium --- 9750 South 300 West Salt Lake City
Key Note Speaker: Jack Thompson

Evening Event features Alan & Suzanne Osmond, founders of the charity One Heart and thefamily.org

For more information, call Karen Clark at 801-254-7446
http://www.utaheagleforum.org/convention.php

REgistration at the door is $35. Meals not included.

Osmond 2nG on My Fox Utah

Here are the links for Alan and the Second Generation on My Fox Utah on Christmas Eve.

Bye Bye Blues

Alan is Donny

Side by Side

Love at Home

Ding Dong Daddy

Cornocopia

Boys' Quartet

Oh What a Beautiful Morning

Suzanne Osmond with Chef Brad

Helping All Charities Be of ONE HEART

Alan & Suzanne Osmond founded One Heart International, a non-profit organization designed to strengthen families and bring charities together by helping raise awareness and funds for worthwhile causes and organizations back in 1996. Over the past 12 years they have sought to unify charities for the good of all mankind, helping them to be "of One Heart."

This year, One Heart was selected as the exclusive charity for a new professional fund-raising organization called, uPlej (pronounced, "You Pledge"). uPlej.com is a new social networking site that is designed to help raise funds and awareness for YOUR favorite charities. One Heart helps to facilitate the donations to each of the selected charities without ever taking any percentage. The only way One Heart is sustained financially through uPlej is if YOU join THEIR uPlej network (www.uPlej.com/OneHeart) and/or choose them as YOUR charity of choice. What's nice about uPlej is that they allow you can change your charity every single month and spread the love to various causes.

uPlej is breaking down the walls between charities by helping them to come together. When one charity receives a donation on uPlej, so do 3 other charities (See the Donor Program info attached below). In fact, politicians in Utah have said that uPlej is "Brilliant" because it, "democratizes charitable giving." Now the small charities have equal opportunity to make just as much as the "Big Boys" who get all the donations. Governor Huntsman, upon learning about the uPlej model said, "Thank you so much for bringing charity to the youth." Even Utah's own Attorney General, Mark Shurtleff is a "uPlejer." The beautiful part about it all is that One Heart stands at the forefront of it all and is the charity that is helping to make it all possible.

Alan & Suzanne Osmond would like to invite YOU to join their FREE uPlej charity network by going to www.uPlej.com/OneHeart and clicking the little orange button that says, "Join FREE." Once you've filled out your information, be sure to login to the system by entering your username and password and then click "Edit User Profile." This will allow you to build a profile page on uPlej (similar to a Myspace of Facebook page). Once you've done that, you are ready to start inviting YOUR friends to join YOUR uPlej network. The more people that join YOUR network, the BIGGER the impact for YOUR favorite charities. Even if you choose to support a different charity than One Heart, so long as you are in their network, you are still supporting One Heart. "I want to invite all people everywhere to get involved and help make a difference for charity," said Alan Osmond. "uPlej is the best mechanism that I have found that allows you to give BIG without breaking the bank. And that's good news in today's economy!!!"

uPlej is FREE to join. Alan's son Nathan Osmond has already raised over $3,900 for charity over the past couple of months, simply by inviting people to join his uPlej network. Go to www.uPlej.com/OneHeart TODAY and become a "uPlejer" yourself. You'll
be glad you did!!!

Osmond brother to speak at State of Family Summit

By JENNIFER DEAN
The Press-Enterprise

The positive aspects of family will be honored Wednesday at the Family Service Association's State of the Family Summit at the Moreno Valley Conference Center.

Alan Osmond, eldest of the Osmond Brothers, will be the guest speaker at the event.

Osmond, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 22 years ago, stepped off the stage as a performer to begin a new career in motivational speaking, writing and creating family-oriented media.

At the summit he will talk about the One Heart Foundation, a nonprofit organization that brings charities together for worthwhile causes. The foundation is the brainchild of Osmond and his wife, Suzanne.

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Message from Alan & Suzanne

Message of Warning!

We wish to leave a message of warning and advice to all families about the impending danger or evil that we are facing.

We love this poem:

"All the water in the world, no matter how it tried, could ever sink the smallest ship, until it got inside.
All the evil in the world, and every kind of sin, could never damn a human soul . . . UNLESS WE LET IT IN!

Unfortunately, we CANNOT proclaim that "All is well" . . . because we are vulnerable to the destructive forces of evil that are all about us in this SIN-SICK WORLD.

Of the GREATEST concern in this day are these evils which tear at the fabric of the HOME and the FAMILY.

Most of the Sit Coms,Dramas, & Reality Shows contain Immorality, Violence, and subtle ridicule of traditional values, and traditional families. Each year the new shows seem to get worse, pushing the envelope of what the public will accept.

What comes out of Hollywood, and off the Internet, and in much of today's music
creates a web of decadence that can trap our children and endanger all of us. We have virtually given the monopoly to the world of PRIMETIME TV, glorifying the four things that will destroy a civilization:
The Lust for Power
The Lsut for Riches
The Lsu for Popularity
and the Desires of the Flesh.

Largely because of Television, we need continually . . . to fortify our homes and families and defend them against the onslaught of evils . . . such evils are very real, and very threatening. One has but to read the headlines of our newspapers and magazines to become frighteningly aware of the crumbling, destructive influences which surround us.

I am specifically concerned with today's media and the powerful negative effect it can have on families and on family life. The choices we make in media can be symbolic of the choices we make in life. If we choose the TRENDY and the TITILATING and the TAWDRY in TV Programs or in watching MOVIES . . . it can cause us to end up, if we're not careful, of choosing the SAME THINGS in the way we live our lives. If we do not make good choices, the media can devastate our families and pull our children away from the traditional family path.

We live in a time of war, the spiritual war that will never end. War itself now dominates the affairs of mankind. Our world at war, has lost its innocence!

There is nothing, however crude or unworthy, that is not deemed acceptable for movies or plays or music or conversation. The World seems to be TURNED UPSIDE DOWN!

We can live in the world without letting the world into us! Our family values can carry men and women buoyantly through the mist of darkness to the source of ALL LIGHT and truth. We can raise children who have been taught to discern and to make personal good decisions.

We must worship the LORD in truth and keep all of HIS commandments. We must seek for an enlarged capacity to influence the world toward a return to righteousness and a pure love of God.

May the Lord bless us in all our homes and families, as we strive to draw nearer to Him and keep His commandments. We humbly pray.

Alan & Suzanne Osmond

All Eight Osmond Brothers Earn Eagle Award

Tyler Osmond, Troop 1344, eighth son of Alan and Suzanne Osmond, recently achieved their family’s goal for all of their sons to earn the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America organization.

After all eight finished the cub scout program where Alan served as Cubmaster and Suzanne as Committee Chairman, Suzanne remembers making and racing many fine crafted Pinewood Derby Cars. Each Osmond boy then started training as a Boy Scout and learning to serve others, to be “helpful at all times”, to “Be Prepared” and to live the “Scout Law”.

It started with the first son, Michael. This tradition and goal continued among their family with Nathan, Douglas, David, Scott, Jon, Alex and finally Tyler. Father Alan, a veteran in the Army, taught his sons crafts like archery and shooting skills. He presented each of his Eagle sons a .22 rifle with their Eagle Award.

Ronald Reagan told Alan several years ago that, “a boy who achieves an Eagle Scout Award has one of the best achievements that can be listed on his resume that shows achievement and leadership in his youth!” There are also no better values to be learned, especially in today’s world, than to be Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave Clean, and Reverent!

Above, they hold a framed picture of all eight sons holding their special Eagle Award.

Pictured from L to R =
Scout leaders: Doug Padilla, Alan Osmond, Suzanne Osmond, Eagle Tyler Osmond, Jim Daniels, Ron Lewis, Adrian Hinton, Kevin Wilson, and Brett Michaelis.

Osmonds on Good Morning Utah

If you would like to watch the Good Morning Utah segment, click on the link below:

http://www.abc4.com/content/gtu/featured_on/story.aspx?content_id=0c1fd83a-2745-4ea3-ab0f-9318cd5145a0&articleID=81931

An Osmond Mother's Day Tribute

From: Good Things Utah

Alan and Suzanne have eight children and 15 grandchildren ... and counting. Alan, Suzanne and their eight charming sons, young men also known as The Osmonds - Second Generation, share favorite family memories and a beautiful tribute to ... Mom.Raising eight boys is a daunting task for anyone and her son David expressed amazement that in the early years, Suzanne was keeping up with six of those little boys who were all under the age of eight! What is her secret? "Get up early, get yourself ready first, then get everyone else ready or you won't even get into the shower until after noon!" The Osmond boys love Mom's cooking and she is famous for keeping a chocolate cake ready to feed them at anytime. But, growing boys can't live on cake alone and Suzanne is armed with an amazing arsenal of delicious, fullfilling recipes and tips. You can get her treasure trove of information from her website, Cooking for Boys. For more information about the Osmond family, Alan and Suzanne's charity, One Heart, and the all latest Osmond news please visit the family website: http://www.osmond.com/.

http://www.abc4.com/content/gtu/featured_on/story.aspx?content_id=0c1fd83a-2745-4ea3-ab0f-9318cd5145a0

Suzanne Osmond on Good Things Utah

Suzanne Osmond, Alan's wife and mother to The Osmonds: Second Generation, will be on Good Things Utah on Thursday, May 8, 2008. Be sure to tune in if you live in the viewing area.

Michael & Beka Welcome #6

Beka Osmond gave birth to another girl at 12:50 a.m. Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Michael says they will decide on the name later tonight, but you can bet she will fit the pattern following her older sisters and brother: Suzannah, Sarah, Sasha, Sean, and Sophie!

This new little one makes grandchild #15 for Alan and Suzanne.

We will post a name update tomorrow.