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The attached product was referenced to the City
Commission during Mayor John F. Bush's
Report at the August 24, 2009 City Commission
Regular Meeting.
A Mother's Dream, a Son's Legacy, a Wonderful Toy
Aranza made her first doll for her baby sister when she was just 16 years old.
Everyone loved the doll and many people asked her to make one for them. 7,
She loved to design and create. Each doll was better than the last. Over time
while raising her 3 children and working in different careers such as school
teacher, clay artisan, and Senior Software Engineer for an aerospace .1
company, Aranza created an entire concept for educating children while 4/
having fun using cartoon characters that match the dolls and fun computer
games for small children to play.
Ivan was Aranza's eldest child and her most supportive partner in her quest.
i After high school, he was devoted to making the educational adorable dolls
a success. Together they worked relentlessly making the dolls and testing
the market in local malls and trade shows. Just as their ideas and efforts
4 seemed to be coming together, God called Ivan home. Ivan had a very rare
heart condition that had gone unnoticed. He died while riding his bicycle on
1 .'4 the way home from work. Ivan was only 23 years old. Aranza put
i everything away.
4.
I came into the picture a couple of years later. After being together for some
time, Aranza showed me one of the dolls. She made it as a birthday gift for
the daughter of a friend. I'm not exactly what you would call a "doll- friendly guy but her doll
was absolutely adorable. When I saw the reaction of everyone, literally everyone, that held this
doll, I knew it was very special. Aranza and I talked about it for more than a year before she
decided to try it again. This would be Ivan's legacy.
We refined the ideas, the doll characters, and the clothes. We created the interactive cartoon
school and dubbed it the "eSchool We decided to manufacture them ourselves here in the
United States instead of sending them overseas. We wanted create local jobs and do something to
help our homeland economy.
In 2007 we started. Several design changes, misfortunes, miracles,
tragedies and celebrations later, including Whoopi Goldberg and the ABC'
show the View, Dwight Howard and the NBA playoffs, planes, trains and
automobiles, and thanks to family, friends and angels, we now have a
factory running full steam in Florida and some wonderful products that
appear to be in high demand. 1 oi
If not for Ivan and his mother's dream, we would not be here today and
thousand of
children would not be enjoying the lifetime keepsakes we
create. The Adorable Kinders are truly Ivan's legacy.'
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Adorable Kinders Rag Dolls
380 W State Rd 434
Winter Springs, FL 32708 -2549
Phone: 800-393-7660
www.AdorableKinders.com