Elizabeth has become a great friend over the past few years and i wanted to introduce her to you! If you are wondering who Elizabeth is, she is the fabulous woman behind LaToriana – an online boutique with an exquisite range of clothing & accessories and an avid supporter to premmie families.

Being on the Premmie Foundation committee i kept hearing the word “Elizabeth” when we were in our meetings. Amanda and Bianca were raving on about Elizabeth about who and what she does especially for their group in Bendigo, Loddon Mallee Kids (premmie charity). The first time we made contact between us was in September 2008 (so long ago) with Elizabeth introducing herself and letting me know about her premmie baby range. I now know what a kind hearted, generous, considerate and giving person that she is. I now rave on about Elizabeth myself to almost everyone i meet because she has given so much to me by way of support and friendship over the years! She has been an enormous support myself and L’il Aussie Prems on so many occassions.

From the top of my head these are the amazing things she has done for L’il Aussie Prems;

• Sponsored the 2009 Premmie Hero Awards
• Sponsoring the 2010 Premmie Hero Awards
• Gave up her time to be one of our award judges last year
• Donated a $70.00 prize for a recent raffle that was ran over the weekend
• Donated the most gorgeous Vanchi carry bag for a prize
• Placed endless blogs about the awards and about L’il Aussie Prems on her site
• Drove all the way to my house (over 2hrs away) so she could meet the premmie parents for a photoshoot we did for the Herald Sun last year & it was the first time we ever met! I was soooooo excited!!

I know that there is sooooooooooooooooooooo much more and she gives so much to all the premmie groups. Elizabeth is a saint and i have been wanting to let you all know about her for such a long time (maybe i have been secretly keeping her to myself)? noooooo i haven’t but i know that there are 1000s of other people who recognise & know of her goodwill, generosity & the support that she gives to everyone so i can assure you that many of her friends will nod their heads in agreeance.

Elizabeth’s astounding generosity goes far above the realm. She has just amazingly donated a weekend away at a Beach House for my family (the boys will love the beach). The gorgeous members at L’il Aussie Prems had been organising over the past few months to arrange something to give back to LAP (which i was totally unaware of). I was caught off guard by their generosity and Elizabeth’s as well. I cannot thank them all enough! We all work hard because we love to help others not because we expect anything in return. Elizabeth is one of the most unselfish people i know and i cannot believe what she has given to my family.

Elizabeth is a hero. A hero mum. A hero friend. A hero for giving so much of herself to her business, customers and those who support families of premature babies. I am proud to have met her and proud to know her. She has always believed in every vision i have put towards her & i am excited to finally introduce Elizabeth to you.

Elizabeth’s famous tag line is “let’s grab a cuppa“, so let’s all raise our coffee cups and celebrate Elizabeth for the amazing person that she is!

Visit www.LaToriana.com.au for gorgeous clothing, toys and accessories.