The first Annual DJD Fight On Foundation Golf tournament will be held this year on June 27th with the scramble start at 1:00. The tournament will be held at:
The Manor Golf Course
153 Bran Road
Sinking Spring, Pa 19608
610-678-9597
For anyone who might have missed out last year this was a TON of fun for everyone. $80.00 per Person
Includes:
Greens Fee, Golf Cart, and Range Balls
Registration starting at 11:30
Dinner to follow afterwards at Pavilion( dinner will include barbecued chicken and roast beef)
For more information call: Chris Harmes 738-0861 / Steve Burridge 738-9121
Event to be held rain or shine. Also you can download the application from the foundation website at djdfighton.org
On the website you will also find more information on how you can sponsor the tournament or a hole. We are also accepting silent auction donations.
Please consider attending or helping out this great cause. This will be the foundation's main yearly fundraiser, along with the 5Ks, meaning there will only be 3 fundraisers per year ( unless someone sets one up on their own). More and more people are being diagnosed with cancer each day and more and more people are finding it difficult to meat the expenses incurred with cancer treatment. Please help fight back and fight on, so cancer patients and their families can focus on getting healthy. Your help and support means more than you could ever imagine to those battling this disease. Thanks everyone!
Mindy :)
Faith means don't panic.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Marathon
Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. I spent the weekend with Jim, Donna, and Marcy for her her birthday. I can honestly say it was one of the best weekends I've had in awhile :) It seems the time is upon us when my aunt and I are about to embark on our 26.2 mile adventure. What seemed like ages away when I began training in February is now days away. I will be heading to Baltimore Thursday night and flying into San Diego on Friday. The race begins at 6:30 am on Sunday, which will be 9:30 our time. if you are interested you can watch me finish the race live via the internet at http://www.rnrmarathon.com/home.html I hope to make you all proud, and once again thank you so much to everyone who supported me in my efforts to raise money. thanks to your support I was the #3 fundraiser!
Mindy :)
Mindy :)
Friday, May 15, 2009
Blog
Just wanted to pass along the blogsite of the family the foundation helped. The address is
http://mnmbeaver.blogspot.com/
Have a great weekend!
http://mnmbeaver.blogspot.com/
Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Marcy's Drive.... A BIG success!!!
Just wanted to update everyone and let you know that thanks to the efforts of Marcy and her wonderful friends 170 new people were added to the bone marrow registry. That is a HUGE turnout! Great job Mar! <3 Love you!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Marcy's Bone marrow Drive...
I will keep everyone posted on how Marcy's bone marrow drive goes today. We are all so proud of her :) I wanted to attach the link to the article that was in the Ohio University paper.
Mindy :)
http://thepost.baker.ohiou.edu/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=28316&TM=41645.89
Monday, May 11, 2009
Bone marrow drives
Tomorrow marcy and her friends are hosting a bone marrow drive at Ohio University. The bone marrow kits are free, and Marcy and her friends have put a lot of hard work into it, so I hope they have a great turnout!!!!
The second drive is an e-drive that is being sponsored by a friend of Derrick and I's, Duane Bailey Castro. He is a stem cell transplant survivor. Here is the information he emailed me about the drive.
-Like so many, I've been moved by six-year old Jasmina's desperate search to find a matched unrelated donor. For her aggressive form of leukemia, a bone marrow transplant holds the only hope of a cure.
Kai, who is four-years old, is also suffering from leukemia. He too is searching for a life-saving donor.
These two remarkable, resilient kids have inspired me. I contacted DKMS, which is coordinating the donor search for both Jasmina and Kai, to find out how I may be able to help. The result is this e-donor drive.
So, I need your help. If you're healthy, I hope that you will register to become a bone marrow donor. Even if you are not found to be a match for Jasmina or Kai, you may be the single hope that someone else has been waiting for. It only takes one person to save a life.
As the fortunate recipient of an anonymous donor's selfless generosity, I can speak firsthand about how critical this period is right now to these two precious kids and their families.
In order to register as a donor you must first check to see if you are eligible, then you must read about the commitment involved to ensure that you understand what it means to register as a bone marrow donor.
Once you have done this, send an email to info@dkmsamericas.org stating that you are eligible and understand your commitment. Please include the following drive code: DBC001.
Though I have not yet had the great honor of meeting the individual, who saved this stranger's life, I hope our paths will cross in the not-to-distant future. Just think: you may be the match for Jasmina, Kai, or someone else. Please spread the word!
Thanks,
Duane
The last bone marrow drive, I found out about today. At the Midwest Relay for Life from 5:30- 9:30 they will be having free bone marrow kits for anyone interested in signing up! I just got the official word today, and I was so excited! The National Marrow Donor program is going to be there and they are using Derrick's logo for their advertising. I will also be speaking at the Fight Back ceremony @ 7:30, which will be in conjunction with the marrow donor testing, which I feel so honored to be asked. I will be talking about the inspiration of Derrick and ways people can fight back against cancer!
The second drive is an e-drive that is being sponsored by a friend of Derrick and I's, Duane Bailey Castro. He is a stem cell transplant survivor. Here is the information he emailed me about the drive.
-Like so many, I've been moved by six-year old Jasmina's desperate search to find a matched unrelated donor. For her aggressive form of leukemia, a bone marrow transplant holds the only hope of a cure.
Kai, who is four-years old, is also suffering from leukemia. He too is searching for a life-saving donor.
These two remarkable, resilient kids have inspired me. I contacted DKMS, which is coordinating the donor search for both Jasmina and Kai, to find out how I may be able to help. The result is this e-donor drive.
So, I need your help. If you're healthy, I hope that you will register to become a bone marrow donor. Even if you are not found to be a match for Jasmina or Kai, you may be the single hope that someone else has been waiting for. It only takes one person to save a life.
As the fortunate recipient of an anonymous donor's selfless generosity, I can speak firsthand about how critical this period is right now to these two precious kids and their families.
In order to register as a donor you must first check to see if you are eligible, then you must read about the commitment involved to ensure that you understand what it means to register as a bone marrow donor.
Once you have done this, send an email to info@dkmsamericas.org stating that you are eligible and understand your commitment. Please include the following drive code: DBC001.
Though I have not yet had the great honor of meeting the individual, who saved this stranger's life, I hope our paths will cross in the not-to-distant future. Just think: you may be the match for Jasmina, Kai, or someone else. Please spread the word!
Thanks,
Duane
The last bone marrow drive, I found out about today. At the Midwest Relay for Life from 5:30- 9:30 they will be having free bone marrow kits for anyone interested in signing up! I just got the official word today, and I was so excited! The National Marrow Donor program is going to be there and they are using Derrick's logo for their advertising. I will also be speaking at the Fight Back ceremony @ 7:30, which will be in conjunction with the marrow donor testing, which I feel so honored to be asked. I will be talking about the inspiration of Derrick and ways people can fight back against cancer!
Monday, May 4, 2009
Lots of News and Updates...
Hello, hope everyone had a great weekend. I had a great time visiting Marcy this weekend in Ohio. First, be sure to check out the website at www.djdfighton.org for new updates and information. In other news,a friend that Derrick and I met in NYC, Duane, recently wrote an article that was published in the New York Times! Here is the link to the article http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/nyregion/thecity/03rive.html?ref=thecity. We met Duane, because he also had a stem cell transplant at Memorial Sloan Kettering, and he was a big help to us! Please check out this talented writer/photographer's article! Today I am meeting with the McClure Trinity Youth group who fundraised $400 for the chemo duck program in honor of Derrick. I am excited to meet them and thank them personally for their hardwork. In the next few days I will be posting some updates about the Youth group on the website.
I was recently contacted and asked to post some information about an upcoming fundraiser to benefit a local man who is having a stem cell transplant. Here is the information:
I was also contacted and asked to post some prayer requests. the first one is for a little 6 year old boy named Tyler who was diagnosed with leukemia and is receiving treatment at Hershey Medical Center. The next prayer is for Mike Beaver. He is the man that the foundation helped pay for some living expenses. Mike and his wife Mary just found out that his cancer has spread to his bones, lymph nodes, rib cage, and liver. Please pray for both Tyler and Mike and their families.
Lastly, in just a few short weeks, I will be running the marathon. I am happy to say that I have officially reached the $5,000 mark! It will be posted on my marathon website in a few days.
I was recently contacted and asked to post some information about an upcoming fundraiser to benefit a local man who is having a stem cell transplant. Here is the information:
SPAGHETTI DINNER
May 30
2pm-7pm
Watsontown United Methodist Church
Menu: Pickled Cabbage, Spaghetti, Italian Bread, Dessert & Beverage
Cost: FREE WILL OFFERING
As many of you know, Bill Phillips has been undergoing many medical procedures since January. As of July, he will be “out of pay”.
Bill & his family have been waiting to find a Bone Marrow donor match. The search has been narrowed down to several possible donors. Soon the procedure of chemo will start again to prepare him for a Bone Marrow transplant. During this he will be at the Philadelphia Hospital for 4-6 weeks. After his hospital stay, he will need to remain in the Philly area for 100 days due to the possible rejection from the transplant. There is housing offered by the hospital for the 100 day stay at the cost of $50 per day.
A benefit dinner will be held on May 30 to help compensate for the housing cost that will be endured. How can you help?
- Prayer – For everyone who has and will help those in need
- Donations - watch for details in the weekly bulletins
- Volunteer – Help will be needed for the meal (advertising, table setting, food prep, cooking, serving, clean-up, etc.)
- Attend – Plan on coming that evening for the meal
- Share – Let others know the details so they can come for dinner
- Prayer – For the Phillips Family, Physicians, and Donor
I was also contacted and asked to post some prayer requests. the first one is for a little 6 year old boy named Tyler who was diagnosed with leukemia and is receiving treatment at Hershey Medical Center. The next prayer is for Mike Beaver. He is the man that the foundation helped pay for some living expenses. Mike and his wife Mary just found out that his cancer has spread to his bones, lymph nodes, rib cage, and liver. Please pray for both Tyler and Mike and their families.
Lastly, in just a few short weeks, I will be running the marathon. I am happy to say that I have officially reached the $5,000 mark! It will be posted on my marathon website in a few days.
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