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[APO-L] Jimmy Fund walk in memory of John Grossi
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (yusef albader)
Mon Sep 20 14:47:05 2004
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:14:23 -0700
Reply-To: yusef albader <ybka@YAHOO.COM>
From: yusef albader <ybka@YAHOO.COM>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
Hey folks,
A group of brothers from the Boston area are
participating in this weekend's Boston Marathon Jimmy
Fund Walk in memory of John Grossi.
For those of you who knew John, well, really what can
I say about John. I know that everyone that met him
is a better person because of it. I know that I can
not begin to describe how much of a positive influence
John had on my life, as my big brother, as my mentor
in APO, as my friend, and I am a much better person
today because I knew him.
I am writing to everyone on the list asking for
support for this team. Their fundraising goal is
$10,000 and if they reach that, the money will go
directly to one of John's doctors Dr. Tim Gilligan.
This money will go to fund his research in early
cancer detection so perhaps someday friends and family
won't lose loved ones.
you can view the team page (And donate as well) at
http://www.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=47020&lis=1&kntae47020=3FF3DF3F6ACF465FBDC6ABEC390C21B7&team=461683
every dollar is much appreciated! attached is the
original email that I got from one of the team
members, Jeff Carson (an alumn from Kappa
Omicron/Umass)
--- Jeff Carson <jcarson@SHORE.NET> wrote:
> From Jeff Carson Fri Sep 17 08:13:21 2004
>
> This weekend some of John Grossi's friends and
> family are walking in
> memory of him in the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund
> Walk.
>
> Some are walking the full 26 miles while others
> including myself are
> walking the half marathon distance of 13 miles.
>
> I am writing to everyone on the list asking for
> support for this team.
> Our fundraising goal is $10,000 and if we reach our
> goal, the money will
> go directly to one of John's doctors Dr. Tim
> Gilligan. This money will go
> to fund his research in early cancer detection so
> perhaps someday friends
> and family won't lose loved ones.
>
> If you could take a few minutes to go to the team
> page and donate to the
> team, or even one of the 16 members walking on
> Sunday that would be great.
> Right now the team has raised $3,439 online (there
> are some folks raising
> money offline as well), but I'm sending this note
> out hoping that John's
> brothers on aposoc can help push us over the top.
>
>
> Please visit:
>
http://www.kintera.org/faf/search/searchTeamPart.asp?ievent=47020&lis=1&kntae47020=3FF3DF3F6ACF465FBDC6ABEC390C21B7&team=461683
> and consider donating to a great cause in memory of
> a great brother.
>
> PS: If you are in the Boston area and want to join
> in there is a link for
> that as well on the page.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff Carson
>
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