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Benefiting families of children with cancer. (508) 636-7369 Be Proud of Yourselves Again. With all
your help, the Foundation has been able to assist many more families in
need. The recipients have been
extremely grateful for the help we were able to provide, during his or her own personal battle with this insidious disease. CHIDREN HELPED in ’08: Owyn
- 5 years old with PMA (brain) from Dudley, MA Evan – 7 years old with autism & lymphoma from
Acushnet, MA Jacob
- 8 years old with astrocytoma (brain) from
Somerset, MA Katie
- 11 years old with PNET (brain) from N. Reading, MA Courtney
- 17 years old with osteosarcoma (bone) from
Bridgewater, MA Scarlett - 14 months old with acute myloid
leukemia from Somerset, MA Luciano - 5 years old with acute lymphocytic
leukemia from Brookline- The Jimmy Fund Summer
- 4 years old with acute lymphocytic leukemia from
Silver Lake, NH Aleksus - 2 years old with acute myelogenous
leukemia from The Jimmy Fund Elizabeth
- 3 years old with diffuse glioblastoma from
Rockland, MA Mary
- 6 years old with liver cancer from Berkley, MA Aidan
- 4 years old with ependymoma (brain) froma Sharon, MA Events Held §
February 16, 2008 - Poker tournament, prizes for
top finishers §
March 28, 2008 - Spring Fling. Featured spiritual
medium Maureen Hancock, dinner, raffle & silent auction §
April 27, 2008 - 5K run/walk, prizes for top
finishers, refreshments, raffles §
September 21, 2008 - Bike ride, 40K or 100K scenic
ride, refreshments, massage therapist, raffle items §
October 12, 2008 - Motorcycle ride, scenic foliage
tour, band, refreshments, raffle items at ending point Upcoming Events,
register by logging onto www.mydevin.org §
March 27, 2009 - Spring Fling, featuring spiritual
medium Maureen Hancock, DJ, dinner, raffle & silent auction. §
April 26, 2009 - 5K run/walk, cash prizes for top
finishers, refreshments, raffle
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September 20, 2009 - Bike Ride, 40K or 100K,
refreshments, raffle items, hopefully a massage therapist, we are looking at the idea of doing a 2-4 day bike ride,
for serious riders, please let us know if you have any interest in this §
October 11, 2009 - foliage tour of SE New England
approx. 50 miles, refreshments, DJ or band, raffle Other Points of Interest We wanted to try to have sponsor sheets available
for those participants ambitious enough to go out and get extra donations for
their work. Originally I had enclosed
them with flyers; this year we’d like interested parties to get it from the
web site. This is a great way to
create awareness, for what you are doing and inform others of the dire need
of these families. Real children lost
in the abyss of this disease with parents not knowing where to turn. We were also quite surprised to be contacted by
The Jimmy Fund, for us to help families.
For us, this begged the question of where all the money they easily
raised had gone. We were informed that
they rely on smaller organizations to actually help families. I was a little surprised to find out that
they had not allocated any funds for families. They are strictly research based and have
salaries to be paid. Please always
know that we are strictly volunteer based, which means a lot to us. The Foundation also made it through its first
experience of filing taxes. We were
required to do so after five years (it was only four, but that’s OK). I was very glad I kept accurate
records!!! It was a little nerve
wracking, to make sure all my “t’s were crossed and I’s dotted”. I
just finished this years filing, and am glad to have that done, yeah!! Our Web Site We would like you to utilize our web site www.mydevin.org to
register for events, for your convenience.
We are also going to cut down on our mailing and send the newsletter
by e-mail and have it posted on the web site.
Thank you for saving us this expense, thus giving more to the kids!! Memorial Gifts Walter J. Burns Andrew Dumont Rick
Fastoso Frank
Kmiec Dottie
Zutaut Aidan Loftus
Donation Form; Name; Address: State: Zip: Checks payable to; DEVIN LAUBI FOUNDATION c/o
504 Main Rd. Westport, MA 02790 |
