Feb 6 10
I see online that we already have 20 inches of snow and who knows how much more. It looks really cool outside. I love the snow…shoveling is not a lot of fun, but you can’t have everything.
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On Monday evening, I traveled to Dover for the viewing of 8 year old, Ethan Max Williams. As you may know, Ethan is a HUGE Phillies fan and he was laid out in a Phillies casket. The sight of a child in a small, open casket gets indelibly etched into your memory. We will NEVER stop fighting until we win this war against childhood cancers. Please keep the Williams/Burgess families in your prayers.
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We just learned that the Ursuline (Ali’s alma mater) community is doing a fundraiser on Tuesday evening at the Ursuline-Padua basketball game. The night will be in honor of B+ Hero, Savannah Pauley, who passed away last September. Proceeds from the fundraiser will go to The Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation to fight childhood cancer and help families of critically ill children. Please come out to Ursuline to join us in honoring Savannah.
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As you know, Andrew loved the game of soccer and one of his proudest accomplishments was representing his state in the Olympic Development Program (ODP). I just received an email from Mary Ann McKenna, the Director of the Delaware ODP that all Delaware Boys ODP players will wear a special training shirt which will consist of both the Delaware ODP logo and the B+ logo. What a great way to honor our Hero. Thank you SO much! I’m sure Andrew is smiling.
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By the way, I had a dream the other night with Andrew in it. I LOVE when I get a visit from Andrew in my dreams. They aren’t that frequent. It was very short but nice. Andrew was coming off of the ice from playing hockey (that part is kind of odd…he could skate, but he didn’t play ice hockey…maybe it was the recent Sallie ice hockey game) and I caught him before heading into the locker room. I was by myself and I asked him if I could give him a hug and kiss and he stopped and we hugged and I kissed him. It meant so much to me. I asked him if Chris and Ali could get a hug and kiss the next game and he smiled and said “of course”! Kind of odd, but that’s what it was.
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Finally, I would like to put a call out for “B+ Ambassadors” around the country. As you know, we have helped families in 31 states so far, yet we raise money primarily from the tri-state region here. To spread the reach of The B+ Foundation far and wide, we have had some people volunteer to run B+ fundraising events in their communities. We have interest expressed in Southern California, Salt Lake City, Chicago, Sarasota (FL), and in Virginia. The events are primarily B+ Walks and in some of the other cases, a motorcycle rally and a soccer tournament. Just think, if we could hold B+ Walks in 10 cities across the country, not only would we raise a lot of money for childhood cancer, but we would greatly expand the awareness of the cause. But, to do this, we need your help. It needs to be a grassroots effort in your community. I have a one pager outlining the ABC’s of organizing a B+ Walk and can help you to some degree from afar, but what we really need are “B+ Ambassadors” around the country. Would you like to be a “B+ Ambassador” in your area to help us with our mission? I hope there will be great interest. Please contact me at joe@livelikeandrew.org. Thank you very much for considering this.
Enjoy the snow or whatever weather you’re having. You can’t change it…the only thing that you can change is your attitude.
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