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It’s that time of year again. Please read.
As many of you know, my family and I are big supporters of the March of Dimes. And over the past three years, Thorp Board members have gone a looong
way to support our fundraising efforts – to the tune of $999. (Seriously.) I can’t begin to tell you how much your generosity means to us!
Well, we’re doing the annual March for Babies event again next Saturday, so here I am hittin’ you up one more time. We’ve set a goal for ourselves of
$3500. If you are at all capable of contributing, we’d love your support. Anything. We’ll take it.
Please visit our personal page at: http://www.marchforbabies.org/teamsadie
The money we raise helps the March of Dimes accomplish their mission of preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality by funding
research, community services and public advocacy.
Thanks for everything.
BD & Family
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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BDx13
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Two more things...
One...
For those of you that don’t know, my daughter Sadie was born at 25 weeks, weighing just a pound and a half. She’s endured months in the hospital,
hundreds of doctors’ appointments and countless hours of therapy.
And you know what the amazing part is? She’s fine. Sure, she still sees a few specialists and has two hours of therapy a week, but to meet her today
– you’d never know.
The fact of the matter is, however, that we’re the lucky ones. Each year in the United States:
- 500,000 babies are born premature (that’s 1 in 8)
- 120,000 babies are born with a birth defect
- 27,000 babies will die before their first birthday
- 9.3 million children don’t have health coverage
...and that’s exactly why we continue to participate.
(Sadie at three days, three weeks and three years old.)
Two...
This year, for the first time, we have expanded our fundraising by taking on team sponsors. I’d like to give the following businesses a shout out for
all of their help and support:
Church Farm School
Def Star Screenprinting
Emma Design Studio
Fairman's Skate Shop
Large Animal Games
Sunset Hill Jewelers & Fine Arts Gallery
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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money sent.
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DONE.
Hope you make your goal Duane.
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How long is fundraiser lasting?
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Go Team Sadie!!!
Well, its this place where nobody works, and the pigs don\'t give you any shit. Everyone smokes weed and gets drunk all day. Its a place where
cunts like me and you can truly take it easy and relax. Know what I mean?
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BDx13
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boycott, luca, dave, jeff... thank you so much.
dak... technically, people can donate through our team page year round. however, we only actively fundraise during (roughly) the two weeks leading up
to the walk and the two weeks after. so if you're interesting in giving, any time during the next two or three weeks would be great.
this year, though, we've put a LOT more time into it. organizing our team sponsors started back in February. additionally, i joined the planning
committee for our local walk site last summer, and have spent the past year working with a handful of other volunteers and the Southeast PA March of
Dime office to not only organize the actual walk day, but solicit local sponsors for the walk site itself.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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Always count the Reed83's in.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Boycott Christian HC
Nice new Def-Star logo. |
that logo is like 5 years old...
I was too lazy to make a new one
support this (bump back to the top)
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I'm in, but it will be next Friday.
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I'll see if I can scrape together a few bucks. It's a great cause.
‘Do you know what a love letter is? It’s a bullet from a fucking gun. Straight through your heart.’
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BDx13
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thanks guys. honestly, any and all contributions are greatly appreciated, but if things are tight, things are tight. we totally understand.
you know, this is an issue we follow because we live with the repercussions every day, but i was really surprised by those last two statistics posted
above:
- 27,000 babies will die before their first birthday
- 9.3 million children don’t have health coverage
prematurity and birth defects, ok, it's a lot, but i get it.
but 27,000 deaths? 9.3M w/o insurance?
wow.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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money sent!
hey BD, do you have a formal email that you are sending out to solicite donations? If you do can you send it to me and I will try to forward it
around.
| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
PAULIE |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BD
thanks guys. honestly, any and all contributions are greatly appreciated, but if things are tight, things are tight. we totally understand.
you know, this is an issue we follow because we live with the repercussions every day, but i was really surprised by those last two statistics posted
above:
- 27,000 babies will die before their first birthday
- 9.3 million children don’t have health coverage
prematurity and birth defects, ok, it's a lot, but i get it.
but 27,000 deaths? 9.3M w/o insurance?
wow. |
The insurance statistic doesn't surprise me at all. The death one is a bit surprising. My parents lost their second child to sudden infant death
syndrome before she reached 3 weeks old.
‘Do you know what a love letter is? It’s a bullet from a fucking gun. Straight through your heart.’
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We just signed a new Union contract at work and one of the changes in the contract was....
old language:
an employee who suffers a death in their immediate family (a parent, step-parent, brother, sister, spouse, child, step-child, mother-in-law,
father-in-law, grandparent or grandchild who has attained the age of 14 days.
new language:
they ADDED in 'member of employees household and they REMOVED grandchild who has attained the age of 14 days.
It made me sick that technically if you had a grandchild who died a week after being born, the company didnt think you deserved any paid time off to
goto the funeral etc. I cant even imagine being at the negotiation where the company said.... "yes we will give you time off for the death of a
mother, father, sister and brother, but if your grandchild is less than 2 weeks old you gotta come to work.
| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
PAULIE |
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That's cold. And sadly enough, most of the facts people should be made aware of go completely unreported. I'm glad BD gives us the opportunity to
contribute to a worthy cause like this every year.
Well, its this place where nobody works, and the pigs don\'t give you any shit. Everyone smokes weed and gets drunk all day. Its a place where
cunts like me and you can truly take it easy and relax. Know what I mean?
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done.
\"thank you very little\"
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I will hit your site up upon my return big guy
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I was just thinking of this the other day. Let me get some stuff together and chat witht he wife about what is available.
Each aspect of the soul has it's own part to play, but the ideal is harmonious agreement with reason and control.
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thank you, everyone.
if you can contribute, great, we really appreciate it.
if not, don't worry about it, we understand.
we're coming up on $2500 now, so I'm confident we'll reach our goal again this year!
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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BDx13
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If any of you are willing...
...we'd love for you to pass our note along to friends or family who you think might be interested in helping. It always amazes me just how many
people these issues effect.
You could send just our URL ( http://www.marchforbabies.org/teamsadie
), or feel free to forward the same email we sent out. (Below is the version we send to people who might not already know our personal story.)
Thanks!
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As many of you know, our daughter Sadie is coming up on her fourth birthday. This is an especially significant event in our family because it serves
as a reminder of just how lucky we are that she is here with us at all.
On April 25, 2004, Sadie was born at 25 weeks, weighing just pound and a half. She’s endured months in the hospital, hundreds of doctors’
appointments and countless hours of therapy.
And you know what the amazing part is? She’s fine. Sure, she still sees a few specialists and has two hours of therapy a week, but to meet her today
– you’d never know.
The fact of the matter is, however, that we’re the lucky ones. Each year in the United States:
500,000 babies are born premature (that’s 1 in 8)
120,000 babies are born with a birth defect
27,000 babies will die before their first birthday
9.3 million children don’t have health coverage
We’re writing today to ask for your support of our fundraising efforts on behalf of the March of Dimes. Next Saturday, April 26, Team Sadie will
gather for the five mile March For Babies event in Downingtown, PA. The money we raise helps the March of Dimes accomplish their mission of
preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality by funding research, community services and public advocacy.
This year, we’ve set a goal for ourselves of $3500. If you are at all capable of contributing, we’d love your support. Please visit our personal
page at:
http://www.marchforbabies.org/teamsadie
Thanks for everything.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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Just so you know BD, I've been passing this around quite a bit, so you'll hopefully see something from it.
‘Do you know what a love letter is? It’s a bullet from a fucking gun. Straight through your heart.’
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BDx13
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thanks, discipline, we certainly appreciate that.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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BDx13
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quick update on a few other Team Sadie and March of Dimes topics...
1. sadie and i went to CFS, a local private school that's sponsoring our team, this morning to give a little presentation about prematurity and the
work that the MOD does. in addition to the school sponsoring us, the students themselves are doing their own fundraising for the team, plus, eight of
them are volunteering on walk day for the event.
2. after we sent out our solicitation email (complete with sponsor logos) to family and friends last week, we had two people contact us about having
their business also sponsoring Team Sadie. One is a small business owned by a friend that will be joining us next year. The other is Allstate, where
former Edgewise vocalist Al works. They jumped in feet first with a significant donation that will be showing up on our team page in a few days.
3. artwork for the official team sadie 2008 tshirts is finally at defstar. and like a real prick, i've left steve with approximately 48 hours to
turn the shirts around.
thanks again to everyone for your words of support, spreading the message and contributions.
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Awesome.
Well, its this place where nobody works, and the pigs don\'t give you any shit. Everyone smokes weed and gets drunk all day. Its a place where
cunts like me and you can truly take it easy and relax. Know what I mean?
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