All the paperwork and prep is done, now getting down to business.
…
Because EVERYONE knows someone.
I
don’t think there is one person that Cancer has NOT affected. We all know
someone who may be or have battled the disease that scares us all. Some of our
family and friends have not survived and have joined the legion of angels; we
miss you and smile when we remember you often.
We’ve already had a serious
year of concern and worry; Sandy, Newtown, a blizzard, the tragedy at the Boston
Marathon and then an E-F5 tornado in Oklahoma. So many to help, but then the concern for
those battling cancer reappears into our minds, it will continue to be there. My
summer again offers me time and goals to help my friends at St. Vincent’s Medical
Center Foundation. The summer weather of 2012 was not very friendly to me to
complete my swimming goals, so I have doubled up the work load. Here are my goals
for this summer.#1 Goal: Fundraising for St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation, I hope you can help me reach my goal.
The SWIM Across the Sound is a charitable, grass roots organization run by the St. Vincent's Medical Center Foundation. The SWIM helps provide cancer education, screening and prevention programs at low or no cost for the elderly and under-served. The SWIM helps individual cancer patients on a case-by-case basis with specific needs, such as the funding of wigs and prostheses, medication assistance, free transportation to treatments and appointments, day-care scholarships and support groups. This assists patients, families and the communities of Connecticut deal with the burdens of battling Cancer.
My Swimming Goals for the 2013 summer are:
1. Catalina Island to the California Coast: My friend, Scott Lautman (a cancer survivor), and I plan on crossing the 20.1 mile San Pedro Channel. We will start at midnight, Tuesday, June 25, 2013 and hope to finish in the mid-morning hours, depending on weather conditions. We both look forward to this new experience and challenge to start off the summer of 2013.
It’s always a wet and busy summer and I hope you can assist me to reach my #1 goal for the season, reaching my fundraising goal for St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation. Any amount is appreciated and it amazes me how quickly the totals click upward.
The simplest way to donate is to visit my page at the Swim Across the Sound website,
https://give.stvincents.org/netcommunity/marcella
While you are visiting my page, check out some photos and you can view the fine work the Foundation does for the community....or if you prefer to mail your donation directly through the post to:
Please make checks payable to: Swim Across the Sound
And write my name in the memo area on your check: Marcella MacDonald
Send to: St. Vincent's Medical Center Foundation, 2800 Main Street, Bridgeport CT 06606
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