Eddie's Fund: September 2011

About Eddie's Fund

In 2006, our 10-year-old son had a bone marrow transplant. While recovering in isolation at home, he determined to do something to help a bone marrow transplant family we had met while in the hospital. Something to help his new friend, Eddie. We started Eddie's Fund that week, and seven years later, as Eddie continues his post-transplant recovery and waits for a double lung transplant, our family of five continues to raise funds for Eddie and his family. 100% of all donations to the Fund are paid directly to bill companies to help Eddie's family financially manage the intensity of Eddie's recovery. On behalf of Eddie and his family, we thank you for offering hope and help and joining with us to support our buddy, Eddie.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

on behalf of Eddie and his mom...a BIG thank you!

Dear Friends of Eddie,

On behalf of Eddie, Kori, and Marshall, I want to THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for partnering with Eddie's Fund. We've raised over $4,000 in the last few months (thanks to coffee sales, Moriah's birthday donations, our Fuddrucker's night, generous monthly givers, and a surprise donor)...and today, after years of making car payments to help out Eddie's family, I made one final payment and purchased their family car completely. As you know, this has been one of my big goals since last fall, and I hope you will CELEBRATE with us as we acknowledge what a group of good-hearted people can accomplish together.

Your generosity has OVERFLOWED in these last months, months that have been especially challenging for Eddie and his family. Where suffering increases, it seems that grace increases all the more! I'm grateful for the way so much good can be born out of so much pain. Thank you for being a friend to Eddie, a boy many of you have not yet met, and for loving him as we do.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can only pray God will BLESS you today for all your generosity and kindness.

Much love,
Melissa

P.S. Eddie continues with his feeding tube, which (as you can imagine) is a great annoyance to him, and tiring for Kori, who is up throughout the night to refill it. Thank you for asking so frequently about how they are doing...they need our prayers for courage and strength.