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.

Friday, November 23, 2012

it's gift-giving time


Dear Eddie's Fund Supporters,

Happy Black Friday to you all! I don't know about your family, but ours did all we could to avoid the onslaught of shoppers this morning. In fact, we found ourselves the lone family at a tree farm this morning; we figured most everyone else was probably at the mall (and, in full disclosure here, if you were, I'm rather jealous your holiday shopping is already underway as my list-making has just begun).

And speaking of list-making: There are always people on our holiday lists that stump us, aren't there? The boss at work. The colleague. The in-law. The something-conscious person you're pretty sure you would offend by buying not-local-enough, or not-organic-enough, or...

I've found myself, year after year, turning more and more to donations for people on my list. Donating in someone's name is a really beautiful way for me to express to someone that they were not forgotten at holiday time, and that their kindness to me is being "paid forward" in some way in the world.

This holiday season, I hope you'll consider donating in someone's name to Eddie's Fund.

And if you do, we'll be happy to send you our "happy holidays" gift card via email. You can print it out and slip it into a card for that special (or confounding) someone.

If you'd like to see our gift card, you can view it online at: http://bit.ly/10HK2dd

A donation of $30 or more from now through the end of December will give you a printable, PDF copy of the gift card for you to print and give away.

Thank you for considering Eddie's Fund in your gift-giving planning this year.

Happy holidays from Eddie's family, and ours,
Melissa

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