Dear Supporters of Eddie's Fund,
After talking with Kori today, we've decided to postpone our Eddie's Fund celebration, originally scheduled for July 26, indefinitely. Kori begins a new job next week and both she and Marshall continue to be sick off and on this month. It's just a lot to try to add an event to a month in which so much is happening for them.
Thank you for your understanding, and as always, your support. We can cheer Kori on in other ways this month as she makes her return to the working world! I am so happy for her.
Please remember that the Fund will not accept donations after July 30th. If you are a monthly contributor to Eddie's Fund, you will want to stop your support next month. On August 1st, all funds remaining in the account will go directly to Kori to help her continue to get up on her feet. I anticipate that this will be about $1,000. If you'd like to leave the family with more remaining funds, please feel free to donate one last time before July 30th.
I hope you'll continue to support Kori and Marshall with your friendship and love as they continue to grieve while also working out a new life together. I am speechless--really, so overwhelmed--when I think about the outpouring of love you all have given through the Fund in these last 7 years. Thank you, dear friends.
With admiration,
Melissa
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Friday, June 13, 2014
Update & Eddie's Fund Party Invite
Dear Friends,
I know many of you now follow Kori personally on Facebook, so I often neglect to write here, wanting for Kori mostly to be able to speak for her own experience, which is hard and personal in so many ways.
As Kori moves forward--she hopes to begin a new job next week--we continue to collect any final donations for the Fund, which will close on August 1. I've been able to meet with Kori nearly every week since Eddie's passing--last week, we met at the hospitals, and I was witness again to Kori's bravery as she faced down the trauma of the day Eddie died, and triumphed. She is extraordinary, and I'm so grateful to know her, and to have shared our friendship with so many of you.
Eddie's Fund has been paying many bills for Kori in these last months, and we will do so through August 1st to allow her to get on her feet as she transitions into a full-time job (which one of our own Eddie's Fund supporters helped her to find--you guys are amazing!). We've even been able to splurge on some extras to encourage Kori and Marshall toward health--thanks to those of you who consulted with me on these expenditures--including a really cool (and, we hope, healing) camp experience for Marshall this summer.
I am hosting an Eddie's Fund party in my backyard as a final gathering of all of us--a way for us to give Kori hugs again and to mark a closing of a season in her life, as we send her on her way to financial independence with our love and encouragement. Wouldn't it be great to all be together to celebrate Eddie's life and the way he has connected us all? All of you who have supported Kori and her family through Eddie's Fund are invited to attend on Saturday, July 26 at noon. Please email me for details at mnwinchell (at) hotmail.
Happy summer, dear friends! Thanks for all you continue to do to share your life and love with Kori and Marshall. I appreciate you!
I know many of you now follow Kori personally on Facebook, so I often neglect to write here, wanting for Kori mostly to be able to speak for her own experience, which is hard and personal in so many ways.
As Kori moves forward--she hopes to begin a new job next week--we continue to collect any final donations for the Fund, which will close on August 1. I've been able to meet with Kori nearly every week since Eddie's passing--last week, we met at the hospitals, and I was witness again to Kori's bravery as she faced down the trauma of the day Eddie died, and triumphed. She is extraordinary, and I'm so grateful to know her, and to have shared our friendship with so many of you.
Eddie's Fund has been paying many bills for Kori in these last months, and we will do so through August 1st to allow her to get on her feet as she transitions into a full-time job (which one of our own Eddie's Fund supporters helped her to find--you guys are amazing!). We've even been able to splurge on some extras to encourage Kori and Marshall toward health--thanks to those of you who consulted with me on these expenditures--including a really cool (and, we hope, healing) camp experience for Marshall this summer.
I am hosting an Eddie's Fund party in my backyard as a final gathering of all of us--a way for us to give Kori hugs again and to mark a closing of a season in her life, as we send her on her way to financial independence with our love and encouragement. Wouldn't it be great to all be together to celebrate Eddie's life and the way he has connected us all? All of you who have supported Kori and her family through Eddie's Fund are invited to attend on Saturday, July 26 at noon. Please email me for details at mnwinchell (at) hotmail.
Happy summer, dear friends! Thanks for all you continue to do to share your life and love with Kori and Marshall. I appreciate you!
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