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December 18, 2004
Today We are making progress with the Foundation. Thanks to our many
friends and family we have raised over $35,000 and we are well on our
way to getting things organized for the upcoming year. We hope to have
all the Contribution Acknowledgements and Thank You’s mailed out by the
end of this week. If you made a contribution to the Foundation, either
through Fifth Third Bank or directly to us, and you have not yet
received a formal acknowledgement letter from us, please contact me so
we can take care of that. Jeff’s Foundation is a registered 501(3)c
organization and your contributions are tax deductible.
Donations have been made from The Jeffrey Thomas Hayden Foundation to
the following organizations… The Brain Tumor Action Network,
CaringBridge.com, Lance Armstrong Foundation, Lakota Schools and
Children’s Hospital. Plans are underway to support the Child Wellness
Fund, Make a Wish and CancerFree Kids in 2005.
Also, we have received a new shipment of yellow wristbands from the
Lance Armstrong Foundation. We have hundreds of both adult and youth
sizes available. Wristbands can be obtained by making a tax deductible
contribution to the Jeffrey Thomas Hayden Foundation. Contact me for
more details.
We are in the process of forming committees to handle the various
fundraisers and projects that the Foundation will oversee in 2005. We
are planning on two major Fundraisers in 2005. The first will be a 5K
walk/run sometime in the spring and the second will be a Golf Outing in
the fall. In addition, we plan on several smaller fundraisers; such as a
Night Out at Max & Erma’s, Bowling Party at Princeton Bowl, Hockey Night
with the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks, The October Book Drive benefiting
Lakota Schools, and anything else we can think of to help the
Foundation. We are currently looking for volunteers for these
committees, so please contact Cindy or myself if you have any interest.
In addition to the formal fundraisers we look to open an on-line
store in 2005 that will sell JTHF approved merchandise such as books,
music, shirts, hats, jewelry and various cancer awareness items. If you
have a product or an idea of something that you want to sell through the
on-line store, then give me a call.
Finally… we have begun work on the Pediatric Brain Tumor Resource
Center. This will be part of the website and will include a database
called “TumorTracker” that will be used to collect valuable information
that will be used by parents of children with newly diagnosed brain
tumors. We have begun assembling a Medical Advisory Board to help us
with the data collection efforts and we are excited at the support and
the interest that we are receiving. We hope to announce one of our
national spokespersons and several members of the Advisory Board next
month.
We will be updating you on the progress each month, so check back for
more details.
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