Lauren Dunn of Hull is a charming and gregarious 6 year old who was stricken with a rare form of cancer earlier this year. While there are certainly many physical and emotional issues for her and her family to deal with, there are also financial hardships, especially in the current down cycle.
On Sunday, November 29, 2009, a benefit for Lauren is being held in Dorchester, MA from 2-7PM. It’s going to be held at Florian Hall on 55 Hallet St and will feature Live Entertainment, Refreshment, Raffles, and a Silent Auction.
For a $20 donation, this is a great opportunity to directly help the quality of life of a child who could really use it. Check out the photo of her on the front page of the Boston Globe: http://www.fitpacking.com/Lauren/ and a link to the accompanying article.
Just so you know, I will be attending the benefit ……….. so that I can tell you all about the upcoming Fitpacking trip to the Florida National Scenic Trail / Ocala National Forest, January 16-24, 2010. You might consider joining us since this is a GREAT time to get away from the freezing winter weather especially to go hiking and get in shape. http://www.fitpacking.com/2010/FT.aspx
Good news from my mother, Noa Miller. In this month’s elections, she was just re-elected to the Water Pollution Control Authority board for the town of Middlebury, CT. She is also a member of the Middlebury Commission on Aging. If you live in the area, you should stop by the swearing in ceremony at Shepardson Community Center on Monday, December 7, 2009 @7:00PM ……………. so that SHE can tell you all about the upcoming Fitpacking trip…
Speaking of Fitpacking, we were recently featured in the Howard County Times of Maryland. The article can be found here: http://www.explorehoward.com/events-entertainment/67207/great-fall/ and in this article, you don’t have to scroll all the way down to the bottom to receive gratification (if reading about Fitpacking can be considered any kind of gratification.)
Fitpacking guides, Todd “Big Ovaries” Soprych and Rosie Enos have started a backpacking venture targeted to women called Roam the Woods, http://www.roamthewoods.com/ because like me, they failed Economics.
And finally, instead of leaving you with some thought provoking, opinionated jeremiad, I’ll leave you with a barf bag link: http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_north/northernsentinel/opinion/70241612.html I have no idea why this site went to great pains not to link to http://www.airsicknessbags.com . Maybe they didn’t want to contract cyber-cooties or have Google downgrade their site for linking to questionable content.
Remember that this is always available at my blog: http://stevesmildlyinformativestuff.blogspot.com/
Friday, November 20, 2009
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