<![CDATA[Day by Day Hope Foundation - Blog]]>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:13:35 -0400Weebly<![CDATA[Scott Newman, FRIEND of the people!!]]>Fri, 06 Nov 2015 17:56:34 GMThttp://www.daybydayhopefoundation.org/blog/scott-newman-friend-of-the-peoplePictureScott Newman, one of the GREAT ones!
It is though many tears and a heavy heart that I acknowledge the loss of our dear friend Scott Newman.
When I met Scott I was in the throws of cancer treatment and just beginning DBDHF. I had many irons in the fire and was experiencing HIGH anxiety over the legalities of the foundation formation. Scott just somehow KNEW the stress I was under and reached out, figured out what and who I needed and brought them into my life. To me, Scott was a great catalyst behind this foundation! With out Scott I am not sure that I would have moved forward.
Scott brought into our lives with him his AMAZING family! Beth is my anchor, my voice of reason, the grounding I need and now sits on our board! Between Scott and Beth and with the help of family and friends they held events to raise money for us, baring all the expense and work on themselves! But anyone who knew Scott knows that was just the type of man he was....he was caring, honest to a fault and only cared that you were a good person...not how much money you may or may not have.
Scott had a way with young people...not treating them as if they are "kids". He took Christian under his wing and shared with him the LOVE of fantasy Football and Baseball. Christian LOVED his time with Scott and learned so much from him. Scott was always there to drive him home from rehearsal EVERYDAY during his show. Not too many people would offer to help in the ways that Scott would. ​
I know that we are better for knowing Scott and hope that we brought some meaning to him during our time of friendship. He will be sorely missed...that smile, the quirkiness...the passion for being helpful.
I hope you know how LOVED you were in life, my friend and will continue to be...your memories will live on in all whom you touched! Please know that I understand... and will continue to preach to the world... that disease is disease...no matter if it can be seen or not!!
Rest in peace my dear friend...​​​I know your pain is over...know that SO many people understood and will be here to see Beth, Alexxa and Bianca through the rough times a head...I know you would not have left if you could have done ANY thing else!! Love you...until we meet again!!
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]]><![CDATA[It's Been a While!!]]>Wed, 16 Sep 2015 16:11:53 GMThttp://www.daybydayhopefoundation.org/blog/its-been-a-whileSo it's been a while and I hope to catch everyone up over the next couple of weeks. But in the meantime we have an upcoming event!!! Our FIRST Chili Cook-off!!! We have a raffle going on with some AMAZING prizes, we will have raffle baskets and AMAZING CHILI!! Register to share your favorite chili recipe or come out and "judge" the entered chili!! Raffle drawing will be held at the event....you do NOT have to be present to win. If you are interested in raffle tickets you can see any of our volunteers, choir members or message us!! Hope to see you there!!! Picture
]]><![CDATA[Plans In Motion!]]>Tue, 01 Apr 2014 05:35:32 GMThttp://www.daybydayhopefoundation.org/blog/plans-in-motionSo many plans in motion!! It's that season again when So many things are in the planning. We have our Spring Charmed By Claire event May 3rd & 4th...this will be our 4th event with these wonderful Ladies...it is always a pleasurable weekend when see so many of our friends and make new friends at a Claire's event!! So, mark you calanders and come on out and do your shopping for Mother's Day, Graduations, Weddings, Birthdays or just buy something special for yourself...part of all proceeds will come back to DBDHF to help us help other families battling cancer. 


One of the other things we are working on...Concerts...showcasing our talented Choral Group under the direction of the amazing Molly Mason!! We are still in the planning stages but our goal is to perform at a "kick-off" event to raise some money to support this program...the program will involve our group of performers bringing their talents to area hospitals to entertain patients battling cancer...hoping to bring a little sunshine to their lives and to raise awareness of the many things our foundation can do to help. We will be sharing this program with "Keir's Kids". This is a charity that assists families with Children battling cancer. In the coming months you will definitely be hearing a great deal from us about this wonderful group of people!! I am so glad to be partnering with all of them! Together we think we can take our Choral Group all the way and they will become a fabulous asset to DBDHF & Kier's Kids!!


I am sure we will have other small events coming up...but our BIG event coming is our Premier Golf Outing and Awards Dinner!! We are SO excited!! We will be honoring OUR OWN, DR. BRUNO FANG!!! We are hoping we can count on many of you to join us! We have so much going on that day!! Silent Auction, Raffle Prizes, Full Brunch, of course golfing, food and drink available on the course all day, $10,000.00 putting challenge, chances to win a car, "Beat the Pro", many other wonderful prizes and gift bags for the golfers all ending with a fantatic awards dinner. We also have a package price for our Non-Golfers. 
We are looking for people to help out the day of the event as well as for people to help us acquire raffle items, sponsors, advertisers and golfers. If you would like to help out, please let us know! We welcome volunteers with OPEN arms!!


We plan to end our year with our holiday shopping event with Charmed By Claire and our 2nd Annual Cookies and Stories with Santa.


So as you can see...we have a lot going on...everything we do requires volunteers. We hope we can count on many of you to reach out and give us a hand.


Lastly, we are still taking some final applications for board members. If you or some one you know would like to serve on our board, please contact us for an application and information. 
Together we can do GREAT things...Consider making a commitment to helping us help those families battling this terribly unfair disease... the only way we can....day by day!

]]><![CDATA[Friends/Family ALWAY a BLESSING]]>Tue, 25 Feb 2014 04:13:36 GMThttp://www.daybydayhopefoundation.org/blog/friendsfamily-alway-a-blessing

It's days like today that make it  easy to remember how blessed we really are!! When our home is full with the voices of young people and friends/family. 
Listening to these kids do what they do SO well...singing, playing music! They are amazing...they bring light and love into our home. I hope we are showing them what "good" friends really are! 
So many people never really learn how to be a friend....they forget that to have a friend you have to be a friend...sometimes being there for somone else, sometimes them being there for you.
I try to share my life lessons with my son and any one else who will listen!! 
People come into your life for many reasons...some for a short time...others stay longer...but they come into your life for  reason...even if you don't quite get what it is. I like to believe people come your way when you need them most!!
I am bless with SO many people in my life... 
New friends...Scott & Beth are a blessing...they want to help our foundation and bring their knowledge and expertise to the table...
Molly, DBDHF's music director extraordinare!! Hopefully she will be working with our kids ...bringing the best out of them! Today they filled the house with their beautiful voices...the sound definitely reduces stress....they are amazing!
Barb & Steven stopped by and hopefully Steven will bring his expertise to us by allowing our kids to record in his studio! He will be able to bring his musical talent to them. Role models are SO great for kids!
So as i look to my day...I see blessings...good friends/family sharing!  Friends that we have known forever, Barb & Steven and new friends like Beth & Scott...and Molly!! feels like we have known them forever. Blended together to make for a day of blessings. People that want to be there for us and/or our foundation...Blessings!
I guess it is so important to me to live life lessons for my son...knowing how short life can be...if he takes to his life these little lessons of friendship he will live a happier life. "No man is an island." Or shouldn't be!! 
Christian sees the loyalty of friends...he sees it in his parent's relationship and the relationships we share with others. Barb, who would come every week day with out fail to give me my injections. Agi, who was always there when i was sick and now is here for the foundation. My best friend of MORE then 50 years, Eileen...has always been there for all my ups and downs and I for her's.
I see my son growing into a good man...a good friend...a thoughtful human...someday a good life partner...that is my job as a parent....keep him safe and allow him to grow up and give back to this world...something...of himself. 
So, I hope you can look to your day and find a blessing...doesn't have to be big...just a blessing...that maybe can make you smile...
When thinking about your blessings...think about "paying it forward" being blessed and blessing others...
Think about what you can do to bless someone else's life...How can you be a friend...how can you pay it forward....because what we put out into the universe tends to come back to us 10 fold...good and BAD...let it be GOOD...acts of random kindness....consider donating to our cause and help us help a family battling cancer...the only way we can....day by day!!




]]><![CDATA[Update]]>Sat, 22 Feb 2014 06:30:47 GMThttp://www.daybydayhopefoundation.org/blog/update1It has been quite sometime since my last blog...We have gone through the holiday, New year's Eve...on to snow storm after snow storm...Valentine's Day, Christian's 15th Birthday...always SO much going on!! But always remembering to slow down long enough to see all the special things in your life!!
New Year's Eve we were blessed with SEVERAL 14-15 year olds...I think we had 16 of them..for our Annual NYE Sleep over...It's so great to sit and listen to these young minds discuss all they hope to do with their futures!
January also brought to us a family coming to the finish of a arduous battle...Jim was a man in what should have been the best part of his life...kids were grown, grandchildren around...he and his wife had raised a wonderful family...now it was time for them to move on to the next phase of life...to enjoy their more "golden" years...but what they all got to share was a battle with this unfair disease. I never got to actually meet Jim but from all that I have learned about him...he fought this battle long, hard and on his terms...We were able to provide his family with a few meals in the final couple of weeks and I thank all the people that reached out and helped us make that happen. On February 1st 2014 Jim Bernard Completed his battle with cancer. I say completed and not LOST...I try to explain to people from the perspective of a person battling cancer....I don't EVER want this "cancer" to win anything...when I leave this earthly plane it will be because I have FINISHED my battle! It may seem like symantics but it means a great deal to me. We are looking forward to having Jim's wife, Gloria and daughter, Lindsey joining our foundation and we will be welcoming them with open arms!! 
On a lighter note...my son Rob came in from LA on February 6th...it was a short visit but it is always great to have him home. He was only here a few days...and Christian ended up sick through most of those days but they did get to go into the city and see Ave Q! It was a great experience for them with a back stage visit and pictures with the characters. Deana, Rob, Christian & Frankie enjoy the show and all that went with it. Rob left to return to LA on Monday early evening but not until he got to hear his little brother sing at his voice class. A whirlwind trip but worth every moment I get to have my eldest son at home! 
The following weekend Len & I took Christian and Sam into the city to see Newsies!!! What a great show. We were fortunate again to be allowed back stage to take pictures and then to a "talk back" with the actors...the kids were thrilled and we took several pictures!!
Valentine's Day...then Christian's birthday...and we celebrated as we recalled the day Len & I joined all of our children...and their friends, my friend and my mother!!...into a delivery room at RWJ hospital and brought our 4th and final baby into this world!! It was a glorious day...crowded... but glorious!! We were the talk of RWJ for quite a while after that!
Saturday Christian and Deana will be attending a basketball game at Monmouth where they will retire Miles Austin's jersey. As some of you know Christian is a die-hard Dallas fan and Deana went to college with Miles so he is EXCITED!! 
Sunday you will find me in the kitchen making fresh tomato Apizza (pizza) and a variety of homemade brownies with an ice cream sundae bar to celebrate Christian's birthday.
Monday brings us back to the "must dos" as Deana and I head back to Connecticut for court...again...to try and finalize Aunt Jackie's estate. This has been a never ending battle and just hope this will put it all to rest.
We are also moving right along with our fund raising efforts. 
Our first Financial Seminars with "THE PRACTICAL GUY" should be coming up some time in April...keep watching for more info soon. May (not sure of date) we will be at Charmed by Claire. 
Our BIG event in the works right now is our Premier Golf Tournament and Awards Dinner on October 6th. We will have a silent auction as well as many raffle items. Our honoree of the evening will be Dr. Bruno Fang, Oncologist Regional Cancer Associates. With out him I would not be here to do this work!! Please check out the outing flyer on FB, here on our website or you can go to directly to register and see the many options of ways you can help:   
http://birdeasepro.com/DBDHFgolf
We have several other things in the planning stages and will try to keep everyone updated as we go along.


In closing, I just want to remind you of the quote I posted a while back: Just because you can't help everyone doesn't mean you shouldn't help everyone you can.


Random Acts Of Kindness go along way...and they perpetuate more Random Acts of Kindness...Think how blessed a world this would be if everyone lived their lives that way!?!?


Thank you for reading and sharing it...passing it on to others is the way we get the word out to those that can really use our services.


Consider signing up to help us with an up coming event....what ever help you can give would be appreciated. It helps us help others the only way we can....day by day...


]]><![CDATA[Merry Christmas!!]]>Wed, 25 Dec 2013 05:55:56 GMThttp://www.daybydayhopefoundation.org/blog/merry-christmas1Merry Christmas!! 
Such a wonderful time of the year...
I think back to all the Christmas Eve's as my children grew up...the wishes I had...for them... for us...our family...
Now I sit and with my 2 youngest children and my wonderful husband...gaze at our beautiful Christmas tree and the gifts beneath it...and how my wishes have changed...I still wish for my children to become happy, healthy, productive adults...to find the happiness they desire...
But as our family gets smaller each year with losses we are never really ready for and illness befalling so many we love and care about...
My wishes needed to be amended. I wish for this unfair disease...this cancer...to be no more...for the side effects it brings to so many of us to be gone...
To my wonderful friend Nancy...WE ARE STILL HERE!!! I wish for us to see SO many more Christmases! To my "new" friend Chris...it's amazing how cancer brings you together and makes you feel a connection...like I have known you forever...I wish for you less pain, less swelling...and to be with Nancy and I here for MANY, MANY Christmases!! We ALL have too much left to do...for our families, for ourselves...for all the others battling this unfair disease!!
To the little 3 yr old boy in treatment...That we should find a cure so he can grow in to a man and live life experiences....and the 17 year old young girl diagnosed with Brain cancer...I wish for you all the wonderful things life has in store for you...proms, parties, graduations, dates, marriage, babies of your own!! For your families...because cancer effects the WHOLE family...that they are strong for each of you but that they find comfort to sooth their own pain...the pain of watching someone you love be sick and you are helpless!
I wish my Aunt Phyllis a Merry Christmas knowing that this year she is with out her husband and her son...I know she has the love of SO many and those beautiful babies to help ease the pain! I love you! You are the strongest woman  I know!! 
John, his first year with out his beautiful wife of SO many years...may your memories comfort you today and always...
For me...I wish for many Christmases with  my family...to be here to watch my youngest son grow in to the amazing man he is well on his way to becoming! To be there for his graduations, his wedding, his children... But I am thankful for everyday..for every moment...for every memory we make...I know those moments will help carry them through what ever comes our way!
I wish for this foundation to be my legacy...that this foundation is able to ease the burden that SO many are enduring...I wish that one day...this foundation is not necessary...that we have found a cure for this unfair disease...
Till then...we will do what we...perhaps you can join us to ease the burden for a family battling cancer...the only way we can....day by day!!
To all those families battling...I wish you peace and the blessing of family and friends!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

]]><![CDATA[Those that Help!]]>Sat, 14 Dec 2013 06:26:08 GMThttp://www.daybydayhopefoundation.org/blog/those-that-helpJust because you can't help everyone doesn't mean you shouldn't help everyone you can.


My friend Scott re-tweeted this from someone else today and it really hit home!! So I decided to share it here.
So many people have reached out to help this week...Jeanne made sure the info on our event made it to the Patch and we made front story and subject line on their email!! 
So many have offered to send cookies, a local dairy delivery person donated 100 small cartons of milk. Francine has been shopping and preparing all the crafts for our kids to enjoy! 
Jan has been handling lots of the details for me. Agi got us cash donations to defray costs.
So many people have reached out to offer their help for set up, reading, crafts...We are VERY blessed!!
Now if we can keep the weather on our side we will be all set!! 
We are looking forward to seeing everyone Sunday...we have several crafts for the kids to do, different stories every 20 min or so (finishing with Twas the Night Before Christmas with Santa), pictures with Santa, our wonderful Choral Group will be singing Christmas Carols and, of course, cookies!!!

So, think of this often...JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HELP EVERYONE DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULDN'T HELP EVERYONE YOU CAN!! 


So, come enjoy the spirit of the season and at the same time help those that you can, by helping us help them the only way we can....day by day!!]]><![CDATA[Memories Of Christmas Past!]]>Sun, 08 Dec 2013 04:13:41 GMThttp://www.daybydayhopefoundation.org/blog/memories-of-christmas-pastAs the holidays approach it's hard not to think about the family and friends who are no longer with us. Hard not to think of loved ones when memories of holidays past and family traditions are so fresh in our minds. It seems a good thing to me to think of my brother and the times we shared as children and then again as adults before he passed. We were blessed to have kept our children close to each other so they can continue making a lifetime of memories! I think of the years in my bakery working side by side with my Uncle Bob as we shared our passion....working long hours over the holiday...making all of our traditional family favorites. My Uncle bringing with him the traditions of my great-grandfather. My Aunt Jackie, home with my mother, watching my kids and wrapping the gifts I managed to buy in between!!
Remembering even further back....as a child...spending Christmas Eve Feast of the 7 Fishes with the whole family at our grandparents. I would spend many a Christmas Eve eating oyster crackers because I HATE fish!! All of us cousins...we were quite a crowd...would take our turn opening presents...The fireplace crackling. Grandma Ev would get us the things to throw in the fire to make it burn colors...they never worked very well but we LOVED them!
Time passed and our family grew and we moved our Feast to my parents home and it was a little sad. Many of those years leave some pain as my brother and I had our difficult years together. I closed my bakeries and moved to NJ and soon began our own NEW holiday traditions. Soon we had Christian and things changed....sometimes the big kids would drive to Connecticut to spend the EVE with my family and come home in time for an after midnight meal with friends and family...we could eat MEAT after midnight!!
I am unable to think about these things with out thinking of the people....the people we have lost...many of them to cancer. Grandma Ev to lung cancer, Uncle Albert, lung cancer, Uncle Ralph, breast cancer but passed of surgical complications, Aunt Sis, complications...Most of them SO young when they passed. My God Father, Cousin Bob and his wife Georgie Ann and his brothers Kenny & Nicky all 4 gone to lung cancer!
And then things seem to change...family begins to grow out in different directions....spin offs if you will...small groups still together, others seeing each other only rarely. Not sure why that happens. 
Then we lost Uncle Bob, cancer, and Aunt Jackie 1 1/2 ago, cancer...and my brother...suddenly, unexpectedly while I was battling cancer. Then we lost Pam Posh more then a friend...she was family, lung cancer...our table that was once growing by leaps and bounds was dwindling much quicker then we were prepared for! 
With my brother gone and my parents here in NJ the Feast Of the 7 Fishes has dwindled...my sister in law and I don't eat fish and most of the kids don't either!! So we try new and different ideas each year to see if we want to make them traditions. But NEVER forgetting the memories of each and every one of those past holidays! And NEVER forgetting the importance of those traditions...what ever they maybe....for the generations to share, pass down....for memories!!
So, it is not with total sadness that my memory floods with the holidays....it is with joy...I have SO many memories of each and every one of my loved ones. Things we shared, moments, new marriages, new babies, new careers. Crazy cousin moments!! It is so important to me that our children hear the stories and live some form of tradition...Christian being so much younger then every one in his "generation" we work harder so we can plant the seeds...the seeds of family! I keep telling the cousins still with us that the torch has been passed...it is UP to US!! If we want the new members of this family to know the heart of the family we need to bring them together....before it's too late....before we lose more...
Being Italian, we still have a pretty large family on both sides...this is for you...listen with your heart, think about what you want to leave to your children, a legacy of family or strangers? Think about how you will feel when you hear we have lost another...should have called them, wish I stopped by to see them...Listen to me...LIFE is SHORT....sometime much shorter then you think....Use MY gift of cancer to learn from....reach out to that family member....even if they seem to put you off...do it any way....do it for YOU!! Mend those bridges no matter who is responsible for breaking them...just do it! I thank God everyday that I mended the bridge to my brother's heart...I know he did his part as well...in his own way....but I had my time with him...I wish it had been more...but I believe we had our peace and for that I am forever grateful. 
So do your part to mend a bridge, or a fence or what ever you want to call it...pick up that phone in the spirit of Christmas...share your love openly, give forgiveness you have been denying, get out there and dance...do what ever makes you feel complete...but be sure to share it!! Remember tomorrow is not a guarantee so live each day like you are dying.
And in that continued spirit of holiday giving...consider giving of your self to our great cause...every little bit helps us help others the only way we can....day by day!
 ]]><![CDATA[Another Thankful Day!]]>Fri, 29 Nov 2013 04:42:21 GMThttp://www.daybydayhopefoundation.org/blog/another-thankful-dayGood Food, Great Friends and Family...totally thankful for each and everyday!!
Things were crazy this week going into our 6th week of FORCED kitchen renovations and still trying to prepare for the holidays! 
I have been SO crazy that I haven't blogged in over a month!! So to catch everyone up...we discovered mold in our kitchen behind a corner cabinet and had to gut the kitchen...renovations can be stressful!! But things are moving along...somewhat slowly...but moving along! We were able to cook for the holiday with makeshift plywood counters!! But not much can damper our holiday spirits!! We cooked and had our home full with family and friends!
As some of you know, the holidays are a favorite time of year for Len & I...we are known for his decorating (inside and out) and my baking...I usually start the day after Thanksgiving and bake about 30 kinds of cookies by Christmas. 
It is also the time, 3 years ago, that I realized I had cancer and had to tell our children that right after the holiday I would start my voyage as a cancer patient! Not knowing if it was going to be our last holiday together we did NOT allow things to be any different...we decorated and baked and entertained!! I wanted it to be a memory of love, sharing and being together. 
If cancer couldn't damper our holiday spirit neither can a LITTLE kitchen renovations!!
So, here we are 3 years later...going strong and staying positive. Still dealing with "issues" but praying we will figure them out. Some days are still tough but not much can keep me down for very long! Sometimes I think the struggle is what helps to push me along with the foundation!
We are busy with so many things...today we were blessed to provide 4 families battling cancer with a full Thanksgiving meal thanks to a wonderful chef who chooses to remain anonymous! He prepared the meals and thanks to him and his angels, they were delivered directly to the families!! Feeling SO THANKFUL!!!
Sunday we begin rehearsals with our NEW DBDHF Choral Group!! 9 wonderfully talented young people, under the musical direction of Molly Mason, will be debuting at out "Christmas Stories & Cookies with Santa" on December 15th 1:00 - 4:00 at the Family Karate Super Center! We will have crafts, stories, cookies & milk, pictures with Santa and our group will be entertaining! Again....SO THANKFUL!!
We are hoping to have an opportunity to sing over the holidays in a few other places....we have a few in the works...hopefully our group of young people will be able to bring some cheer to some people who can use it!! It is so important that our young people realize the importance of paying it forward and how everyone can do something to brighten someone else's day!! It's the little things that mean a lot! We look forward to our new musical group performing at many of our future events! Thank you to each and everyone one of you!!
The new year will bring new and exciting things to our foundation and we are hoping to see many new faces volunteering!! I am happy to say we are growing all the time...I welcome Jan Gotlieb and Scott Newman. Jan is working with our music group coordinating and working with Molly. Scott is putting together some interesting things that he will be promoting very soon! I thank them for joining us and I thank all our constant volunteers! With out all of you none of this would be possible!
I also want to thank Claire Morris and the wonderful women from Charmed by Claire for once again sharing a weekend with us and giving 10% of proceeds back to our foundation! We LOVE our time with these lovely ladies!! A special thank you to Lisa Carneglia for preparing all the mini cupcakes we had for donations for the weekend!! We made some new friends while we were there and saw SO many of our constant supporters...again...SO THANKFUL!!
So, we move forward toward a New Year...all of us never knowing what the future holds...but we move forward and live our lives as fully as we can....always remembering...tomorrow is NOT guaranteed! It is important to enjoy your family and friends...so what we have a 1/2 finished kitchen...we still shared our holiday with special people...family and friends...I am amazingly blessed to still have my best friend from when I was 4! I love you Eileen and SO thankful that you are still in my life more then 52 years later!!
So don't sweat the small stuff....I know that it's hard sometimes....but don't sweat it...remember to say the things you want to say, share the things you want to share, love a little stronger, forgive a little easier, make that phone call you keep putting off...Live like you have been given the "gift of cancer" to know that your future MAY just be a little shorter then you had planned...remember some people are not given that gift...one day they are just gone...leaving so much undone....don't let that be you!!
Happy Thanksgiving to you all...I hope you are blessed with much to be Thankful for!
Please know that this foundation and the people we help are thankful for all of you! Please keep us in mind as we enter the season of giving and considering giving of yourself in what ever way you can to assist those battling this unfair disease....we will keep up the fight and be there to help that only way we can...day by day.



]]><![CDATA[Busy, Busy with Activity!!]]>Mon, 14 Oct 2013 02:57:41 GMThttp://www.daybydayhopefoundation.org/blog/busy-busy-with-activityPicture
 
We have had several busy weeks and continue to be busy!
September 27th was our Spiritual Evening with Lorraine Moore! The evening was a great success...everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and we made some money for our cause!! I want to thank all those that joined us and made it such a success....with out you we couldn't bring this foundation into the light! Special thanks to Lorraine Moore for coming to our aid when our previous medium had to back out at the last minute. Everything happens for a reason...and our connection with Lorraine was Meant to be!!! We will be making plans for the future with Lorraine!!
October 6th brought Deana & I to Connecticut where we once again represented DBDH at the 3rd Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Photo Shoot. It was a wonderful weekend to spite the rain. Many friends and family came out to support us...I thank each everyone of you...it meant the world to me. Many of my childhood friends donated to our foundation...we thank you...I thank you from the bottom of my heart...the memories we share are made more special because we continue to make more each and every time we are together!!
Deana and I stayed with my childhood friend, Eileen. Most people are amazed that after 52 years we are still great friends!! We had grown apart recently but as one of my bridges that needed repair...she is back in my life and you will be seeing LOTS of her!!
I met with Gloria Cirulli from Priceless Events, She and her partner, Marcy Gitterman will now begin planning our Golf Outing & Gala...Fall 2014!! 
October 13th brought Len and I to the PINK & BLOOM Brunch for Breast Cancer!! Pink & Bloom is an amazing foundation raising money to help the American Cancer Society. They did a GREAT job today and we hope to have an opportunity to meet again soon!
October 20th will bring me to Diane's Walk!! Part of The Amy Foundation, The Walk For Diane raises money to provide mammograms for women with out insurance! This is A VERY GOOD cause!! We from DBDHF will be out there in FULL swing!! I will be at the registration table so consider coming out and walk for a cause! All the info is on our FaceBook page!
October 27th we will have a table at the LocalChat Box Halloween Spooktacular! We will be giving out candy to the trick or treaters, we will have face painting, some games and for a small donation the kids can make a halloween key chain! We will have our information and our "hope" bracelets there as well. Please come by and stop at our table!
So as you can see, the FUNdraising never quite ends!! We move from one thing to another...We work our butts off so that our next generation....represented here by my Daughter Deana & my Niece Jodi, may not have to deal with the effects of cancer! I pray they never have to hear those words, "I'm so sorry, but it's malignant"!

Until cancer is wiped out we have to keep fighting, keep positive, keep assisting those families that need our strength when they can't find their own!! That's what it is all about...That's why we will continue to attend other organization's fundraiser as well as our own....it takes a VILLAGE to support and fight this fight!

Please consider helping us in anyway you can, donation of your time, money or services....please help us help the families that only way we can....Day By Day!



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