Slyde is coming to Franklin Jul 21

Good Morning -

Just wanted to share our latest addition to our race this year - SLYDE, the Mascot for the NE Revolution, will be at our event!

If you haven't registered yet you still have time - we have extended registration through Tuesday of next week so you have until July 17th to pre-register. We have over 30 raffles to include 2 American Airline Tickets anywhere in the US, Dinner Cruises on Spirit out of Boston, complimentary hotel stays and many great restaurants, museums and aquarium gift certificates.

You can check out our website at http://www.wontlaydown2cancer.com/ Thank you for all your support over the years....we will be going over $50k raised in 3 years this year and its because of YOU!!!!

Warmest Regards,

Amy Buzzell
http://www.wewontlaydown2cancer.com/

Relay for LIfe - photo essay

The Relay for Life took place this past weekend. The relay this year combined the communities of Franklin, Bellingham and Wrentham. The relay opened Friday evening and ran through Saturday morning. Dolores and I stopped by as part of our normal Saturday morning walk.

You can still contribute to a walker or a team via the website

In a world where you can either give in or fight back, fight back!



This was the end of the line of coins collected during the event



The line was a long one, effectively extending half way around the track



Some of the tents were still up, maybe there were some late sleepers as well.



Thank you! To all the walkers, the team, the sponsors, and especially to all the donors! Your effort makes a difference!

PHOTOS: Lighting the way in Franklin

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PHOTOS: Lighting the way in Franklin

via The Milford Daily News News RSS by John Thornton/for the Daily News and Wicked Local on 6/8/12

The Relay For Life is held Friday night and Saturday morning at Franklin High School. The event includes teams of people walking around the track to raise funds to fight cancer, as well as a lap by cancer survivors.

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In the News: leadership, DelCarte, bullies, Relay, Strawberry

Adventurous Franklin teen off to D.C.

by Matt Tota/Daily News staff

DelCarte dam work approved in Franklin

by Matt Tota/Daily News staff

Bullying presentation Thursday at Middle School in Franklin

by Staff reports

Relay for Life Friday in Franklin

by Staff reports

Annual Strawberry Stroll tomorrow in Franklin

by Staff reports

“You need to be your own advocate”

Thirteen women, some of whom hadn’t met, or who knew each other only in passing, formed the walking group Sole Sisters, and volunteered to walk with Whalen in the two-day, 39-mile Boston Avon Walk for Breast Cancer on May 18 and 19. 

“They’re such a great group of women,” Whalen, 46, said, now past the surgery that removed the cancer. “You know your friends, but when something like this happens, that’s when you really know how great your friends are, and who your friends are.” 

Whalen was a nurse at Children’s Hospital in Boston for 20 years before quitting to take care of her three children: two daughters, now 14 and 15 years old, and a son, who is 11. 

“It’s a small thing we can do, walking and raising money,” said Peggy Sweeney, one of the Sole Sisters. “Lisa was very strong ... she was a trouper. She went through her treatment with grace and dignity.”

Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x738804647/Franklin-woman-s-cancer-prompts-friends-to-rally-to-her-cause#ixzz1v1ZWeNUt

PMC Franklin Kids Ride - Jun 10

I received the following letter from Lisa with information to share on the PMC Franklin Kids Ride

Hi Steve, 

My name is Lisa Marchioni and I have been running the PMC Franklin Kids Ride for the past 5 years. I was hoping that we could get some information out to the community about our upcoming ride. 

This is a bike ride where kids in the community raise money to help fight cancer. All proceeds go to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute through its Jimmy Fund. It's a great way for the kids to get involved in this battle against cancer. We all have been touched in some way who has fought this terrible disease and this ride empowers kids to raise money and ride their bikes for a great cause. 

The ride is Sunday, June 10th from 8am-12noon. It is held at Jefferson Elementary School. 

Everyone needs to register online to sign up for this event. We have a DJ and lots of fun things for the kids. The ride is for kids aged 3-14, and they can choose their miles: 3, 6 or 10 miles. We also have a tikes and trikes course for those under 6 and/or on training wheels. 

You can check out our website at http://kids.pmc.org/franklin for more information. I would love to try to get this information out to as many people in the Franklin area as possible. If you could post this as well as put it on facebook and twitter to all of your followers that would be great. 

If you have any questions or need more information, please let me know.Thanks so much for your support.
Lisa

Franklin mom fights side-effects of stem cell treatment

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Franklin mom fights side-effects of stem cell treatment

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At 45 years old, single mother Amanda Gard struggles with the ailments of a much older woman. "I have over 30 medications that I take every day," said Gard, who suffers from cataracts, osteoporosis and breathing issues. "It's affecting my ability to drive, it's affecting my independence ... It limits my ability to spend the time I want with my son." Her problems come from a stem cell transplant in 2009 meant to cure a previously well-managed cancer that became suddenly aggressive toward the end of her pregnancy with her son, Justin, now 3 years old.

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The link to donate to this cause is also found at the end of the article emilyruns.org

"friends who are willing to do anything to help"

"I can remember at my husband's first diagnosis, the doctor came up to me," she said. "He touched my shoulder and said, 'This will be harder for you than it is for him.' " 

The doctor was right, Frieda Schwartz said, since it was difficult to complete household chores and care for her husband while worrying about his months of treatments. 

"We were so lucky to have had the support of friends and family," she said.
That's why Schwartz, a longtime participant in Franklin's Relay for Life, was excited to learn that this year's event would feature a breakfast recognizing caregivers of cancer patients who bake meals, watch their children and stay with them in the hospital.

Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/archive/x1166553262/Franklin-Relays-For-Life-cares-for-cancer-helpers#ixzz1P3m69EmX




Additional photos from the Relay for Life can be found here:
http://franklinmatters.blogspot.com/2011/06/relay-for-life-slideshow.html

Relay for Life - slideshow

I was at the Relay for Life opening Friday evening. Here is a collections of photos:



Hopefully the rain today won't hinder the walkers effort too much!


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Relay for Life starts 6:00 PM Friday 6/10/11

The Relay for Life starts on the Franklin High School track at 6:00 PM Friday, June 10.

According to the website this morning, there are 35 team registered to walk. About 400 people will take part in this event that has already raised over $72,000.

For more information and to donate online, visit the Relay for Life website here

"doing her part to help future cancer patients"

"They gave me the self-confidence I needed," Longobardi said. "I knew right away when I got there that they would take care of me. I'm forever grateful and want to help (the hospital)." 

The clothes, adorned with the slogan "Fight like a Girl," are on sale at Frugal Fannie's, where Longobardi works as an apparel buyer. Frugal Fannie's co-owner Kathleen Doxer, who also had breast cancer and was treated at Beth Israel, jumped at the chance to sell the shirts, Longobardi said. 

Longobardi started last year with sweatshirts and has since added T-shirts. The T-shirts cost $9.95 and sweatshirts cost $19.95, 10 percent of which is donated to Beth Israel's BreastCare Center. They have sold more than 500 T-shirts and sweatshirts, she said. 

Her efforts are one of several projects undertaken by former cancer patients to give back to the hospital that are being recognized at Beth Israel's Evening of Giving celebration on Wednesday, said Jennifer DiFranco, the hospital's director of annual giving.

Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/archive/x1923755248/Franklin-woman-encourages-other-cancer-patients-to-fight-like-a-girl#ixzz1KWhCzq25


Franklin, MA

"You don't have to be a smoker to get lung cancer"

"I have no doubt in my mind the people who will find a cure for cancer are the people at Dana-Faber," said Jamie Tighe, a Franklin resident who grew up in Framingham and is running the Boston Marathon in April in Andy's honor. 

His brother, Tim, and Tighe's brother were best friends, so "Andy was always a presence in my life," Tighe said. "He's always been like a brother." 

So, even though "I was definitely not a runner" until recently, "when he was diagnosed, it was immediate." She decided to do the 26-mile race. 

"It was always he and I. He always said, 'I'll see you at the finish line.' One of the hardest things I had to do was to change my Dana-Farber website" to reflect she's now running in his memory.

Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here

Those who would like information about supporting Tighe's Dana-Farber fundraising can go to rundfmc.org and enter her name in the "Support a Runner" tab.

Franklin, MA

"you really learn to appreciate the little things"

As the mother of a cancer survivor, Donigan finds that September, which is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, brings back years of hospital memories.

"I want the gold ribbon to be as widely known as the pink one is for breast cancer," Donigan said.

In 2003, Donigan's then 18-month-old daughter Hunter was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Read the full story about Hunter and childhood cancer in the Milford Daily News here:
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1680536944/Silver-lining-found-in-gold-ribbon-story



Franklin, MA

In the News - Flickers ... for Hope

By Ashley Studley/Daily News staff

Milford Daily News

Posted Jun 24, 2010 @ 11:51 PM

FRANKLIN —

They may be on summer vacation, but Meghan and Shannon Morrison are already getting into the holiday spirit.

The sisters were only 9 and 7 at the time their mother, Susan, was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. And though Christmas that year fell on one of Susan's "bad weeks," she was able to spend the holiday home with her family.

Recognizing their own good fortune in being able to see their mother at Christmas, the sisters have dedicated themselves to raising money to buy holiday decorations for the AstraZeneca Hope Lodge Center in Boston - an outpatient care facility that serves as a home away from home for cancer patients.

 Read the full article here:
http://www.milforddailynews.com/features/x2071995044/Franklin-teens-spread-holiday-cheer

Donations to Flickers ... for Hope can be made payable to AstraZeneca Hope Lodge, and sent to the attention 

Flickers ... for Hope 

AstraZeneca Hope Lodge Center in Boston

125 South Huntington Ave 

Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Franklin, MA

Yard sale - help fight cancer

A yard sale will be held on Saturday (8/22/09) from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM at 19 Crystal Pond Lane, Franklin.

Read more about this effort here

Uniting to Find a Cure

from The Milford Daily News News RSS by Michelle Laczkoski/Daily News staff

"Can we have a lemonade stand to help Lucas?"

FRANKLIN —

Like many 7-year-olds Sarah Spanek opened a lemonade stand to earn some extra bucks during the summer - but unlike most kids her age, Sarah has a mission and a slogan: Cups for a Cure.

Read the full article about Cups for a Cure being held this Saturday here in Franklin in the Milford Daily News

In the News - Patricia Ridge, beating the increase, better health

1 - There is an article about Patricia Ridge, one of the custodians at the Kennedy School who was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer:

"She was an integral part of the Kennedy school community, and her sickness is sad and unfortunate," said Franklin Superintendent Maureen Sabolinski. "She's beloved by both the kids and the school."

Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here

2 - There is an article about local efforts to generate business in advance of the tax increase effective Aug 1.

At Planet Chrysler Jeep on Rte. 140 in Franklin, July has been a "very busy" month, given the government program and rush to beat the tax increase, said salesman Mike Shruhan.

United Regional Chamber of Commerce President Jack Lank is also quoted in the full article in the Milford Daily News here

3 - While dodgeball is not the answer to better health, running might be.

Cohen's foundation has been battling the issue for five years, with an earlier series of eye-catching billboards and continued grants. In Franklin, the Hockomock Area YMCA is using foundation money to develop a response that involves the whole community, not just its schools.

Oddly, they don't discuss running as an option. I guess that is too much of a stretch. Better to get someone walking regularly first. Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here.

And the rainbow appears over the field

And the rainbow appears over the field at the Relay for Life, originally uploaded by shersteve.

And the rainbow appears over the field at the Relay for Life, FHS Track

Franklin 2009 Relay for Life begins

Franklin 2009 Relay for Life begins here at the FHS Track $73 590 raised thus fa, originally uploaded by shersteve.

Franklin 2009 Relay for Life begins here at the FHS Track $73 590 raised thus far.

Patrick J. Carney

Patrick J. Carney, 22 of Franklin died January 15 in Brigham & Women’s Hospital Boston after a six month battle with cancer. He was the son of Joseph and Kim (Wilcke) Carney of Franklin.

Read the full set of information on the Xaverian Brothers web site here