5/9/13

We got the news this morning that we were hoping for which is BH a very good start that the CT scan that Eli had on Tuesday came back all clear. Between the good news of the scan and a truly uplifting day for myself I personally could not of asked for more. Eli feeling great, getting good news and myself in NY for my yeshiva (Peekskill) dinner where over 1100 alumnus and supporters of the yeshiva gathered for the yeshivas 50th anniversary honoring the Rosh Yeshiva and his Rebetzin Rabbi and Mrs Kanarek.

I say truly uplifting because I must of been told by literally hundreds of my friends of how they daily and some more then once a day say tehilim for Eli. The RY, the rebetzin are truly amazing people and have kept a personal shaychus with myself and family since I came to yeshiva in 9th grade and thru the years and made a special meaningful visit to LA a few months ago specially to come visit Eli and spend time and give myself and Bassy chizuk. There hasn’t been a day and usually more then once a day since Eli was diagnosed that we don’t receive a text from the RY and Rebetzin to ask and follow how Eli is doing. It was a honor to try to slightly repay all the favors they have done for myself, family, and friends for the last 20 years to be at this dinner in honor of them and the yeshiva.

We are very hopeful and continue to daven that the results today should be the same good results we receive always on every scan and test that Elimelech Ben Basya takes in the next few weeks and the next few years.

Special Announcement

For the last few months a group of our close friends have been arranging to join Chai Lifelines marathon taking place in Florida on 2/2/14. They have already 12+ people just on the “team Eli” group along the many others that run for Chai Lifeline. To do so every runner goes through MONTHS of rigorous training which they have all began doing already. This is one of the bigger fundraisers for Chai Lifeline who anyone who has ever needed their services knows how vital they are when a family member is going through a illness. And for those who BH haven’t had a sick family member and beezrat hashem will never have should know that they are simply a lifeline. Always there and always thinking about what they can do to take their chesed to the next level.

Our family will forever be makir tov to them for what they have done for us and continue to do. Every runner that signs up is essentially pledging $3600 to join the CL team. Aside from the training they do they must also raise the $$. On the link below there is a team Eli page which shows how much together the team has raised but you can click on each persons name and donate directly to their pledge. We beezrat hashem hope as a family to be there together with Eli who will be pushed in a wheelchair/stroller by one of the runners during the marathon

I look at this as a insurance plan that hopefully your donation should chas vshalom never be used towards your family or anyone you know but for us its the ultimate lifeline. Again I ask that anyone that can should please donate whatever they can “every dollar counts”. If you can donate $5 great if you can do more even better. If you can fully sponsor a runner would be amazing. There is also nothing wrong with a runner more then fulfilling their pledges for this great and worthy cause.

Anyone wishing to join the team should please email Ayalaback@gmail.com and anyone wishing to donate should please go to this link: http://www.teamlifeline.org/myteam.php?myid=88.

All I can say simply is “tizku lmitzvos”

The Gradons