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
We want to wish you and Eli a Chag Sameach. We know it isn’t easy to be on this terrible see-saw where one day things seem to be terrific and suddenly everything seems to be the opposite. As usual we will continue to daven for a refuah shleimah for Eli, and may you both be home soon for the rest of the Chag.
Kol nTuv.
Sylvia and Manny Danzer
I waited all day to read your post !!!! So first and formost Thank you for sharing !!!! I will tell you what I said to myself last night when I read you were not going o be home for YT …. We have to remember this is one of the stones we need to step on as part of the Refuah Shelaima for Eli iyh !!!!! Bitter pill but iyh wonderful results !!!! Hoping to hear good things on Chol Hamoed !!!!!!!! All of you have the best YT possible !!! Keep smiling !!!! Remember there are many , many , many, of us holding your hands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good Yom Tov, and I hope Eli can be released quicly so that you can be home with the family. We’ll be thinking of you.
Sincerely,
chavi