TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE!!!!

It looks like we'll have tickets and flyers for the concert this coming week!!
YAY!!!!

Please let me know if you can take some flyers and post them, if you want some tickets to sell or if you just want a ticket.

Anyone who wants tickets can shoot me an e-mail at allforbeth@gmail.com and I can tell you how to make out the check and where to send it. I'll then send your tickets back to you.

Thank you to everyone who's brought dinner to the family, bought groceries, taken the kids for a few hours (which helps them as much as it helps Beth) and has offered to help sell tickets.

Beth is still doing well with her treatments and continues to feel the love.....

Deb

BENEFIT CONCERT

BENEFIT CONCERT FOR BETH CHURCO AND CIANA RUTLEDGE

APRIL 24'TH, 2010

11:00am - 6:00pm
CHAMPIONS BILLIARDS SPORTS CAFE
5205 Buckeystown Pike
Frederick, MD


We have joined with the Patty Pollatos Fund in setting up a Benefit Concert to Benefit Beth Churco and Ciana Rutledge. We have two great bands that have graciously agreed to donate their time to raise money for Beth and Ciana at CHAMPIONS in Frederick, who have opened their doors to us for this event. Champions Rocks!

RUST - Remember Ronnie Kline all you WHS alumni?
He'll be on the drums and along the other members of his awesome band will be playing from 4 to 6.

Robbing Noll - a fabulous band that is sure to please everyone will set the tone for the day - which is to have fun, sing a little, dance a little and celebrate Beth and Ciana.

We will be posting more information as we get tickets printed up and work out all the little details, but we want everyone to mark their calendars NOW.

Lunch and the show $30.00/person
Just the show $10.00/person

Remember that ALL PROCEEDS benefit Ciana and Beth.

We can raise a lot of money to help these two families in just one day - and have a great time doing it!!

THE PATTY POLLATOS FUND, INC.

We are now all set up with the Patty Pollatos Fund.

All donations will go through PPF from this point forward.

I encourage you to go to the website and read about Beth and all of the other recipients of this incredible organization. I have included a link on the right, which will take you directly to Beth's page.

If you send a check, make it payable to "PPF, INC." and put "Beth Churco" in the memo. You can send them directly to PPF or to me or to Jami.

You can also make a credit card donation directly on the website.

Don't forget - IT'S ALL TAX DEDUCTIBLE!!!

We have a big announcement coming later this week so stay tuned!!

Who says size doesn't matter?????

Because it does, very much.

So does shrinkage.

Seriously - I don't care what anyone has told you, it matters.

Especially when we're talking about Beth's tumors....because they are SHRINKING my friends!!!!

Thanks to the prayers, good wishes and love, the chemo seems to be kicking butt.

Pray for continued good results!!!!

What an amazing thing....

I saw people today that I hadn't seen in years.

The wonderful women that came to support Beth just warmed my heart.

She definitely felt the love.

It's been a long day, but I took pictures (mostly of people eating - ha!) and will post tomorrow.

Thank you to everyone who showed their support, those that were there and those that couldn't be there but sent their love.

Beth has her second chemo treatment tomorrow so say a little prayer that this treatment is as easy on her as possible.

Thank you everyone......you are all amazing......

Update

Beth had her port put in today and she's home now and feeling good! Well, as good as you can feel after surgery, but at least this port will make her chemo treatments a bit easier on her.

We hope to see everyone on Sunday. Remember that Beth's immune system is a bit compromised now, so try to be mindful of that if you have a cold.

I have no problems slapping a surgical mask on anyone who sniffles in my presence :) Ha!

Our next event is scheduled and details will be posted soon.

I'll give you a hint ....




Intrigued?????

Stay tuned.........


Deb

DON'T FORGET SUNDAY'S EVENT!!

SILPADA & ARBONNE PARTY TO BENEFIT BETH!

February 21'st at 1:00

Deb's House

(Please e-mail your RSVP tp allforbeth@gmail.com and I'll send directions to you)

Hosted by Jami & Deb

Proceeds will go to help pay Beth's medical bills.

Buy something nice for yourself and help Beth in the process!

If you can't make it, feel free to peruse the catalogs and order directly.

MySilpada - Home

If you like jewelry, you're going to love Silpada Designs! And if you love Silpada Designs Jewelry - how about getting some FREE?
If you can't make the party this Sunday, feel free to browse the catalog and place an order directly with Cheryl. Make sure you mention it's for Beth!


www.arbonne.com

Browse the catalog and send an e-mail to ginnyknight@myarbonne.com if you can't make it but would like to order something. For those of you that have already given me your orders, I'll have Ginny get the totals to me as soon as possible. Thanks!!

Blizzard after Blizzard after Blizzard

All of this snow has slowed us down!

We are still working on getting all the paperwork in order for the PPF, but with the heavy snow, office closings, etc., it's taking a bit longer than we had hoped.

We're on for the Silpada/Arbonne party on February 21'st and we're getting a great response!!

We'd still like to see more people come and enjoy an afternoon of friends, food, drink and hope for Beth.

If you're coming, bring a friend! Heck, bring 10 friends!

The more the merrier and the more help we can give to Beth and her family.

If you need directions, shoot us an e-mail.

If you have any questions, shoot us an e-mail.

If you just want to say hi, shoot us an e-mail! Ha!

Stay safe and warm in the snow!

And let's all pray that the power stays on - especially at Beth's house!

Deb & Jami

Things are happening!!

We met with Debbie Williams of the Patty Pollatos Fund last night. What an amazing woman and what an incredible organization.

We hope to have Beth's page on the PPF website up within the next few days. We've started talking about some BIG fundraisers - with the PPF behind us, all donations will be 100% tax deductible and every dollar we raise will go directly to help Beth.

Every. Single. Dollar.

If we raise $10,000.00, it all goes to Beth's medical bills and living expenses.

How amazing is that?

Of course, $10,000.00 doesn't go far when you're talking about cancer treatment, so our goal is to raise even more.

We want her to concentrate on beating this disease, not worrying about how she's going to pay for her treatment, her medicine, her bills.

We'll be calling for volunteers soon to help us put these events together and help us raise money. If you want to help, please send us an e-mail allforbeth@gmail.com

We'll post the link to Beth PPF page as soon as it's up and running.

Deb & Jami

FIRST EVENT

SILPADA & ARBONNE PARTY TO BENEFIT BETH!

February 21'st at 1:00 Deb's House

Hosted by Jami & Deb

Proceeds will go to help pay Beth's medical bills.

Buy something nice for yourself and help Beth in the process!

We just got confirmation of the date, so mark your calendars!!


Beth is doing great, but with her medication costs alone, things are starting to get tight.

We'd love to see everyone, and will provide more details of the first event as soon as we can.

One Down, Five To Go

Beth had her first Chemo treatment today and boy is she tired!

I guess sitting for 6 to 7 hours in one place with an IV full of drugs will do that to a person.

I talked to her several times today and she was in good spirits. She was a little loopy - and she was slurring her words, which of course, made me crack up and keep asking inane questions just to hear her slurring (slurrage?) and then I would laugh some more. (You can all yell at me later - but it was FUNNY)

We started talking about random stuff and she mentioned that a Dairy Queen Blizzard sounded good to her. We used to go "shopping" (read - wander aimlessly through Wal-Mart and/or Target for hours at a time and then forget to bring home the toilet paper or paper towels we couldn't forget) almost every Friday night when our kids were younger just to get out of the house without the kids for a few hours. We would always say that we were going to grab some dinner while we were out.

We always ended up at DQ on the way home eating ice cream instead.

So, tonight I stopped by DQ on the way home to get my friend a Blizzard. I wasn't sure what kind would taste good to her and she TOLD me to surprise her so.........

I got her six.

Yes, SIX.

I know, I know, nothing like overkill, but they are all different flavors and this way she'll have a freezer full of fat and calories (and tasty goodness!) to choose from whenever she feels like it.

She looked at me like I was nuts when I walked through the door with a bag full of Blizzards:)

Deb