Family and Friends! Temple Students! Rock and Roll Fans!

Join us at the Hard Rock in Philly on Friday August 17, 2012 from 8:00 pm till Midnight!

Come out and help us carry out Eli’s wishes to find a cure for childhood cancer! 

There will be a $7.00 cover charge and all proceeds go to the foundation! 
 

Hard Rock Cafe

• (215) 238-1000
• hardrock.com

Thanks to all of our Family, and friends that came out to Rockford Park for the 2^nd Annual Eli Seth Matthews Memorial 5K on Sunday June 3rd.  It was a beautiful morning as we all Ran, or Walked in our Angel Eli’s memory. 

Click this link to view photos of this wonderful event in memory of our Angel Eli.

After you click on the link and are on the page scroll down till you see 2nd Eli Seth Matthews Memorial 5K click on those blue words to view photos.

http://horizonhelps.com/?eventcategory=events&paged=3

CBS 3 and The CW Philly will once again present a full day of fundraising for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation on Thursday, June 7th live from the Great Hall in the stations’ HD Broadcast Center. The fundraiser, in its sixth year, helps kick off  National Lemonade Days 2012 (June 8-10) when thousands of volunteers from coast to coast will take a stand against pediatric cancer by hosting lemonade stands of their own.

Our Brave Eli’s story will be airing in the 9 am hour. I have been working close with CBS 3 as they are putting a story together for our Angel Eli.   Eli held a stand with his BIG brother every year in our front yard to raise money in this fight against childhood cancer.  If you would like to donate to Eli’s stand in his memory just click this link.    Eli has his own page on Alex’s web site. Or stop by our house on June 9th for an ice cold cup of Lemonade from 9am till 4pm.

http://www.alexslemonade.org/campaign/eli-seth-matthews-leukemia-fund

On Wednesday May 23, 2012 Kristina Borham was awarded the first Eli Seth Matthews Scholarship Fund.  I did not have a chance to talk to Kristina that night so it was nice to spend some time with her at our home today.   It’s a coincidence that our Angel Eli and Kristina both share the same birthday, and the time we spent talking I learned that this is a very special young lady one that is going to change the world.  Kristina I say to you reach for your dreams, but stretch further because the sky is the limit.

Family and friends,

Thank you so much for joining us at Eli’s Celebration.   We raised $8,645.00 to help carry out Eli’s wishes to find a cure for childhood cancer. 

We could not continue waging this war without all of your continued support.

Thanks again we hope to see all of you next year.

A BIG thank you goes to Alyssa Sniechoski and Meghan Harvey for putting together such a wonderful event!  The weather was beautiful and fun was had by all.  We thank everyone that helped make this event a success, we raised $2,565.35 to help carry out Eli’s wishes to find a cure.

Thank you to all of the wonderful students at Bill Hammond’s Martial Arts in West Grove, PA!  They raised $4,557.00 in this fight against childhood cancer!

Dear Eli, I would like to share something with you that I think you would like to hear. I have recently been struggling with a career decision after I graduate with my bachelors in Biology. You see for some time now, I have been debating wether to get my PhD in cancer biology or to just get my masters and work for a pharmaceutical industry. I have been told that PhD’s don’t make nearly as much as someone who has a masters degree that works for an industry. Often PhD’s work long hours through grants and donations, and salaries are not as high as one may think. This for a while deterred me. I could not understand why I would dedicate the next five to eight years in graduate school getting my PhD, when I could go for two years, get my masters and make as much if not more working for an industry. I have been struggling with my decision for graduate school admission for some time now until today. As I was ironically leaving the lab where I currently intern for cancer research, I was walking down Liacouras Walk at Temple University. That’s when I saw Meghan sitting on a stool, with her beautiful gorgeous brown hair sitting perfectly on her shoulders. She looked familiar to me, as I recognized her from a poster I saw previously in the semester on campus. I remember reading it and wondering why this beautiful girl was going to shave her head. Today, I understand why and it has enlightened me. You see Eli, I happened to walk down Liacouras, eager to go home and have dinner, when I heard your father giving a remarkable speech. I decided to stop for a second to see why a crowd of students were standing in silence while Megan sat on a stool and your father was speaking. Within two minutes, tears began rolling down my cheeks. He told me about your story and he reminded me how important it was that we find a cure for cancer. I couldn’t believe how your story turned out. I am sorry that you could not be here Eli, but you should be proud because your story has inspired this individual. Your story really stirred me up tonight, and got me thinking. I really should go for my PhD because if not enough people contribute to fighting cancer in science, then it will never be cured. It is important people keep continuing this research and if it is your story that reminds me how passionate I am about science. I forgot why I wanted to get my PhD in the first place, and your story, well it gave me a change of heart. I realize I should get my PhD now not because of the salary I will one day make, but because I will be fighting for something thats right. I will help thousands of people someday by contributing my knowledge to finding a cure. I just want to thank you for your guidance and helping me decide what I should do with my life. I have seriously been struggling with this my entire undergraduate career and now it is clear to me. I hope that a cure is found soon Eli. You should be very proud with what your doing, and I can’t thank you enough for being a part of my decision.

If you missed this AMAZING event you can now watch part of it on YouTube.  Please donate to carry out Eli’s wishes to find a cure for Childhood Cancer.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMAmqNfggGs

The Temple news

http://temple-news.com/2012/05/02/freshman-shaves-her-head-on-campus-to-honor-young-boy-claimed-by-cancer/

If you wish to donate, the address is as follows:
Eli Seth Matthews Leukemia Foundation, Inc.
PO BOX# 33
Oxford, Pa 19363
We will mail you a receipt if requested, to claim on
your taxes. Just include a self addressed stamped envelope.

Scott Hale called me one day and talked to me about a youth group called Ignite Youth and their desire to help raise funds to support our cause.   I wanted to take a moment and thank them for working so hard to raise the funds they did to carry out Eli’s wishes to find a cure.  You see Eli went to vacation Bible School at Nottingham Presbyterian church.  The photo you see of Eli is of him singing at the church during a part of their program.