May 04
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.
Apr 25
Please click on the link and read this amazing breakthrough. Carrying out Eli’s wishes to find a cure. Thank you all for joining the fight as one of Eli’s warriors.
Apr 18
Family and Friends tune in Sunday April 22nd at 7:30 AM Peter Solomon from 94.1 FM WIP, and 610 AM , Philadelphia will be helping the Eli Seth Matthews Leukemia Foundation raise awareness in this fight against childhood cancer. I will be Talking about our Angel Eli, and will share upcoming events in this fight. I will also ask everyone listening to follow www.BraveEli.com so they can also help us carry out Eli’s wishes to find a cure for childhood cancer. Thank you; Eli’s Dad.
Apr 18
The new Eli Seth Matthews Leukemia Foundation, Inc. baby Onesies are at Walgreens in Oxford, PA. Now your baby can look CUTE and help Fight Childhood Cancer sizes 6 – 12 – 18 month. You can also purchase at our foundation store http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.braveeli.com%2Fshop%2F&h=uAQEdSJSf
Apr 06
This is Austin I have been growing my hair for a little while now in order to have my Mom and Dad shave me BALD! Eli I miss you so much.
Apr 04
On Sunday June 10th from 2:00 pm till 6:00 pm the Fight For Eli band will play an outside show at the Hard Rock Cafe Baltimore. Please bring your family and join us as we Carry out Eli’s wishes to find a cure for childhood cancer.
Located in the historic original Power Plant Building in the Inner Harbor, the Hard Rock Cafe Baltimore sits between the world-renowned Baltimore National Aquarium and Fell’s Point and is within easy walking distance of the Baltimore Convention Center, Camden Yards, and Raven’s Stadium.
Hard Rock Cafe Baltimore
601 E. Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
1-410-347-7625
Mar 27
Pat’s Pizza of Oxford, PA has joined the fight.
From April 15th starting at 11:00 am till April 19th ending at 9:00 pm Pats Pizza in Oxford, PA will help us carry out Eli’s wishes to find a cure for childhood cancer. Please stop by and order anything on the menu and say these words. “Fighting Childhood Cancer For Eli” Buy doing this we will receive 20% of the proceeds at the end of the fundraising event. All of these funds will go towards Meghan Guerrera Goes BALD! In her efforts to raise money, and awareness in this fight against childhood cancer.
Please share this with everyone you know.
Pat’s Pizza
351 N 3rd St
Oxford, PA 19363
(610) 998-9191
Mar 25
Hi Paul,
I apologize for my delay. I took a few days off to be with family, but am back at the desk.
Thank you so much for sharing Meghan’s story with me. Just like charlesworth nursery what a beautiful expression of caring and compassion towards Eli and all children who struggle with these horrible cancers. When we diagnose a teenage woman with cancer, almost always their first question is “Will I lose my hair??” When we tell them “YES”, they start to cry. Their hair is such an integral part of their identity. Paul, I loved your comment that “one’s hair doesn’t make them beautiful, their heart does”. How true that is. Meghan, as someone who cares for children from all over the Midwest who suffer from cancer, efforts from caring individuals such as you mean SO MUCH to these children. It seems so simple, but it means SO MUCH. I just cannot tell you how much it means for these children to not feel alone or forgotten. They sacrifice an incredible amount and it takes a toll on them and their entire family, as Mr. Matthews knows very well. Thank you for taking the initiative and time to show everyone in your community that these children are not alone, not forgotten and we are working as hard as we can on their behalf.
I’m honored to be mentioned by you and to assist in Eli’s wishes to fight childhood cancer. I will be in Minneapolis next week for the spring Children’s Oncology Group meetings where I will discuss my latest research findings in high-risk ALL and infant leukemia. We have some new genetic results from our infant leukemia studies that I hope will grow into a much larger research program in the near future. With all of these results, we believe we can diagnose children more accurately and treat them right away with a plan that offers them the best chance of survival. It’s a small step, but small steps still get you to your destination.
God bless all of you, God bless Eli and thank you for your efforts toward finding cures for childhood cancer. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if I can provide any assistance or information.
Best wishes,
Todd
Todd E. Druley, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics
Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology
Washington University School of Medicine
Mar 23
Oh how this touches my heart. Back in August of 2011 Austin and I went to see Tim McGraw in concert. I took Eli’s story with me with the words written at the top that said “Dear Tim I share this story about our Angel Eli with you not for donations but to please read with Faith”. I explained that Eli loved his music, and would often try to hold the note to the song “live like you were dying” I had it wrapped around the wristband that Eli designed. I was able to give it to his back stage Manager that promised me Tim would get it. Well in this youtube Tim is wearing Eli’s Wristband on March 21st while in concert. Our Angel Eli is smiling down from Heaven on this.
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