Sep 05

We have a Winner

Thank you goes out to all of our Family and Friends for buying a ticket for the chance to win a 1973 Dyna Series Harley Davidson.  Officer Brown from the Oxford Police department pulled the winning ticket at 2:10 pm…..    The ticket pulled was number 175 Timmy Stanley a local from Nottingham, pa won this Beautiful Harley Davidson.  Again thank you Buddy owner of Robinson’s Furniture for donating his Harley to help us KILL CHILDHOOD CANCER!!!!     WE RAISED $10,000.00 TODAY!!!!!!!!!  OH YES OUR ANGEL ELI KEPT THE RAIN AWAY!!!!

 

Aug 12

CAR SHOW TO BENEFIT ELI SETH LEUKEMIA FOUNDATION & ALEX’S LEMONADE STAND

Time
Saturday, September 10 · 12:00pm – 4:00pm
Location
Oxford Auto & Tire

124 Barnsley Road
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Please help Oxford Auto & Tire in the fight against Childhood Cancer, in memory of Eli Seth Matthews. His BIG brother Austin will be in charge of the Alex’s Lemonade Stand. Burgers & dogs will also be available with all proceeds being donated to Eli’s Foundation & Alex’s Lemonade.

Aug 07

Annual Brave Eli Memorial Ride and fundraiser

We must join together around the world in a ride in Eli’s memory to carry out Eli’s wishes to find a cure for Childhood Leukemia. I reach out to you as a father that lost his son (HERO) in life to this MONSTER! I say to you if you take on this task to join a group of bikers together on May 19, 2012 we can ride across the World to help save lives. On this day in Oxford, PA we will have Eli’s Celebration and a ride as well. With the help of the www.XLForum.net with over 40,000 members strong in every part of the world we can do it… (I know on www.BraveEli.com we have people veiwing this message world wide).   What I need if you are interested just e-mail me at BraveEli@zoominternet.net with your name and how many riders you bELIeve you will have. Prior to the ride I will mail you a “I bELIeve in memory of Eli Matthews” memorial patch for each rider in your group. Have your group visit www.BraveEli.com and read Eli’s story so they to can get an understanding of the #1 killer of our children today. This effects 47 children every day. 47 children are told by their mom and dad in some heart wrenching way hunny you have Leukemia chocking back the tear’s as you stay strong for your baby. This ride will be every year, and I will announce the date every year to coincide with Eli’s celebration that will be held in Oxford, PA with a ride as well. The donation for each rider is $20.00…. After you have completed your ride send the proceeds to:
Eli Seth Matthews Leukemia Foundation, Inc

P.O. Box# 33

Oxford, PA 19363

Captains so far for the May 19th ride are listed:

UPDATE: Pennsylvania is covered for the Brave Eli Memorial Ride. Eli’s Dad will lead the ride. 4 PM we will leave from Redmans Hall….

UPDATE: Chris (ParrotHead) will also talk to his HOG Chapter.

UPDATE: NE Oklahoma is covered by XLForum members (chardhin).

UPDATE: Arizona is covered by XLForum member (bitpusher).

UPDATE: Idaho is covered by XLForum member (beornj).

UPDATE: West Virginia is covered by XLForum member (Mike) (BCR226).

Need to cover every state, and country.  

Who do we have from Germany? Bert can you take Germany my friend?

Who will cover Japan?

The goal is to have bikers in every state and country riding on the 19th their time zone.

 

 

Aug 03

Help us Fight Childhood Cancer (BraveEli.com)

Liz Scott from the Alex’s Foundation was friends with Eli, and has dedicated a page on her foundation’s web site for our Angel Eli.  Now if you can’t make it to a Lemonade event for whatever reason, you can click on this link http://www.alexslemonade.org/campaign/eli-seth-matthews-leukemia-fund , or go to BraveEli.com. Under organizations, just click on Eli Seth Matthews Leukemia Fund and this will also take you to his page.  
 
The fund’s raised will be directed to** Todd Druley, M.D., Ph.D.   Dr. Druley is also the doctor the Eli Seth Matthews Leukemia Foundation funds will go to, as well as other organizations.   We must put a stop to all of the poison they are using to treat these precious chidren with.  This is what our Angel Eli would want us to do………….continue his wishes to find a cure.
 
**Assistant Professor in Pediatrics and Genetics Washington University School of Medicine.
 
**Hematology/Oncology
 
Dr. Druley is a faculty member in the Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology.  His research is based in the hypothesis that much of pediatric disease presentation and treatment is heavily influenced by the unique combination of rare inherited DNA mutations within each person. Dr. Druley’s research focuses on adapting the latest genomic technologies toward characterizing these germline variants on a population-based scale as well as examining how these mutations interact within an individual to influence a variety of diseases, particularly pediatric cancer. The long-term goals are to better understand the pathophysiology of pediatric cancer as well as to identify all of the pertinent germline variants within a pediatric cancer patient prior to starting therapy in order to provide a genetically customized treatment plan designed to maximize anti-cancer activity while minimizing toxicity and morbidity.
 
 
 

Jul 24

Lemonade all proceeds to benifit Eli Seth Matthews Leukemia Foundation

  July 31, 2011 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM @ 5 welcome Ave. West Grove PA 19390 Nicole Hammond is holding this event in memory of our Angel Eli.  Go to BraveEli.com to keep up with how you can help fight Childhood cancer.

 

Jul 18

Eli’s Memorial Patch

Eli's memorial patch

Memorial Patch

If you would like to donate $10.00 for one of Eli’s memorial patches please send a check made out to (ESMLF) Eli Seth Matthews Leukemia Foundation.  Send it to Eli Seth Matthews Leukemia Foundation P.O. Box# 33 Oxford, PA 19363 with a self addressed stamped envolope.

Jul 06

Eli Seth Matthews Scholarship Fund

We have decided to establish the Eli Seth Matthews Scholarship Fund at the Oxford Area High School.   At the end of the school year starting in 2012 we will present a student with a Scholarship in our Eli’s memory, and honor.   (A student going into the medical field).   So as the school system help’s the Eli Seth Matthews Leukemia Foundation to work toward’s finding a cure for Leukemia Eli would want to help a student to achieve their goal in life.

Jul 02

Boy’s having fun with Silly String

Silly String

WOW! Eli sure was spraying that Silly String on Austin.  This was a day before Eli’s 10th Birthday having fun with BIG brother Austin.

Jun 17

My Eli Story – Chris Comly

Eli and Chris take a flight

Eli and Chris take a flight

My Eli story is one I wanted to tell at Eli’s service but I knew I just could not do so.  I read a post about Eli and Paul’s request to help raise money to fight cancer on the XLForum which I have been a member of for years and I was shocked.  I had never known any kids that have had this horrible disease.  Like many other forum members I promptly made a donation. I began following Eli’s story on the forum and at one point sent a message to Paul offering to take Eli up for a plane ride. I did not receive a response from Paul so every once in a while I would send him a message with my offer as soon as Eli was up to it.  I am sure Paul thought I was crazy!  As Eli’s health improved and he started selling lemonade as his Alex’s and Eli’s Lemonade stand some other members and I started making the ride down to Oxford to support him and I met Eli for the first time.  All I can say is wow, what a great kid.  There was just something about him that made you want to be his friend.

Finally in September 2008, Paul accepted my invitation and we discussed the flight.  Due to Eli’s medication making him nauseous, Paul was unsure if Eli would be able to make a long flight so we agreed to make a quick flight around the pattern at Chester County Airport which was near their house. Eli, Paul, and Austin made the flight with Eli sitting up front with me.  We made the trip around the traffic pattern and landed and I asked Eli if he was ok.  He said he was and I don’t recall exactly what he said next but a few moments latter we were back in the air flying around the area.  We probably spent 45 minutes or so flying about. Eli even got to fly the plane for a bit and I could tell he was a natural!  After we landed we all had lunch together. If I recall, Eli was grinning ear to ear the entire time.

Unfortunately, Eli got sick again before we could go for another flight. I had hoped to take Eli up past New York City to see the Statue of Liberty from the air, but unfortunately it wasn’t to be.  When Eli got sick for the last time I was devasted like everyone else, and was in shock when he passed.  As I sat there in the church listening to all his friends and family talk about Eli I started to think about life in general.  At the time I was probably 50 or so pounds overweight, with only myself to blame for it.  Here I was at a funeral service for a 10 year old who was taken from us by this horrible disease through no fault of his own.  It was at that point I decided to take my health back and start losing the weight I had told myself I would lose for the last few years. Its been a long fight, but I have since lost 25 pounds.

Thats my story on how Eli touched me.

Pilot Eli

May 19

Eli and Alex’s Lemonade Stand – June 11, 2011

Austin has taken over his brothers lemonade stand to continue to raise money for the Alex’s foundation.    Eli bELIeved in a cure for Childhood Leukemia.   Come on out to our house (front yard) on June 11th from 9:00 am till 4:00 pm and have a cup of  lemonade in Eli’s memory.