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The Driving Miss
Shapleigh benefit dinner at Lombardi's 1025
Club in Johnston on September 1st was a HUGE success!
We want to thank everyone who attended the event,
and everyone who couldn't attend, but donated anyway.
Your generosity and kindness are overwhelming!
Mike Marra,
and Acts of Kindness, Inc. stepped up to
the plate, when no one else would, to sponsor the
Driving Miss Shapleigh campaign. Without
this wonderful organization, we could not have launched
this very important project. We are forever grateful
to Acts of Kindness, Inc. We encourage everyone
to go to www.a-o-k.org,
to learn more about Acts of Kindness, Inc.
and to find out what YOU can do to help this fine
organization do their good work.
We knew our friend,
Brad Griffing, was a talented musician and
songwriter, and we were delighted when he agreed
to play at our dinner. Brad, you rock! Thank you
again for all your help!
Deep heartfelt thanks
go to Mixed Nuts, an interactive cabaret.
You are all SO gifted!! Thank you, Mark Colozzi,
Katie Estrella, Kim Frenze, and
Kevin Sullivan, for sharing your gift of comedy
and song with our 352 guests that evening. You are
one talented group! You helped make September 1st
an unforgettable evening for our guests!
Very special thanks
go to Kevin Sullivan (of Mixed Nuts: an
interactive cabaret) who was responsible for
all the artwork of our Driving Miss Shapleigh
campaign. Kevin worked diligently on our
flyers, advertising sheets, and he took our ad book
to a whole new level! Kevin also gave John
and Shapleigh a personal page on his website
www.mixednutscabaret.com
(and we didn't even ask!) He spent hours, too numerous
to mention, updating the page and making everything
look sleek and sharp. Kevin, you are one
talented art director! And we are SO honored to
have you as our friend!
Speaking of friends:
Jim Pereira is worth his weight in gold!
Jim put in so many hours doing SO many things
for the campaign! He made tickets, DVDs, labels,
scanned artwork, and lent us his organizational
skills for the duration of the campaign. What would
we have done without Jim Pereira and Kevin
Sullivan?!!?? (Thank goodness we don't have
to know!)
Tony Petrarca
did a fabulous job running the live auction and
silent auction, and TJ DelSanto was wonderful
at giving away our raffle prizes. We are so grateful
to you for coming to the dinner and lending a hand!
Bayo Dina is
a brand new friend who came to videotape and document
the Driving Miss Shapleigh benefit dinner
for us. We hope everyone will e-mail Bayo at ttppproductions@cox.net
to book him for their special event!
My sister-in-law, Deb
Sachs, came up from Virginia to give hands-on
help for the dinner. And she was able to recruit
Beth and Jake Jacobs. You guys really
came through for us. Thank you SO much!
NEADS, National
Education for Assistance Dog Services www.neads.org,
not only trained Shapleigh and placed her
with John, but NEADS continues to
be supportive and active in our lives. We are so
grateful to all of you for your friendship!
Thank you Lombardi's
1025 Club, (especially Steve Lombardi
and Ann Marie Rathbun), who made sure our
guests were comfortable, and had a good time. The
food was delicious! We would recommend Lombardi's
1025 Club as the venue for any special event!
(401) 944-1025
Many, MANY thanks for
bringing us closer to our goal of buying a handicap-accessible
van for John and Shapleigh. Thanks to your
generosity, John's dream of Driving Miss Shapleigh
WILL become a reality.
Love,
John, Marie & Shapleigh
DeFazio
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