Fundraising & Gifts Archive

Mark Porter “Look at that idiot” – Miles for Miracles

December 23, 2005+ English, Fundraising & Gifts5 Comments

Coming soon… The fundraising letter from Mark Porter who will run the Marathon in honor of Andy. Here’s the title of the letter and the first paragraph: LOOK AT THAT IDIOT We have all made the above statement one time or another mostly in the winter when it is

Mark’s running shoe

By Andres Trevino

December 22, 2005+ English, Fundraising & GiftsNo comments

Mark Porter and two of his children, Connor and Shannon visited yesterday evening, they helped Andy design Mark’s running shoe at NIKEID.com. Mark will compete in the 2006 Boston Marathon in honor of Andy. Mark is in remision from cancer and he said, “while sick I realised that you

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Mark Porter – Miles for Miracles

By Andres Trevino

December 11, 2005+ English, Fundraising & GiftsNo comments

Mark Porter will compete in the 2006 Boston Marathon in honor of Andy! To run the Boston Marathon is a very special accomplishment. We know it from our heroes, Jorge Luis, Elyse, Brian & Kelli who also ran in honor of Andy. Mark, Katie, Connor, Paulina, Sofia, Andy &

A check from GOOGLE, INC.

By Andres Trevino

December 3, 2005+ English, Fundraising & GiftsNo comments

I received a check from GOOGLE! Cool! a.k.a. Wicked awesome! The sum of one hundred ten and 49/100 U.S. Dollar. Here’s an image from the check: This check comes from the Google AdSense program. In January 2004 I added some links on this blog and to andy.org.mx that show

Mark Porter – Miles for Miracles

By Andres Trevino

December 3, 2005+ English, Fundraising & GiftsNo comments

Mark Porter is 38 years old, a carpenter and he lives in Quincy, Ma. He wants to run “because its for a worthy cause” and his efforts will “help children’s achieve more success“. “To help other families when they need it most by running and raising funds for Children’s”

Donate now

By Andres Trevino

October 6, 2005+ English, Fundraising & GiftsNo comments

If you want to donate to Children’s Hospital Boston do it now. Why? On September 23, 2005, President Bush signed into law an expansive relief package for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Thanks to this special legislation, taxpayers will find it easier to support hurricane relief while also remembering their

Katrina – Red Cross

By Andres Trevino

September 3, 2005+ English, Fundraising & GiftsNo comments

Victims of Hurricane Katrina are attempting to recover from the massive storm that is still making its way across the Mid-Atlantic States. American Red Cross volunteers have been deployed to the hardest hit areas of Katrina’s destruction, supplying hundreds of thousands of victims left homeless with critical necessities. These

CURE 4 JACK!

By Andres Trevino

August 31, 2005+ English, Fundraising & Gifts, NEMO Gene, Primary Immunodeficiency, Stem Cell TransplantNo comments

A month ago I published here the story about Jack Hagelin from New Jersey who also has a NEMO mutation. Since then I’ve been in contact with Roy and Charlotte, Jack’s parents and I offered them a website for Jack hosted on a internet server thanks to the generosity