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Page Creator: Tory Watters Leblond
Event: Jumping in Memory of Mickey
Event Starts: Jun 14th 2008
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Jumping in Memory of Mickey!
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National Brain Tumor Society
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Fundraising target: $50,000
So far I have raised: $118,249.00
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My personal message:

Hello!

Learning that Mickey McDonald Welker lost her battle against brain cancer, it became clear to me that my approach to my own survival needed to change.

There is not enough research dedicated to this disease, and I want to make a difference. 

When I was 14, I was diagnosed with brain cancer, and became legally blind.  Each of us, in the course of our lives, have a choice.  I thought my fighting back, my refusal to let brain cancer steer me clear of horses, was my lesson.  The fact that Mickey, my friend since college, did not survive, gave me a new goal.

At the U.S. International Hunter Derby, I hope to raise $30,000 for the National Brain Tumor Foundation.  These dollars will to go research, truly needed in fiding a way to help people fight back.  The course takes place on June 14 at the Lexington Horse Show, and I hope you will help me.

Mickey also loved horses, and I know this would touch her heart , as well.  It is important to know what matters to us, to nurture it and go for it!  It is time to reach out and help - through our passions - others who need it.

Thank you for visiting my Personal Fundraising Page. Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. If you are not comfortable with an online donation, please send a check to me, made out to the National Brain Tumor Foundation, and I will forward it for you!

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF DIRECT DONATIONS TO NBTF:

Lauren Chesley Cohen - $100; Phyllis H. Thayer - $100; John and Margaret Halpin - $100; Scott Richards and matched dollars from UBS Financial - $500; Mary Ellen Betz - $25; Mary Ellen Weaver - $500; Patricia and Richard Cronenberg - $100;  Earl and Lois Brown - $50; Louise Speigel - $100; Al and Wanda Lewis - $100; Jeffrey and Michele Merling - $100; Nicholson Insurance Agency - $200; Claudette and Joseph Kotrich - $25; Roberta Mart - $100; Kevin and Vickie Slattery - $25; Sharon Lamb - $100; Edmund Jones - $50; Jeffrey Merling - $100; Frances and Craig Lindner - $5,000; Nicolas J. Clooney - $100; Sarah Ingram - $100;  Joan and Lee Comisar - $1,000; ASG  Software Solutions and Mr. Allen - $1,000; Lynne Schneebeck - $100; Henry and Donna Peters - $20; Robert and Marian Pitcairn - $100; Philip and Julie Myers - $1,000; Santen Hughes - $100; Jacobs Inc. - $200; Marguerite J. Palmer - $100; Frank and Gillian Vallis - $100; A donation in loving memory of Mary Pirtle from Pinecroft LLC and the Frazier family  - $250; A donation in memory of Mickey McDonald Welker from Elise Zuiderman and Cynthia Stroebel - $100; Rood and Riddle, P.S.C. - $250; Sidney A. Lenger Charitable Trust - $10,000; Lisa Levine - $500; Warrendale Sales - $1,000; Joseph M. Bryan - $5,000; Cathy Perkins - $25; Lisa Levine - $500; Louise Hindert - $10; SpendThrift Farm - $5,000; Munro Ansley Farms - $100; Shamrock Glen, LLC - $100; Alexandria Johnson - $100; Dr. John R. Cummins, DVM - $500; Kristina Wrech - $75; Don Ameche - $500; Margaret Osterman - $100; Kathy and James Herbener - $100

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF AUCTION ITEMS AT KENTUCKY HORSE PARK DINNER

Thanks to everyone for making June 14 a most special evening!   Dollars raised through Auction Items available at the Dinner brought in $44,693!  This combined with the Online and Offline Donations - $84,393 - less expenses, the Horse Show brought in $117,649 for Research in Mickey McDonald Welkers name.

My original goal was to raise $50,000 and I am overwhelmed at how heart-touching and powerful each of you turned June 14 into! 

Thank you from my heart ...

Tory

Online Sponsors to date:
Display Name Date Amount  Comment
jana barbe 7/10/2008 $250.00  
Louis D. Bilionis and Ann Hubbard 7/2/2008 $250.00  
Bill and Dianne Seeley 6/16/2008 $500.00 In memory of Mickey and in honor of Bert, her husband and our friend. 
La Ciega LLC 6/14/2008 $250.00 In honor of Mickey Welker, and for a great cause. 
Chris and Linda Willson 6/14/2008 $250.00 In honor of dear Mickey.... 
John and Devi Hall 6/13/2008 $100.00 In Memory of Mickey Welker 
nina bonnie 6/13/2008 $500.00  
Brad Spragg 6/12/2008 $300.00 Great cause, Tory. Thanks for putting it together! 
Lissa 6/12/2008 $250.00 Great idea for a good cause!! Good Job Tory! 
Sabina Oldaker-Chambers 6/10/2008 $50.00 For my Father and Mickey, both lost in 2007. Two of the strongest souls I have ever known!  
Clark and Mitzi Shepherd 6/9/2008 $250.00 May God bless you, Mickey and Bert. 
Ingrid and Fred Daoud 6/7/2008 $50.00 best wishes 
Trackside Farm 6/6/2008 $100.00  
Elaine & El Bourgraf 6/5/2008 $100.00 You are a winner! 
Rachel Price 6/5/2008 $100.00  
Bob Carroll 6/4/2008 $50.00 Horses and I have an understanding - you ride and I watch. Good job Tory! 
Skip and Anne Thornbury 6/4/2008 $250.00 Tory, You are proving that one person can make a difference in the lives of others. Best of luck. 
Noah Fleischmann 6/3/2008 $25.00 Good work, Tory! 
emme bade 6/3/2008 $100.00 GOOD LUCK TORI 
Jane Fraser 5/30/2008 $200.00 I will be thinking of you and Mickey. Wish I could be there. 
Rita Jagoditz 5/29/2008 $25.00 Good Luck with reaching your goal and at the show. 
Kathy Birmingham 5/29/2008 $200.00 Good luck for a great cause! 
Pam Middendorff 5/28/2008 $100.00 Great cause, Tory. Keep up the good work! 
Jim and Deb Plettner 5/26/2008 $100.00 Great work! 
Kathy and Alex Saba 5/23/2008 $100.00 You are such an inspiration to us all, Tory! 
Addison and Jamie 5/22/2008 $250.00 Head's up! Tory's on another winner. 
Mary & EL-B Bourgraf 5/19/2008 $200.00 Best of luck in the horse show and God Bless you.  
sherry leblond 5/19/2008 $100.00  
Holly Lance Mead 5/18/2008 $100.00 So great to see you last week!! Good Luck! 
Kirsten Mays Mack 5/17/2008 $250.00 Sounds like a wonderful event. Best of luck in reaching your goal! 
John and Stephanie Ingram 5/12/2008 $1,000.00  
Stewart 5/11/2008 $100.00 Good luck Tory! 
Becky Bosomworth 5/11/2008 $100.00 Great cause, delighted to help, good luck ! 
Marianna and Mac Renfro 5/6/2008 $25.00  
Tad & Sue 5/5/2008 $500.00  
Dr. Jonathan and Amy Borden 5/1/2008 $500.00 For this worthy cause & tribute to the brave families affected 
Paul Keck & Susan McElroy 4/26/2008 $250.00 Thank you for asking for our support! 
RWA Architects 4/25/2008 $250.00 We are so impressed by you and your spirit. Good luck, with this and everything you do!  
Sue 4/24/2008 $1,000.00 This is a great thing you are doing! 
Bill Lange 4/23/2008 $50.00  
Dr. Bryan McNabb 4/22/2008 $1,500.00 In honor of those friends who have passed 
Ellen Weaver 4/20/2008 $250.00 I am with you all the way! We will make it HAPPEN! 
Beth and Brian Wright 4/18/2008 $50.00  
Jan Agardy 4/16/2008 $500.00 Tory my support is with you and this great cause!!! 
Alvin 4/16/2008 $50.00 God Bless. I am a cancer survivor and a horse lover. good luck 
Walter 4/14/2008 $50.00 Torry...It is Jennie's brother. UR Wonderful to do this, my friend Matt S is fighting this now.  
Paula Watters 4/14/2008 $1,000.00 Keep up the good work! 
Ann Gibson 4/11/2008 $25.00 Good luck!! 
Craig Waller 3/27/2008 $100.00 Good Luck 
Courtney Cummings 3/18/2008 $25.00  
karen bruce 3/10/2008 $50.00 Thank you. It is a great what you are doing. karen irishoaks.com  
Madeline 3/6/2008 $25.00 My brother had a brain tumor and survived. We are so blessed and grateful. 
John Bailey 3/5/2008 $100.00  
Jennie P. 2/23/2008 $100.00  
peter LeBlond 2/4/2008 $100.00  
* Total raised online: $13,050.00
Amount raised offline: $105,199.00
Grand Total: $118,249.00
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