I am sending this letter to everyone that
was involved with my illness, recovery and fundraiser last year. I have improved enormously, but never will be
back to where I was. I cannot thank each
and every one of you enough for what you did for me…and my Family, whether it
was a dinner, donation, thank you card, etc...
I am back to caring for my family, volunteering in my community and
writing my blog (which has now reached almost 12,000 readers,
www.mybeautifullifewithms.com). I have had my service dog for approximately 2
months now and she is such an enormous help.
My original wish was to hold my fundraiser annually to raise money for
ECAD and what they provide for the disabled.
The money raised through my fundraisers would also be put towards a
successor dog for when the day comes I need my next.
I live in a small town. There are very few of these types of towns
left now adays. Our population is approximately 3,000. It’s a wonderful, beautiful, supportive
community. So wonderful that after I
decided this is where I wanted to settle and raise my daughter, my husband-to-be
also made his home Goshen, as did my parents. The novelty of a small town is
that we are all connected in some way: family, neighbors, committee members,
fellow parents, etc.. There are 117
families that have children in our local school. Over the 6 or so years our
children attend, you get to know fellow parents very well. The downfall, or positive depending on how
you look at it, is when there is a hardship, misfortune, catastrophe in town…
it is all of ours. It is our people. Our friends!
Our “Family”! Last year, it was
me. This year, tragedy strikes elsewhere
in our small town, but we all still own and support it.
Acknowledging the fact that such a small
town only can give so much, I have decided to cancel my ECAD fundraiser this
year to allow our town to put their resources to another family in need. I have
had to make many difficult decisions over the past year and a half. This one though, in light of it all, seems
easy.
ECAD, Educated Canines Assisting with
Disabilities, still owns a piece of my heart and still very much needs my, and
all of our, support. However, I need to
step aside and let my community do what is best. For those of you that can, please consider
making a donation to ECAD. With every
$25 donation, the donor will receive a Limited Edition Goat Milk Soap Gift Box
(free shipping).
They are available on my
website or by mail (send check, made out to ECAD to Tina A Torizzo – PO Box 45
Goshen, CT 06756).
To those of
you that live here in Goshen, or know the Marsh family, and can only give to
one cause please consider the upcoming fundraiser for their family!
With Sincere Thanks and
Appreciation
Tina A
Torizzo
www.mybeautifullifewithms.com
