Friday, October 3, 2014

Fundraiser 2014


    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

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