Rosemead Kiwanis Club
"Serving the Community Since 1945"
FAX OF
LIFE
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Rosemead Kiwanis Club "Serving the Community Since 1945" |
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FAX OF LIFE
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The Fax of Life
A weekly inspiration, courtesy of the Kiwanis Club of Scott's Valley
(distributed free by the Kiwanis Club of Rosemead, CA - rosemeadkiwanis.org )
February 22, 2009 Volume 14, Number 20
Hugs from AJ
Passing the love forward
[Special note: this issue of the Fax of Life breaks from the normal inspirational monograph format of this series to feature a special Kiwanis project very close and personal to the Fax's publisher and second generation Editor-in-Chief].
AJ was an effervescent 7-year-old who loved life and warmed the hearts of everyone who knew him. When his family learned last summer that he had leukemia, two of AJ's great-aunts, Peggie and Patty, independently began making blankets of love for him.
Sadly, he lost his battle this the awful disease before the blankets were finished. In the days after he left us, we brain stormed what to do with the blankets. We decided that. while we can no longer hold AJ and give him the hugs we desperately want to give him, we can use the blankets as a way of passing on our love for him and his love for life. We're going to donate these blankets, and many, many more blankets, in his memory to comfort people who need comforting. In essence, when someone wraps one of these blankets around them, it will be like getting a "Hug from AJ."
We don't have all the details in place, but if you feel so moved, we invite you to join us. We can use suggestions for places to donate the blankets, offers to make more blankets, and offers of either yarn or fabric to make blankets.
You can contact us:
Peggie Lopez (Northern California): PeggieL@aol.com
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Pat Conradi (Southern California): nerfpat@sbcglobal.net
(Please include "AJ" in the subject line of your message
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. All of its Clubs are independently-run community service groups.
The Kiwanis Club of Scott's Valley normally meets at the Heavenly Café in Scott's Valley, CA, on Wednesdays at 7 am - see the Scott's Valley Kiwanis website @ http://svkiwanis.org for details; The Kiwanis Club of Rosemead normally meets on Thursdays at 12:10 in Rosemead, CA - see the Rosemead Kiwanis website @ http://rosemeadkiwanis.org for confirmation and directions. Visitors are welcome to join meetings of either club anytime.
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Neither the Scott's Valley or Rosemead Kiwanis Clubs make any representations as to the accuracy of quotes or actions attributed to named individuals; material selected for the Fax of Life comes from a variety of sources and is chosen based solely on its presumed inspirational value to readers.