Mon. June 3rd
Philadelphia Premiere of Rina Goldberg’s “The Magic Bracelet”
Last night, Chris, Ali, and I had the privilege of attending the Philadelphia premiere of B+ Hero, Rina Goldberg’s movie. Rina was an amazing young lady who passed away in December, 2011. She developed a concept and script for a short movie, “The Magic Bracelet”. Following her passing, The Make a Film Foundation (www.makeafilmdoundation.org ) and Rina’s parents brought her vision to the big screen. Academy Award winning writer, Diablo Cody (“Juno”), adapted Rina’s script and many recognizable Hollywood folks jumped onboard. I’m sure Rina was smiling down very proudly last night. Congratulations Rina!!! Rina’s motto was:
“Love Life, Dream Big, Be Positive”
Here’s a picture of me, Katie Wilson, Rina, Ali, and some of Ali’s ADPi sisters when we visited Rina in November, 2011 at her house. It was an honor to get to know Rina and an honor to meet Amanda Perrotta’s family last night as well. Amanda was an equally brave young lady who introduced Rina to Andrew and The B+ Foundation and Amanda is up in Heaven as well.
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Congratulations to all B+ Hero Graduates
Tonight, I had the distinct honor of being invited by B+ Hero, Joey Farrell, and his family to join them for his graduation from St. Elizabeth’s High School. Just 18 months ago, this kid was flying around on his bike in endurance races…and then he hit an obstacle, but not an insurmountable obstacle. Joey was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He battled hard and tonight, he was one of two seniors selected to speak at graduation and boy, did he hit it out of the park! Standing O for Joe! Congratulations to Joey, Alex Blythe (Brandywine HS), and everyone who graduated. Graduations aren’t a lot of fun for me, but I’m really proud of these guys and happy for them.
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Congratulations UDance – Jefferson Award National Winner
After being recognized on the local level, we just learned that UDance, the 12 hour dance marathon at the University of Delaware that benefits The B+ Foundation, was awarded #1st place in the “Health and Wellness” category of the Jefferson Awards’ Youth Service Challenge. This is a national competition with 2nd and 3rd place prizes going to groups from Wisconsin and New York, respectively. Congratulations UDance on this well-deserved recognition!
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Upcoming B+ Events
Less than 3 weeks to go for one of the biggest – if not THE biggest – 5k Run/Walk in Delaware!!! Register today. Don’t forget, you don’t have to live anywhere near Delaware to participate. Join Ali’s “Andrew’s Angel” team as a sponsor.
7th Annual B+ Fighting Childhood Cancer 5k Run/Walk
Thurs. June 20th at Salesianum – 1801 N. Broom St, Wilmington
Run/Walk Begins at 6:45pm
There will be FREE pizza, hot dogs, Chick-fil-A sandwiches and SO much more
Click here to create a team or register today as an individual participant.
Please DON’T forget to bring ALL of your loose change. We will have the TD Bank Mobile Arcade on-site to help us raise extra money for the fight against childhood cancer. Thanks!
B+ Golf Outing
Mon. Sept. 23rd at the DuPont Country Club
Lunch -11am, Shotgun start- noon, Cocktails -5pm, Dinner – 6pm
Join us for golf, cocktails and dinner/auction or just the dinner/auction…whichever works best for your schedule
Please contact me at [email protected] about sponsorship opportunities.
Register your foursome at https://www.signup82north.com/beventLive.aspx?EventID=NBI87324100
It’s a great day! Please join us.
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Love life. Dream big. B+
Ali & Andrew’s Dad