FINAL DAYS FOR POINT BLANK CHARITY DRIVE
Help raise funds for children’s rooms at LI hospitals
With the New York City Marathon on Sunday and Islanders games on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, we have very little time left to give our charity drive the promotion it needs to be successful. In the first 24 hours after it was posted on Friday, the drive raised over $4,000 in online donations and checks. Since then, not much. I’m not giving up. I respectfully ask that you consider a donation. This is the one time over two seasons of Point Blank that I’m reaching out to readers. Let’s knock this out of the park…CB
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Point Blank has partnered with Pat LaFontaine’s foundation Companions in Courage on a fund-raising drive to donate mobile XBox 360 kiosks at Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola and Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow.
Pat, the former Islanders great and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, is running in the New York City Marathon on November 1. Through this joint venture with Point Blank, we are raising funds to honor Pat and his foundation at the marathon. Pat will be motivated on his run by the more than 40,000 children per year who now have the chance to play on these units or to visit one of the 8 Lion’s Den rooms that the CiC Foundation has built from Montreal to Florida (including one at Huntington Hospital).
On a recent Lion’s Den Room visit Dr. Mehmet Oz said, “When kids get sick, we have to remember that they’re still kids. They still want to have fun doing the same things they did when healthy… How better to do that than in a safe environment where they can play with other kids around the country who are facing similar challenges?”
From first-hand experience, when my young son Cole had open heart surgery two years ago, I saw how playing video games and being in a relaxed atmopshere after surgery helped in his recovery at the hospital.
Said Pat LaFontaine: “On behalf of the kids in the hospitals, I want to thank all of the Point Blank readers for your generosity and support. It can be pretty scary for these kids when they are admitted to a hospital. But when they can connect to the outside world with these XBox kiosks and our Lion’s Den rooms, you see their faces light up. You are making a huge difference in the lives of all these kids when you make a donation today. I know that I will feed off the hopes and wishes of those patients during my marathon run. Thanks for letting them know they are not alone as they go through the scariest time of their lives.”
A donation of $26 can make a huge difference – although don’t be dissuaded from contributing more if you are fortunate enough to have the resources.
With the marathon on Sunday, we respectfully ask that you make your donations in the next few days.
****As an added bonus for Point Blank readers, if you donate at least $50 before Wednesday at noon, you will be eligible to win four grandstand tickets at the finish line of the New York City Marathon on November 1.
As an alternative to the online donation link, readers can send a check to CiC Foundation, P.O. Box 768, Huntington, NY 11743 (ATT: PB). If you have any other questions or would like to make a donation different than what is requested, please send an email to Jim Johnson at jjohnson@CiC16.org
If this goes as well as we hope, we’ll have to celebrate with an Islanders game Point Blank viewing party at RC Dugan’s. Heck, maybe even Patty can stop by. (I just volunteered Dugan’s and Pat).
Please help Point Blank and Pat LaFontaine in our efforts for Winthrop and Nassau hospitals.
Thank you so much for your consideration.
8 Responses to FINAL DAYS FOR POINT BLANK CHARITY DRIVE
Help raise funds for children’s rooms at LI hospitals
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mt275 says:
Just made my donation. I will be on 4th Avenue, and Union Street in Brooklyn cheering Pat on. I hope he wears an Islanders jersey for the run.
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admin says:
Thanks, mt! CB
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Jay says:
Just donated. I’ve seen these rooms at Westchester when my cousin was there. Its great for these kids. Good luck Pat!
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Thank you so much, Jay…CB
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mrlbem says:
Done. Worthy cause.
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UIF says:
Done. Good luck, Pat
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Isles fan in CA says:
Donation complete. More than happy to help out Mr.Lafontaine who is by far a class act! Good Luck Buddy!
Good luck to Pat on Sunday! May he break his marathon “personal best” time and raise lots of $$ for the Companions In Courage foundation.