Fundraiser for the DeBeau family of Mansfield. Info Below or click the link to donate. Fundraiser for Brooke DuBeau and Family When: Friday, March 7, 2014 Where: Mansfield Holiday Inn Grand Ballroom, Mansfield, MA 02048 Time: 7pm-midnight Why: To raise money for the DuBeau Family – story below Raffles/silent auction/music/cash bar/light appetizers Tickets sold separately and available: $50 each – a gift please contact Jules.Hindman@yahoo The tickets will be mailed to you after we receive the check. Thank you Make checks out to: The Brooke DuBeau Fund c/o Jules Hindman 15 Rock Street Mansfield, MA 02048 Or any gift amount can be given through GoFundMe (The DuBeau Family Fundraiser) Brooke DuBeau is a happy, loving, engaging and very bright 3 year old that recently started preschool at the Roland Green School in Mansfield – a peer modeling school with a focus on integrating special needs preschoolers into a typical school setting. Brooke has learned sign language and is getting better at communication every day. Brooke loves listening to music. She also loves being with and interacting with her brothers and sister. There is not much that Brooke does not like. Besides constantly learning to be patient. She is amazing, funny, inspiring, and so full of love! She wakes us up, and makes us realize what’s truly important in life. Brooke loves music – any kind – but especially country (even though you can’t hear her, Brooke is constantly singing). Shes very smart and has a great sense of humor. She also has the typical 3 year old behaviors! She is strong willed and a fighter. Most of all she just takes great enjoyment in the small things…the things that most of us take for granted. In October 2011, four days shy of her first birthday, Brooke Dubeau was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor (grade 2 Ependymoma). Brooke underwent brain surgery at Boston Childrens Hospital two days after the diagnosis, during which she suffered a stroke. As a result of the tumor, Brooke requires a tracheotomy to help her breathe, and due to the paralysis of Brooke’s vocal chords resulting from her surgery, she cannot use her mouth to eat and therefore requires a permanent feeding tube. Brooke is nonverbal. She cannot stand or walk and suffers seizures weekly. She needs to be connected to a ventilator while sleeping because of severe sleep apnea. Brooke’s medical needs are constant. Brooke spent four months in the ICU at Boston Childrens Hospital and was then transferred to Franciscan Hospital for rehab for another two months. Brooke has two older siblings – Vail (age 6) and Luke (age 5) – and one younger sibling – Jace (age 1) (John and Krissie found out they were expecting with Jace while in the hospital with Brooke after her diagnosis). John is a firefighter with the Boston Fire Department and, because of the constant care that Brooke requires, Krissie (Brooke’s mother) left her full-time job to stay at home and care for Brooke and her siblings. With four children, and going from a two-income family to only one income, it has been a financial burden on John and Krissie. Hence, the reason we are having this fundraiser and asking you to attend or consider giving a donation of any amount to help the DuBeau Family. Thank you so much. Please share Brooke’s story with your family and friends . Hi everyone. Thank you for sharing Brooke DuBeaus story. Lets keep it going. A few things people have been asking: 1. Tickets - $50 each Payable to: The Brooke DuBeau Fund c/o Jules Hindman 15 Rock St Mansfield, MA 02048 Tickets will be mailed to you once check is received. 2. Raffle donations: Can be dropped by Feb 22, 2014 To: Gerry Abbott Realtors c/o Kathy Todesco 508-212-2255 43 North Main Street Mansfield, MA 02048 (Safely stored till 3/7/14) 3. If making a gift donation we can save 5% if a check is mailed to us directly vs GoFundme. The Brooke DuBeau Fund c/o Jules Hindman 15 Rock St Mansfield, MA 02048 **which ever is easiest for you**
Posted on: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 14:26:17 +0000
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