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Voices of Hope Monthly Newsletter, March 2015
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Thanks for subscribing to the monthly newsletter for Voices of Hope! We appreciate your interest in our organization and our mission; to help fund the ongoing research to find a cure for cancer. Look here every month for our most recent news, our upcoming events, and ways that you can help. See our past news here. As long as there is research to be done, our voices of hope will sing out for the cure!
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Spring Fever
Spring is finally bringing some warmth back to our days! As the weather improves many of us have the urge to get out and move, to shake off the last of the winter blues.
You want to be out of the house, so why not pair it up with a good cause? Make sure you have your
tickets for Godspell
, and come out to support our auction before the show. If you want a preview of what the evening holds, be sure to tune into our LIVE appearance on WERS (88.9) Standing Room Only this Saturday morning, April 4th at 10:40 AM
That's not all. We invite you to unearth your racket for our
tennis tournament
, and dust off your clubs for our
upcoming golf tournament
. We're leaving the cold behind to get out and get moving! We hope to see you there.
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Recent Events
We took the court at TD Garden
to sing the National Anthem before the Celtics game, joined by our raffle winner! It's always a pleasure to sing there, and many of us stayed to cheer at the game.
VOH sang for the Red Cross Heroes Breakfast, a beautiful morning honoring the heroes that live and work among us.
Shawsheen Valley Technical High School senior Kelly Skelton organized a moving tribute to cancer survivors in his community in order to raise awareness and funds for cancer research. VOH was honored to perform as part of the event. Despite his young age, Kelly has been supporting cancer research for many years and VOH was fortunate to once again be the recipient of Kelly's hard work and dedication with a donation of over $2,000. We have been so overwhelmed by Kelly's ongoing support that we awarded him the very first VOH Star Award.
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Upcoming Events
Would you like to see your event listed here? Consider hiring VOH for your special night!
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Spotlight on a Beautiful City
In Godspell there is a hopeful and heartfelt song called Beautiful City
. It expresses the sincere belief that if we work together we can build the world that we wish to live in. One heart, one mind, one willing hand at a time, we can build a beautiful world where cancer is no longer a threat to our lives and the lives of our loved ones.
We're not in this alone. Last newsletter I told you about the high school students at Toms River High in NJ, who took up a collection on behalf of VOH after hearing Dana speak. Since then I've learned that one of our young members has asked that, in lieu of gifts, for her Bat Mitzvah she would like donations to be made to VOH. And, of course, we have members like Kelly Skelton, who have worked so hard on our behalf that we are humbled by it.
In
Beautiful City, the lyrics say that we will build our new world "brick by brick, heart by heart." When I look around and see the generosity--not just of these young people, but of so many others--I know that
these are the bricks we are using. Bricks made of love and compassion, hope and kindness. We offer ourselves up to this purpose, and together we can build a beautiful city, where cancer has a cure.
We may not reach the ending, but we can start. Slowly, but truly mending--brick by brick, heart by heart.
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Many thanks to EAA for their support of VOH and Godspell!
FOUR DAYS ONLY: MAY 22nd - 25th at Lawrence Municipal Airport
Join us for an unforgettable experience aboard one of the few remaining air worthy WWII B-17s in the world! More than just an airplane, Aluminum Overcast is a traveling museum and a connection to the past, the "greatest generation" who built and served heroically on these magnificent warbirds.
Flights at 10am, 11am, Noon, 1pm. Bring the family 2-5pm for ground tours through the B-17.
Take a trip back in time aboard EAA's beautifully restored B-17G Flying Fortress. Limited seats. Book your flight at www.B17.org or 800-359-6217 before May 21st and receive a discount! Hosted by EAA Chapter 106
www.106.EAAchapter.org, an advertiser in the VOH May 2nd program.
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Raise Your Voice With Ours!
Have you or a loved one been impacted by cancer? Want to sing along side us? Want to organize a fundraiser for us? Want to ask us to come sing at your fundraiser? Let us know! We believe that each new voice brings us closer to the cure.
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We appreciate your continued support as we aim to increase our fundraising goal every year. Our 2014 fundraising efforts allowed us to donate $62,000 to the Henri and Belinda Termeer Center For Targeted Therapies at Mass General Hospital. We couldn't do it without you!
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Voices of Hope, 171 Park St, Stoneham, MA 02180
Voices of Hope is a 501(c)3 Non-profit Organization
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Ordinary people, on an extraordinary mission...
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