Party Wednesday night at Union Hall in Brooklyn--help raise the last $3000 for Leo's adapted van!

Dear Run for Leo! Team members!

Thanks to your hard work, creative ideas, and generous contributions, we are remarkably close to our final goal of raising $57,000 for Leo's adapted wheelchair van. We need to raise just $3,100 more!

Tonight there is a fundraising party in Brooklyn at 7 pm. For more details, see: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=207844722607486

Events to Raise the Last $4500 for Leo's Van: Aug. 25 in Minneapolis and Aug. 31 in Brooklyn

This summer, Team Leo has come together to run races, host lemonade stands, bike, host parties, invite friends/families to sponsor us and garner the news crews to cover our extended community to support this 2 year old boy with quadriplegic cerebral palsy. The campaign has been an amazing success!

Of this crazy goal to raise $57,000 to purchase a wheelchair accessible van, we have already raised a whopping $52,500! This past weekend, Sweet Leo test rode in his first wheelchair accessible van and all reports are that it was a dream.

There is on event coming up in NYC and one in Minnesota and would love for you to share notice with any friends you have in those areas.

If you're on Facebook, consider posting one of the messages below to your status to invite friends to:

Come to the Alemar Cheese stand at the Minneapolis Farmers' Market this Thursday on August 25 where profits will be shared with Leo's campaign.

Join New Yorkers in dancing up a storm & playing Bocce in Brooklyn at Union Hall at the end of the month on August 31 (www.unionhallny.com) where the profits of the night will go to Leo.

Unbelievable! Less than $6000 to go!

Thank you, thank you, thank you to the members of the Run for Leo! Team. Jim and Leo and I cannot believe that we are so close to making the impossible a reality. None of this would have been possible without you and without Julie, Dana and Patrick's idea and organization.

If you happen to be in Minneapolis on August 25, please stop by the farmer's market at Nicollet Mall between 9 and 10th street and purchase some delicious homemade cheese from the Alemar Cheese Company. Alemar's owner, Keith Adams, is donating all profits of the day to Leo's van fund! For more details, go to: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=260859013941396

Laura Glenn
Michelle Dahmer
Tara Helfman
Brian Strnad
Katherine Frost
George Joseph
Laurie Katz
Barbara Weldon
Elizabeth Owen
Tom Kane
Organized Artist Company
Timothy Webster
Gary Rudoren
Scott Benjaminson
Ananya Price
Karen Liebermann
David Curry
Larry Buterman
Jonathan Mugar
Malcolm Ewan
Martha Plimpton
Laura Ingalls
Janelle Jones
Michael Moran
Elizabeth Dennehy
James Oheir
Claudette Brunelli
Galit Sarfaty
Brian Guthrie
Nancy Katlin
Judith Karman
Dolores McHenry
Niko Godfrey
Tom Glaisyer and Eloise Pasachoff
Anna Novick
Leslie Bender
Brian O'Neill
Doug Wright and David Clement
Ted Henning
Richard Gilliam
Wendy Lubell
Jim Greiner
Tanya Deryugina
George Joseph
Sara Kenney
Nina Berkowitz
Tim Hopper
Christine Campbell
Loren Kittilsen
Molly Regan
Bethany Hauch
Thomas Donnelly
Francesca Strumia
Valery TRUE
Sydney Foster
Alisa Newman Hood
Jelena Tarbuk
Emilie White
gordon peake
Danielle Gagliardi
Amanda Pustilnik and Alexander Howard
Cheryl Contee
Tara Conklin and Nick Maddock
Corey and Alli and Sophie Brettschneider
Merle Reskin
Laura Conklin
Naomi Donnelly
Darren Rosenblum
Michele Rhudy
Garrett Gaston
Tamara Dunn
Julie Cowen
John Brooks
Outreach from St Micheal and All Angels' Parish
Burke Stansbury
Lisa Kelley
Julie Nelson
Erin Antebi
Kevin Beltz
John Vendetti
Dara Kelly
Kathleen & Campbell Scott
Linda Cabeca
Jennifer Houston
L Lineal
Justine Deutsch
Austin & Barbara Frishman
Jennifer Murphy
Jenia Turner
Adrianne Hewitt
Jaci Lageson
Pam Oster
Terry Meginnis
Stephanie Pezard
Sylvain Berlemont
Robin Grace
Dominique Guillemet
Robert Riley
Barbara Gill
Tyler Dobrowsky
Sandra Butler
Paula Plum
Kevin Gill
Abigail Killeen
Samuel Zelitch
Jeff Adelberg
Jamie Jones
Elizabeth Burgess
William Flanagan
Tamara Dunn
Peter Leondedis
Galit Sarfaty
Todd Phillips
Todd Metzger
Carolyn Rutstein
Kathryn McCray
Paulette Song
Momoko Niemi
Amy Weber
Alison Badrous
Chad & Collette Gumm
Charlie Goldberg
Emily True and Adam Stanford
Joe Shuga
Mimi & Julian Lebofsky
Shandana Batchu
Marie Lee
Jamie Needre
Slinky Calhoun
Marie Polizzano
McGovesa
Joan Allen
Lara Corey
Paul Daigneault
Sharon Kennedy
James Craig
Stephen Kidder
Simon Body
Randall Dunn
Peter Surdel
Matt Zalosh
Elizabeth Repenning
Julia Read
Michael Deutsch
Clovene Campbell
Lindsay Hunt
Sarah Titus
Brian Kerwin
Michael Bretholz
Christopher Wilson
Terry Turnipseed
Alice Finn
Maureen Keleher
Perfect Essay
AnnMarie and Tom Sitz
Elizabeth Bangs and Brent Landau
Daniel Popkey
Erica Weinstein
Alisha Pollastri
Jodi Lockwood
Jason Craig
Elizabeth Bouchard
Marcy Whalen
Paula Quinn
Justine Deutsch
Stacy Andreotes
Lindy Lee Gold
Kathleen Reid
Scrimshanders
Arthur Page
Michael Coenen
Rita Foley
Diane Coleman
Stephanie Dant
Sara Wharton
Erica Neufeld
Melissa O'Donnell
Amy Tully
David Krasnow
Barbara Neufeld
Daniel Fish
Taro Kaizu
Elaine Gottlieb
Carrie Endries
Sean Haran
Diane and Chuck Frost
Theresa Craig
Marianna Bassham
James Griggs
Andrew White
Jennifer McLaughlin
Kevin Connolly
Kirsten Norsworthy
Diane Messiquia
Aimee Siebert
Kyle Bradstreet
Natalie Gubler
Allegra Mujica
Gregory Erbach
Taryn Pinstein
Amanda & Denise Mujica
Rachel F. B./AJF
Maria Arabatzis
Nancy Bocchino
Susan McGarry
James Dineen
Haven & Daniel Kiernan
Lauren & Edward Brooks
Arthur Neufeld
Kieran McGowan & Diana Malcom
Anne Leyrat
Camila Friedlander
Jonathan & Laura Gassner Otting
Terri Bradford
Jane Charlesworth
Jane Guyer and Adam Fujita
Jess Brooks and Russ Neufeld
Patricia Gold
Nicole Gann
Suzy Kane
James Pelton
Tim Plaehn
Douglas Day
Holly Muson
Celene Berman
Margaret Steere
Courtney Hayes-Sturgeon
Ken Levy
Janice Kinigopoulos
Debi Young
Marianne Leone and Chris Cooper
Maria Giatrelis
Andrew Woods
Julie Johnson McVeigh and Patrick McVeigh
Katherine Readey
Mercedes Younger
Susan McGarry
Maxine Gere
Kirt Gunn
Margaret Lyons
Dale Menten
Lois Smith
Nora Bojar
Brishen Rogers
Rebecca Bolin
Chimene Keitner
Lai Ha Ng
Nick Maddock
Michael Ma1lloy
Rashmi Goel
Chihiro Gompei
Janice Kinigopoulos
Charlotte Walker
Rachel Anderson
Judith Whitenack
Nadine Johnson
Laura Eason
Daphne Abeel
John and Fiona Reardon
Jack Kuhn
Catherine Solomon
Katherine Readey
Miriam Laguesen and Andy Sabl
Nancy Foy

Just $10,000 more to go! Thank you Run for Leo! Donees so far

First, a very special tribute to Patrick McVeigh for conceptualizing Run for Leo! and for showing Cora and Jim how to imagine the impossible!

Next, thanks to every one of the people on this list for the goodness pouring out of them to Leo! Names of Leo's angels are in no particular order and some check contributions have not yet been recorded, so this is not a complete list. We will supplement the list again as we hit the last milestones--please email julietess@gmail.com if your name is missing or misspelled! We are humbled by all of your help in bringing us this far towards Leo's enhanced mobility.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to every one of you. We are very grateful for your help.

Laura Glenn
Michelle Dahmer
Tara Helfman
Brian Strnad
Katherine Frost
George Joseph
Laurie Katz
Barbara Weldon
Elizabeth Owen
Tom Kane
Organized Artist Company
Timothy Webster
Gary Rudoren
Scott Benjaminson
Ananya Price
Karen Liebermann
David Curry
Larry Buterman
Jonathan Mugar
Malcolm Ewan
Martha Plimpton
Laura Ingalls
Janelle Jones
Michael Moran
Elizabeth Dennehy
James Oheir
Claudette Brunelli
Galit Sarfaty
Brian Guthrie
Nancy Katlin
Judith Karman
Dolores McHenry
Niko Godfrey
Tom Glaisyer and Eloise Pasachoff
Anna Novick
Leslie Bender
Brian O'Neill
Doug Wright and David Clement
Ted Henning
Richard Gilliam
Wendy Lubell
Jim Greiner
Tanya Deryugina
George Joseph
Sara Kenney
Nina Berkowitz
Tim Hopper
Christine Campbell
Loren Kittilsen
Molly Regan
Bethany Hauch
Thomas Donnelly
Francesca Strumia
Valery TRUE
Sydney Foster
Alisa Newman Hood
Jelena Tarbuk
Emilie White
gordon peake
Danielle Gagliardi
Amanda Pustilnik and Alexander Howard
Cheryl Contee
Tara Conklin and Nick Maddock
Corey and Alli and Sophie Brettschneider
Merle Reskin
Laura Conklin
Naomi Donnelly
Darren Rosenblum
Michele Rhudy
Garrett Gaston
Tamara Dunn
Julie Cowen
John Brooks
Outreach from St Micheal and All Angels' Parish
Burke Stansbury
Lisa Kelley
Julie Nelson
Erin Antebi
Kevin Beltz
John Vendetti
Dara Kelly
Kathleen & Campbell Scott
Linda Cabeca
Jennifer Houston
L Lineal
Justine Deutsch
Austin & Barbara Frishman
Jennifer Murphy
Jenia Turner
Adrianne Hewitt
Jaci Lageson
Pam Oster
Terry Meginnis
Stephanie Pezard
Sylvain Berlemont
Robin Grace
Dominique Guillemet
Robert Riley
Barbara Gill
Tyler Dobrowsky
Sandra Butler
Paula Plum
Kevin Gill
Abigail Killeen
Samuel Zelitch
Jeff Adelberg
Jamie Jones
Elizabeth Burgess
William Flanagan
Tamara Dunn
Peter Leondedis
Galit Sarfaty
Todd Phillips
Todd Metzger
Carolyn Rutstein
Kathryn McCray
Paulette Song
Momoko Niemi
Amy Weber
Alison Badrous
Chad & Collette Gumm
Charlie Goldberg
Emily True and Adam Stanford
Joe Shuga
Mimi & Julian Lebofsky
Shandana Batchu
Marie Lee
Jamie Needre
Slinky Calhoun
Marie Polizzano
McGovesa
Joan Allen
Lara Corey
Paul Daigneault
Sharon Kennedy
James Craig
Stephen Kidder
Simon Body
Randall Dunn
Peter Surdel
Matt Zalosh
Elizabeth Repenning
Julia Read
Michael Deutsch
Clovene Campbell
Lindsay Hunt
Sarah Titus
Brian Kerwin
Michael Bretholz
Christopher Wilson
Terry Turnipseed
Alice Finn
Maureen Keleher
Perfect Essay
AnnMarie and Tom Sitz
Elizabeth Bangs and Brent Landau
Daniel Popkey
Erica Weinstein
Alisha Pollastri
Jodi Lockwood
Jason Craig
Elizabeth Bouchard
Marcy Whalen
Paula Quinn
Justine Deutsch
Stacy Andreotes
Lindy Lee Gold
Kathleen Reid
Scrimshanders
Arthur Page
Michael Coenen
Rita Foley
Diane Coleman
Stephanie Dant
Sara Wharton
Erica Neufeld
Melissa O'Donnell
Amy Tully
David Krasnow
Barbara Neufeld
Daniel Fish
Taro Kaizu
Elaine Gottlieb
Carrie Endries
Sean Haran
Diane and Chuck Frost
Theresa Craig
Marianna Bassham
James Griggs
Andrew White
Jennifer McLaughlin
Kevin Connolly
Kirsten Norsworthy
Diane Messiquia
Aimee Siebert
Kyle Bradstreet
Natalie Gubler
Allegra Mujica
Gregory Erbach
Taryn Pinstein
Amanda & Denise Mujica
Rachel F. B./AJF
Maria Arabatzis
Nancy Bocchino
Susan McGarry
James Dineen
Haven & Daniel Kiernan
Lauren & Edward Brooks
Arthur Neufeld
Kieran McGowan & Diana Malcom
Anne Leyrat
Camila Friedlander
Jonathan & Laura Gassner Otting
Terri Bradford
Jane Charlesworth
Jane Guyer and Adam Fujita
Jess Brooks and Russ Neufeld
Patricia Gold
Nicole Gann
Suzy Kane
James Pelton
Tim Plaehn
Douglas Day
Holly Muson
Celene Berman
Margaret Steere
Courtney Hayes-Sturgeon
Ken Levy
Janice Kinigopoulos
Debi Young
Marianne Leone and Chris Cooper
Maria Giatrelis
Andrew Woods
Julie Johnson McVeigh Patrick McVeigh
Katherine Readey
Mercedes Younger
Susan McGarry
Maxine Gere

What A Day! Thank you, Team Leo! Just $11,500 Left to Go to Help Leo Buy a Van!

Dear Amazing Run for Leo! Team Members and Supporters of Team Members!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

You made Saturday, Aug. 6, an awesome day for Leo True-Frost! We are thrilled to report that because of your incredible dedication, hard work and love we have raised more than a whopping $45,000! We thought you might also like to know that your efforts were recognized on the Channel 7 News, too!

We have just $11,500 left to raise and we are hoping to do so before Leo starts school on September 8 so he can use his van to get around his new town.

We are so close to giving this boy the adapted van he needs to realize independence and mobility. This is truly going to be a life-changing development for Leo - and each of you are playing an important part in making it happen.

Thank you for joining us in this awesome effort and amazing community.

Julie

Run for Leo! Boston on Saturday, August 6 at 9:30 a.m.

Hi Run for Leo! Runners, Walkers, and Cheerleaders!

Leo is super-excited to meet you at 9:30 a.m. TOMORROW in front of the WaterWorks at Fresh Pond in Cambridge.

For a map of the Fresh Pond area and information about parking, check out: http://www.everytrail.com/guide/fresh-pond-reservation-loop.

Thank you so much for your support! Your efforts so far have already raised over half of the funds for the $57,000 van!

n.b.: from what we glean, parking is limited to Cambridge residents with a sticker. If you don't have a sticker, safest thing to do would be to take the bus or the subway to Alewife and walk to Fresh Pond. Next best thing to do might be to park in T.J. Maxx or Starbucks/Best Western parking area. If anyone else is a local and has good ideas, please add them here.

Pre-July 31 San Francisco Run for Leo! Update

Thank you supporters of Leo! We have raised over $23,000 toward our $57,000 goal! With each day, we are getting a little closer to helping amazing little Leo realize independence.

For those of you who are new to this site, we invite you to surf around and learn more about Leo and how we are working to raise money to get him a van with a wheel chair lift so he can enjoy mobility, independence and get closer to realizing his full potential.

Several of us on the team have dedicated part of our summers to making this dream for Leo become a reality. We’re grateful that you stopped by to learn a little more about our work, how you can help – and most important about Leo.