Yes, I am still typing tonight. I promise, this entry will be very short compared to Part I but I have some news I must share quickly.
To make a very long story short, we received a phone call today from the President of the "Believe in the Goal" Foundation. This Foundation was created several years ago by Todd Davison. Like Kendra, Todd battled a rare sarcoma. He lost his personal battle with cancer on December 2, 2006 at the age of 20. He created the "Believe" Foundation to make a difference in the lives of those who continue to battle cancer. One element of the Foundation's work is to provide children with cancer an "NHL Experience". I'm sure you can see where this is going ...
For this year, Dane has been selected as the child who will receive the "NHL Experience". There are still many, many details to be sorted out but something exciting is happening tomorrow. Todd's parents want to tell Dane about the "NHL Experience" as a Christmas present so they are coming to our house at 11:00 am to meet him. Shawn Churchill of CTV is on the Foundation's Board and he is the person who nominated Dane. Of course he was introduced to Dane by the CTV Producer who shot the TV commercial for the CCMB Foundation's campaign. So if there was ever a story about "paying it forward", this is it!
Apparently CTV is coming to our house as well tomorrow as they want to feature this great news on the Christmas Eve newscast. So I will post a quick update tomorrow afternoon advising when it should be airing. And when I'm not so sleep deprived, I will provide more details regarding this wonderful opportunity for Dane. He knows NOTHING about it so tomorrow is going to be quite the day!
Merry Christmas - Janie and Dirk
p.s. There was a short story about Dane in the Winnipeg Sun last Saturday. The link is not being cooperative but if you are interested, just go to the Winnipeg Sun website and search under the heading "Unmelancholy Dane". It should come up right away.
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