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Saturday, March 5, 2011

The Kristine DuFrene Leukemia Awareness Wristbands

Kristine DuFrene Leukemia Awareness Wristbands

Hayato Yuuki, a friend of Dave and Kristine's, wanted to help out in some way and came up with this brilliant idea.  He purchased leukemia awareness wristbands personalized with Kristine's name to help raise funds.  100% of the funds raised will help cover the mounting medical bills and additional daycare costs that will arise while Kristine is hospitalized and once she returns home as she will be too weak to care for the kids by herself and Dave will need to go back to work. 

Many of you have asked how you can help Dave and Kristine.  THIS IS HOW YOU CAN HELP!  If you'd like to donate funds by purchasing a wristband, please respond to this message by clicking on "comment" below or contact Hayato Yuuki via Facebook.  Each bracelet will be $10, $20 however much you are willing to donate.  Let's help Dave and Kristine fight the fight!!  And remember to say your prayers for Kristine as well.  Thank you!

7 comments:

  1. Thank you so much for this blog. It really help for co-workers and her customers that want to keep up to date and don't want to overwhelm Dave or Kristine with calls or text. I have been visiting Kristine everyday and everyday I'm amazed on how strong this women is. I have been so blessed for Dave and Kristine to allow my family into there's. They are truly an awesome and beautiful family and is very loved. Fight the fight Kristine I know you will. Our thoughts, prayers, and love are with you and your family. My husband and I are interested in getting alot of bracelets to take to work and get donations. I work at the same store as Kristine and my husband is a LAPD officer and many are inquiring about giving a donation. once again thank you for the informative blog. God bless

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  2. This is so great. I was thinking of the same idea and am glad someone was able to do it. Please let me know where we can donate this is my facebook. http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=653936343

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  3. We are definately praying for you,Kristine, and your family. Prayer is powerful, and with so many of us sending much love to Kristine we can only think positive. Please let us know how we can donate and purchase the bracelets. We love you Kristine and we are praying for you.
    Aloha & Mekealoha nui apau, Sugar & Sharla
    Much love to her sisters for creating this blog to let her friends near and far know how she is doing.~ You are always in our prayers Kristine.

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  4. This is truly a wonderful idea and so thankful for this being done for Dave and Kristine. I am very interested in buying several to sell. Can you please also maybe post an address or contact phone number? I have many prayer circles going for Kristine all over and I am too with so many great friends she has, will be there to help her fight this fight. Love, hugs and many prayers are with you Kristine and Dave.

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  5. This is a Great Idea! Kristine and Dave, Not sure if Kelly mentioned me or not but I am a stage 4 Non-hodgekins Lymphoma survivor. If there is anything I can do to help, please feel free to ask. You are in my thoughts everyday. I won't give you any advice but I'm happy to share my experience, strength and hope. I was diagnosed 1 month after my 2nd child was born. It sucked. Duh. Winning. (Sorry Charlie seems to be Channeling through just about everybody these days, including me.) Anyway, yeah it sucked but I was fortunate to realize early on that thinking about it sucking was not going to get me better and it's extremely important that I get better, not only for me but for the people that love me. My experience is that the more I laughed the better I felt. Fortunately the universe saw fit to put people in my life that made me laugh when all I wanted to do was cry. A quick story that really helped me to smile... My daughter Olivia was 5 years old when I was diagnosed. While I was going through treatment my wife took Olivia to build a bear workshop and Olivia a built a stuffed monkey for me. She recorded her voice singing to me and put it in the monkey. The lyrics were set to the tune of "Momma's little baby loves shorten bread" she changed the words to "Every Little cell in Daddy's body's healthy every little cell in daddy's body's well." I had that toy with me every time I went to the hospital to be infused for the next 2 1/2 years. I also sang the song to myself often. I'm very grateful to be in remission now.

    My thoughts are with you. It appears that you are surrounded by love and that is healing. I'm praying that every little cell in your body's healthy.

    Brett Dalton

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  6. Dee, Christina, Sugar, Sharla, Deb and Brett,

    Wow... What wonderful spirits you all have! Kristine is truly blessed. I fell behind in making sure Kristine was updated on all the comments being left on the blog, my apologies. We read over all the comments this evening and Kristine was so appreciative of all the love, support, and prayers you are all unselfishly providing. Please continue being her prayer warriors!!

    ~Karen

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  7. Brett,
    I can't thank you enough for the inspiration you are providing Kristine and Dave with -- not to mention the info you provided in your previous comment. We loved your story about Olivia and are adopting Olivia's song. Thank you for sharing such a touching story with us.
    ~Karen and Kristine

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