Fundraiser for Kristine

I mentioned earlier in this blog that Dave and Kristine's friend, Hayato Yuuki, had purchased 200 Leukemia Awareness wristbands which he will be using to raise funds to help cover Kristine's medical costs and daycare expenses.  Hayato is asking for a minimum of $10 per bracelet or more if willing and able to do so.  Our cousin, Tim Seifert, in Florida also purchased 200 wristbands to help raise funds on the East Coast.  Many have voiced or emailed an interest in these wristbands and wanted to know how to get one.  You can get them several ways:  You can contact Hayato Yuuki via facebook or by calling 714-924-5268.  Or you can contact Tim Seifert via facebook or by calling 386-689-1557.  Or you may simply mail a check made payable to Kristine DuFrene.  Mail the check along with a note stating the number of bands you would like to:

Kristine DuFrene
c/o Deb Smith
34 Dragonfly
Irvine, CA 92604

Deb Smith is Kristine and Dave's neighbor and a close personal friend who is helping out the family by coordinating the distribution of the wristbands to those interested in making a donation by mail.

Another close personal friend of Dave and Kristine's, Dee Pernesky, is also coordinating the distribution of the wristbands at the Albertson's store in Irvine on the corner of Jeffrey and Roosevelt where Kristine used to work.  Please feel free to stop by this store of Albertson's to obtain your wristband through Dee.  

Please utilize any of these people to obtain one of these wristbands to help this cause.

One more thing...  I heard some people thought Kristine was cured.  This is not true.  Kristine is not yet cured.  Kristine underwent chemo to try to kill the leukemia (cancer) cells that were in her blood.  The chemo worked and killed the cancer cells.  However, now we have to see if Kristine's body can make new cells without the cancer cells coming back.  Ultimately, Kristine will need a bone marrow transplant in order to be completely cured.  While we are all elated that the chemo did it's job, that was only phase one of many more phases to come.  Kristine's road to a hopeful cure is a long one.  Please do NOT stop your prayer circles around the world just yet...  we still need you!