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    IF YOU CAN’T GIVE MONEY, PLEASE GIVE YOUR TIME

    2011 is off to a great start.  Just this morning, The Joe Niekro Foundation received news that we are in the running for a $250,000 grant from The Pepsi Refresh Project.  For the past four months, we have been attempting to submit our idea for approval, and January is our lucky month.  Pepsi is giving […]

    Posted on Monday, January 3, 2011
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    Merry Christmas From Heaven

    A dear friend of mine shared the following poem with me, author unknown, and I had to share it with all of you.  The holidays are always such a hard time for anyone who has lost a loved one and as I sit here on Christmas Eve, I look to the heavens above knowing that […]

    Posted on Friday, December 24, 2010
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    When Life Gets You Down

    Tonight The Joe Niekro Foundation  Brain Aneurysm Support Group met for our monthly meeting.  Tonight, we came together and truly celebrated life.  This night, December 15th, marks the three year date of when one of our group members, Robin, suffered a devastating brain aneurysm.  She was at a Christmas party talking with friends and suddenly […]

    Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2010
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    My Family Away from Home

    I know I have written so many times about how wonderful our aneurysm support group is, but I must brag one more time.  Tomorrow night will be our monthly meeting (we always meet the 3rd Wednesday of each month), and I can honestly say it is a day that I look forward to all month […]

    Posted on Tuesday, December 14, 2010
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    Wanna Get Lucky?????

    Well, that is sure a catchy phrase, but the point of this probably isn’t what you were thinking at first! Wanna Get Lucky is the new marketing campaign for The Joe Niekro Foundation, branching out to educate people of the importance of aneurysm early detection.  These great t-shirts are being sold for just $10 and […]

    Posted on Wednesday, November 24, 2010
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