Jason Loves the Jimmy Fund, Don't You?

One night after SMC’s incredible catch (which is awesome but still makes me hate him, mostly for the 20 years of baseball games and zero foul balls I have to show for it), we are headed back to Fenway in both an attempt to catch another and in support of our favorite charity. Today is the first of two days of the WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund radio telethon, and I want to encourage all of you out there to give whatever you can. I know that times are tough, but I’m pretty sure you all have 20 bucks to give to kids with cancer. It’s an awesome cause and should be a great night at the park with the Sox aiming for the sweep of the White Sox and alot of great people raising money to help heroic doctors and patients beat the shit out of cancer.

I'll only miss the one on the right.

On a sadder note, Theo took another loss while the Sox won last night. For the second time this season, one of his Patriots style reclamation projects was thrown on the trash heap as Brad Penny, and his hot Ex Girlfriends were put on release waivers. It was fun at the start, but in the end Penny only won one of his last eleven decisions and looked like a pussy in doing it. Which is to say that I’m happy to see him go. Of course, this is for a happy reason because TImmmayyyy is back up to his old tricks for the Sox and the holes in the rotation are getting shallower by the day. Imagine bringing vintage 2008 Wiggler back in mid September, that’s like trading for a guy who will give you six quality innings every time out, just in time to catch the yanks and make another generation of Steinbrenner douches cry.

Off to the park, hope to see you there, and even if you cant make it please give to the Jimmy Fund this week.

Go Sox.

Done.

Jerry Callahan and John Denis from WEEI @ the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. D & C and WEEI are teaming up with NESN and the Sox to strike out cancer in Jimmy Fund Drive August 27th and 28th. The goal: $5 million

I listen to Denis and Callahan’s  sportstalk morning show on WEEI out of Boston just about every morning on the way to work.  Today was a little bit different, they (with NESN today and tomorrow) are trying to help raise $5 million for the Jimmy Fund.  

The stories are absolutely incredible.  Of the courage displayed by the little patients, what the families have to endure, and the constant commitment by each and every hero at Dana-Farber. 

One quick story I heard….A Father of 4 was there with his family.  His 7 year old had leg pains that his pediatrician blew off multiple times as “growing pains.”  Finally the little boy was diagnosed with cancer.  He recently had his Femur replaced and they expect him to recover barring major setbacks.  Horrid for a 7 year old boy to go through, but his outlook is promising.   The father explained how you see people from all walks of life at the Dana-Farber Institute…Cancer doesn’t care…and he was talking to a woman who’s daughter was there.  He asked about her condition and what they were there for?

“Hospice“  the woman replied.  She was there for Hospice care for her 2 year old baby girl.  

Sometimes life really isn’t fair Shavers.  You got a two year old girl dying of cancer on one hand and on the other  you have deadbeat meth-heads running around who will live to be 80 being nothing but a burden on our hurting society. 

So for all of you that have dealt with this disease in some form in the past or present, here is your chance to help make sure a child doesn’t have to endure it in the future. 

Open up your hearts and your wallets HERE (or call 1-877-738-1234).  It doesn’t matter if  it’s $1, 5, 10, or $1000, every little bit will help them CRUSH their goal of $5 million.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund
Christopher Brawn

Thank you for supporting the 8^thAnnual WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon to benefit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Your gift is detailed below. If you have any questions or concerns, please call 1-877-738-1234 or email jimmyfundradiotelethon@dfci.harvard.edu. For additional event details, please visit jimmyfundradiotelethon.org.

The following summarizes your contribution:
Payment Amount: $50.00

***It isn’t much, but I wanted to show you guys I put my money where my mouth is…MATCH ME

-CB

I entered a competition called Our Hope is to Help. It’s to win $1000 to fulfill a wish someone with breast cancer has. With all LeShon did for me, I asked for a trip to Disney so he could chill and go back to being a crazy teenager.

My story is here: My Son. My Hero. Each vote is worth 250 points. Please vote for my story. There is nothing else involved. We need 200 votes to get into the top 15 finalist spots.

Please take out a minute to not only read my story but the other 39 women whose lives and the lives of their families have been affected by breast cancer.

ALSO – my 26 mile marathon is coming up fast! Have you donated? You can donate as little as a $1 or up to whatever you feel comfortable with! No pressure but your support would be fantastic! Donate here: Master Avenging Boob!

The Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, or the Pan-Mass Challenge, or the PMC

: is a 190 mile bike-a-thon  from Sturbridge to Provencetown, MA over the course of two days.

: had its official start in 1980 and was led by Billy Starr

: has donated more than $239 million to the Jimmy Fund/Dana Farber Cancer Institute. $35 million of that was in 2008 alone.

: has grown from 35 riders in 1980 to over 5,000 in 2008.

: donates 100% of the funds raised by riders to the Jimmy Fund.  Not a cent is used for overhead costs.

: includes several two and one day rides of differing lengths and difficulties.

: will take place on August 7th and 8th, 2010.  And I’ll be there!

(∆) Columnist visits Clayton during proposed curfew – Clayton wants to establish 11 p.m. curfew so Ruth Sheehan toured the town with a police chief from 11 pm to 1 am and didn’t see a single person out. Police chief points out much more crime happens in the hours after school. Minister proposed curfew after home invasion, but the crime was neither committed by teens nor happened during the curfew hours. (News & Observer)

Teen catches criminals using Iphone ap – When his Iphone was stolen, 15-year-old Dustin Simantob traced it using the “Find My Iphone” to a house of criminals the police had been trying to arrest. ‘Now they had proof, so four policemen showed up at this house and ended up recovering our phones, my wallet and the GPS that had been stolen from our car.’ (Daily Mail)

Girl gets Twilight truck -Sterling’s parents declined to say how much they paid for the truck but said they purchased it with the understanding that their daughter would use it to help others. (Dallas News) photo by Jim Mahoney

Gates’ arrest teachable moment – Black parents worry that “post-racial” youth are not aware of the potential dangers in dealing with the police. When the sons of Ashara Ekundayo were young, the Denver cultural worker taught them the lessons. “It’s like home training. You teach them not only what to say, but how to behave. How to hold your eyes. How to hold your hands. Whether to stand or not to stand. I don’t think white mommies have to teach these lessons. It’s something black and brown mommies have to do. It’s part of growing up.” (Washington Post)

H.S. students raise $100,000 for Jimmy Fund – 7 teens biked cross-country from Washington to Maine. (Boston.com)

I’m taking on a challenge; a major challenge. I am gearing up to walk 26.2 miles for the Jimmy Fund. The Jimmy Fund is a fund for cancer research.

With all of the physical changes I have had to endure, the fatigue is the worst. I can hear most of you gasping because I complain so much about the hair loss. But with the fatigue I don’t have enough energy to even try to make my bald head look better!

So, pretty much, this walk is all about me. The Joede who can get things done. The Joede who used to have energy before this crappy cancer decided to come along and f-up my life.

Visit my page and my team page; make a donation and come see me walk 26.3 mile in Boston on September 13!

With our charity concert less than 6 weeks away, I want to remind anyone still reading this lame blog that we can still use your help! By using your networks, connections, and so on; it isn’t hard for anyone to contribute to this event, in one way or another. We aren’t asking for a lot here, just a minute of your day for you to ask yourself how you might be able to help. A little can go a long way when people get together for things like this. For more information, Please click here.

I mentioned in a previous post that the Pan Mass Challenge was going to roll out a new concept called the PMC Paceline. The Paceline was created to replace rider’s profile pages  and involve donors in the fundraising efforts. The profile starts with an animated rider (me) riding along to cheering crowds and popular landmarks in the background. When someone makes an online donation, they will create their own rider that will be pedalling along on a tandem bicycle with the existing rider(s). The donor can then customize the appearance of their rider and create their own personal profile. Donors can then direct people to their own profile page to help raise money for the rider that they are supporting.

It seems like they are still working out all the kinks but it’s a really cool idea that I think will make the whole fundraising process more interesting. Unfortunately, it looks like anyone who made a donation before the Paceline was rolled out will not be included as a rider until some time after the ride in August. However, I did hear that if you already made a donation, but would like to be involved in the Paceline, you can make a small donation online, $1 for example, and create your rider from there.

I’d love to get all my existing donors up on the Paceline so I encourage everyone to create their rider profile. My rider looks awefully lonely up there.

Come Join the Paceline!

Matt

It isn’t the best quality video, but it certainly drives the point across…These guys are good! Some post-rock instrumental stuff has the tendency to be up its own ass a little bit too much, but Gifts From Enola has a straightforward style that bends from heavy and driving, to beautiful and atmospheric. Not to mention, they have been recently added to the lineup to our “Night To Fight Cancer” event on August 15:

A peek at the Scooper Bowl

Check out Bostonist today for my recap of the first day of this year’s Scooper Bowl. It’s nice to get away and do a little something different from my usual music and gig reviews .(and even in the course of this blog, discuss something not related to emo every so often!)

For folks in the Boston area, this is a great annual event to attend that also happens to benefit the Jimmy Fund. And for people outside of Boston, well, if you’re the least bit curious what it’s like to have several dozen flavors of free ice cream at your disposal on an unusually chilly day, head over to Bostonist and read on…

In the morning i awoke and headed for Fenway Park ,Carolines new home.Well I knew she had to be green so i took some chips of paint that had fallen off the green monster and took them to Home Depot.Arriving back on Lansdowne street I started to paint it didn’t take long before I had help from fans walkin by.And before I knew it caroline was green .My next stop was Blik to pick up stencils.Stencils in hand I returned the next day and thru most of the summer painting and repainting parts I was not pleased with . During the summer I did some street preforming to earn money I had a box that I would stand in so i looked like a midget makin tips before games playin little dustin, a policeman came up to me while I was doing my routine and ordered me off the corner so I moved down the street. About a half hour later he was back telling me my vehicle was being towed .

Finding the rgm gone i went to bail her out but they wouldnt release her except to a tow truck so mike sent one and the rgm went back to mikes for repairs after repairs i drove back to fenway to park and in the morning had a ticket for no inspection sticker on my window.so i went to get inspected and failed . It was getting dark and the rgm was acting funny so I pulled into Duff Spring in Medford something that I would live to regret.In the morning I meet Frank Duff and explained my circumstances to him .He told me not to worry before i left Caroline would be in tip top shape.Frank put me to work to take my mind of my troubles and for the next month i swepped and painted and helped out around the shop.during this time the rgm sat out front .with me painting it in my free time to reflect where we were in the playoffs. Thanks to Frank i was able to go down to Lansdowne st. and camp out for tickets. With a loss to the Rays the sox season was over and things started to go downhill at Duff Spring.I didn’t get along with Todd one of Franks workers ,and with the death of Franks mother in law. are arguing was more than Frank could handle. so i was asked to hit the road.not only was no work done on the rgm but i was handed a bill for close to a thousand dollars for storage.and a check for a couple of hundred dollars since I did do work there .Well back to mikes were he put on a new exhaust system and fixed the brakes.
Then it was to  Middleboro my home town to get inspected and as luck would have it be in the Christmas parade. Then it was off to McCoy stadium and the first of many accidents.it seems when stadium auto body towed it they broke park.. when I was in the park Caroline rolled into another vehicle.well information was exchanged and nobody was hurt and I went my way and headed up to Maine to continue my tour

Finally, after months of preparation and teasing the event, we are pleased to announce our “A Night To Fight Cancer” event on Saturday August 15. On top of this being an awesome party / concert, all of the proceeds will be going to the Jimmy Fund. Even if you don’t know or enjoy these bands, (and we hope you do!) please try and come down, make a donation, or do whatever you can to help, as the ultimate goal of the event is to raise money for cancer, which has affected everyone in one way or another. If you would like more information or; want to buy tickets, want to help raise funds, want to pick on us, etc… Please contact us at ANightToFightCancer@gmail.com.

PS – We are fully aware that Country Fest is the same day. We aren’t asking those with tickets or planning to get them to skip it, as I hear its a big awesome event, but please see if there is any way you can help us with this event. (Except for my inner circle of friends, for which my threat remains the same.)