Newton Firefighters Association Holding a Very Special Fundraiser

Our partner organization The Newton Firefighter's Association is making a special appeal to our community.  Please support their good work by attending and/or donating:

 

On behalf of the Newton Firefighters Children’s Fund, all the members of the Newton Fire Department, and all the members of the Newton Firefighters Association, we kindly request your assistance as one of our brothers and his family are in need.

Baby John John Morris, infant son (six months) to John and Colleen Morris, and brother to Madison, has just been recently diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, a form of childhood cancer.  This news has taken quite a toll on FF Morris’s family and our department as a whole.  As we have done in the past, we are doing anything and everything to help one of our own, and we humbly ask for your assistance.

We will be organizing a fundraiser for the Morris family on Friday November 27, 2015 at the American Legion Post 440, here in Newton on California Street.  We are asking for a variety of assistance to include (but not limited to) financial donations, silent auction items, raffle items, and ticket sales for the fundraiser.  100% of proceeds from this event will go directly to the Morris family to help aid them during this fight.  Checks can be made out to Newton Firefighters Children’s Fund (write ‘Mo strong’ in the memo) or you can donate online by connecting to http://www.firstgiving.com/384143/-jMorris-strong-fundraiser.  We also ask that you kindly spread the word about the fundraiser through any and all social media networks, email, telephone, telegraph, or any other method of communication. 

John has always been the first to help others, with a giant heart and a determination to deliver.  On countless occasions, he has stepped up to assist anyone in need, often by organizing events and contacting anyone he can to secure help and assistance.  His steadfast initiative has directly impacted many within our extended family of Firefighters, and we aim to pay it forward to ensure that John and his family receive the same help that he has provided to so many others. 

If you are able to lend any assistance to this cause or would like to buy a ticket to the event, please contact Brian Merrill at bpm1071@gmail.com or Gus Svartstrom at Ksvartstrom@newtonma.gov.  We kindly ask that you keep John, Colleen, Madison, and little John. in your prayers during this difficult time.

Gratefully,

Newton Firefighter Children’s Fund Committee