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Brian has Cystic Fibrosis and needs a double lung transplant operation.
Goal: 2 Lobes and $100,000
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| Brian Armstrong, or B-Dawg, is 17 and a Junior from Ipswich, MA. Like most 17 year olds he has gotten his drivers license and loves to hang with friends. |
| Unlike most 17 year olds, B-Dawg needs a double lung transplant. He was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at the age of two. |
Last year he was put on the list for the transplant because of an infection that is resistant to antiobiotics causing his lung capacity to drop to 36%. |
| There is no possibility of reversing this damage, his condition will only continue to worsen. |
| Organ donors are the TOP priority. We need to find two live donors that will each donate a lobe of their lungs. Lobe donor qualifications |
| Organ donor questionaire |
| Initially, the donors will lose about 15-20% of their lung capacity, but most is recovered as their remaining lobes expand to fill their chest cavity. |
| Contact MGH Transplant 617-726-6162, to be tested as an organ donor for Brian. Breath For B-Dawg is a group of friends and relatives banding together to raise $100,000, the amount determined by the organ donation organization. |
| This money will be used to help reimburse donors salaries lost during recovery (approximately 3 weeks), expenses incurred for travel to and from hospital, etc. With this money in place, donors will be more reassured they will incur NO expenses |
| Please consider attending one the events listed. |
| There is also a place to make a straight donation. B-Dawgs friends and family thank you for your consideration. |
| Please e-mail this site to your friends and family by clicking on e-mail a friend" link above. Pass the word and check back with this site to see our progress. Thank you, |
Breath for B-Dawg Committee |
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| Donations - online | $1,180 | ||||
| Donations - check/cash | $25,150 | ||||
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| 4/29/2006 | Dance at Polish/American Club, Danvers | $4,339 | |||
| 3/20/2006 | Ipswich Middle School Pingree Skate | $600 | |||
| 3/19/2006 | Breath for B-Dawg 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament | $2,100 | |||
| 2/17/2006 | St Johns Prep Dress Down Day | $4,100 | |||
| 2/16/2006 | IHS BasketBall 50/50 raffle & Tiger Den | $432 | |||
| 12/1/2005 | Ipswich High Student Senate penny wars | $1,500 | |||
| 11/16/2005 | Evening of Hope Shopping Night | $1,000 | |||
| 10/8/2005 | Doyon 5k Trail Race | $1,200 | |||
| 10/7/2005 | Football night for B-Dawg | $1,712 | |||
| 10/3/2005 | IHS Field Hockey team Bake Sale | $300 | |||
| 9/24/2005 | Family Fun Day and 5K Road Race, more info: call Judd at 978-356-4343 | $2,000 | |||
| 9/23/2005 | Knights of Columbus Lynn Auction | $22,874 | |||
| 9/18/2005 | Hole In One Contest and Mini Golf Tournament | $5,000 | |||
| 8/16/2005 | Buds of B-Dawg Fund Raiser | $475 | |||
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Latest News
| 7/29/2006 | Friends of Ipswich will run Mini-Golf Tourney Click www.friendsofipswich.com for details. Again held at and sponsored by Tee Time Golf Range This year the event will benefit both B-Dawg and Marlene Austin, a mother of 2 teenage boys suffering from Lou Gehrigs Disease. The event is expanding to include a cookout, dunk tank, auction and silent auction. We will still have the Hole-in-One contest, Mini-Golf tourney and new this year, baseball hitting in the batting cages. |
| 5/1/2006 | bookmark this search engine to raise money Designate Breath for B-Dawg once and use this http://www.goodsearch.com/to raise money |
| 3/19/2006 | Breath for B-Dawg 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament Location:Ipswich High School Sunday March 19th, 10:30AM - 5:00PM GREAT SUCCESS !!!! see pictures |
| 3/13/2006 | Check presentation for Dress-Down Day St Johns Prep Dress-Down day raised $4,120pictured are Steve Soccorso-McCoy, Sean OConnor, ConnorCardew and Austin Bonnar. |
| 11/16/2005 | Evening of Hope Shopping Night Success ! River's Edge Card and Gift Store (RECG) was our generous host.The total take on the Vera raffle was $420.In addition, the 15% of the sales will be another $425 and just to round itout, another $155 from RECG will make it an even $1,000. |
| 10/27/2005 | Evening of Hope Shopping Night River's Edge Card and Gift Store is hosting an Evening of Hope Shopping Night, with 15% of sales going to Breath for B-Dawg. It will be held Wed., November 16, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. |
| 10/8/2005 | Rain does NOT dampen Doyon 5K spirits We had approximately 70 hardy souls brave the wet but warm weather Saturday morning, 50 runners and 20 volunteers. John Ayers was the first male and Layce Aules was first female. We all got wet and muddy...ie..we had a blast !! ResultsPictures |
| 10/6/2005 | Breath For BDawg football game Friday night (Oct. 7) at 7:00pm. Help will be needed to aid Martha and theboosters selling food and tennis balls for the half time activity. Please callMartha McCarthy at 356-9065. Tell all your friends to come enjoy the festiveatmosphere of Friday Nights under the lights!! |
| 9/18/2005 | Mini Golf a success !! We had 197 golfers participate! The winners ofthe mini golf were Heidi Belanger , Hilary Belanger, Allie Loeb and Gabby Hill. Winner of Closest to the pin, Steve Benson, 1 foot 10 inches. Thebobble head was won by Jillian Lombard. Funds raised will be forthcoming. |
| 9/15/2005 | MINI-GOLF POSTPONED ! Spread the word that hurricane Ophelia is making us postpone one day. The hours for Sunday will be 9:00am - 7:00pm. |
| 8/24/2005 | A Live Donor relates her experience Hi,My name is Mary Lou, 2 years ago I was a donor for a young man. If I can be of any assistance in educating potential donors I would be happy to. The experience remains the most powerful,rewarding and incredible thing I have ever done in my life. Good luck Brian and God bless. Mary Lou Contact Mary Lou at mloubates@comcast.net |
| 8/23/2005 | Doyon 5KTrail Race news Saucony has donated 10 pairs of Grid Omni 5 trail shoes for our raffle !!! Come run and have some fun ! |
| 8/23/2005 | Mini-Golf tournament registration Golfer online registration, pay by credit card Golfer Registration form, pay by check Sponsor Registration form |
| 8/7/2005 | Brian's mom talks about a CF seminar Last night, Dave and I heard Boomer Esiason speak at the Holiday Inn Select in Boston. His son Gunnar is 14 and has CF. Boomer has his own Foundation which has raised millions of dollars for CF research. He also offers scholarships and grants to CF families in need. It was really neat to hear someone of his celebrity status talk about doing his sons treatments, packing up all his meds when they travel, and the anxiety of having a teenager with a life-threatening illness who doesn't always make the wisest choices regarding his health. He was very down-to-earth and made us feel like we were all in the same boat. He spoke with each of us personally after the presentation and signed a football for Brian. His website is esiason.org. |
| 7/27/2005 | Make a Wish trip Brian and his family went to the Williamsburg VA area this past week on a trip sponsored by the Make a Wish Foundation. |
| 5/31/2005 | Added to waiting list Brians name was added to the waiting list at Mass General for a double lung transplant |
B-Dawg (second from left) with buddies yucking it up at 3 on 3 BasketBall