My friend Van Edwards works for our local Progressive talk station here in Madison. He is, as we say in radio " One of the good ones" and could really use our help.
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Van's daughter Vanessa is 25 years old and could use your help in something that will just take a few minutes of your time.
The following are his words.
Vanessa is fighting for her life. She is battling Hodgkin's Lymphoma, and so far the cancer is winning. Her fight took a serious blow right before Christmas when we found out it had spread to her bone marrow. About a month ago she underwent a bone marrow transplant at the UW Comprehensive Cancer Center. The verdict is still out on the success of the transplant...but we remain optimistic. Since all conventional forms of treatment have proved fruitless...she is undergoing experimental treatments outside of Washington, D.C. (Fairfax, VA), close to the area I grew up and she was born. Your thoughts and prayers are appreciated...but that's not all I'm asking.
Vanessa and her husband Mike were married in a civil ceremony before his deployment to Qatar (he is in the Air Force). We were going to plan a wedding "celebration" for this coming summer in Madison...but the diagnosis of cancer put everything on hold. Several months ago one of Mike & Vanessa's friends entered them in a contest for a "Dream Wedding Giveaway"...a complete wedding package valued at $100,000 put together by businesses in the San Francisco area. For once we received some good news as Mike & Vanessa are one of five couples in the national finals.
Here comes the favor. The winner will be determined by national online voting. I have provided a link below and am asking you to cast a vote for Mike & Vanessa Hawkins (couple #204). To cast a vote requires an email address and it's one vote per IP address which means everyone can't vote from the same system at work or they will cancel each other out. By giving your email address, I'm assuming you'll get some sort of "mail" from the promotional sponsors (although I haven't)...if this creates a problem for you I clearly understand...if not, please accept my thanks for quite possibly making a dream come true.
Here's the link:
http://www.sfweddinggiveaway.com/...
Please forward this to those you love, and do it now because voting ends soon.
Please know I can never thank you enough, Van