Piper's Honor Roll
for those that have gone above and beyond in their acts of kindness, generosity, and all around acts of coolness
January 2008:
Laura, another amazing girl like Piper, spent Twenty Five Days Making a Difference helping to raise money for ski4e and Piper. Please take the time to check out her website and blog. Thank you Laura and Angela!
February 2008:
Pastor Bill Novack & his congregation at Fredonia Lutheran Church for their prayers and donations
The Art of Guitar Festival, a collaborative effort of the SUNY Fredonia School of Music, the Western NY Chamber Orchestra, & the Fredonia Guitar Society, who dedicated their Opening Concert in honor of Piper, and collected funds on her behalf; Jen & the Guitar Gods of Fredonia, you rock!
Julie & the Western NY Chamber Orchestra for their support of Piper at their February 3rd concert with internationally acclaimed guitarist Sharon Isbin
Piper's Uncle & Godfather Scott who organized and ran a successful fund raising event
The Maywood New Jersey Team for their generous contributions and continued support
The staff and students of Manteo Elementary school in North Carolina for their efforts to raise money for Piper
Piper's cousin Deborah, who organized and ran successful bake sales at her school in Cabot, Vermont
The Nursing Staff at Cincinnati Children's for their tireless great work!
March 2008:
The Vocalis Chamber Choir & everyone in attendance at their March 7th performance, who all braved the elements to come out and support Piper
The Choirs of St. Paul's Cathedral in Buffalo for their continued support and generosity
Tim Stachowiak, the Head Chorister of the Boy's Choir at St. Paul's, who asked friends to bring a donation for Piper in lieu of presents to his birthday party!
St. Bartholomew's in Tonawanda, NY for the tremendous show of support from dozens of parishoners
Diane Reynolds & the Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Farnham for their efforts in organizing and running a successful bake & used book sale for Piper's benefit
Amy Fantaske & the teachers of Gowanda High School for their thoughtful generosity in having a dress down day to raise funds for Piper
All of our awesome friends & family who came out to Ski4e in support of Piper
Chad, Debbie & Ethan for their great job of organizing & running the 2nd annual Ski4e, and for making Piper this year's sponsored Cota child
Manteo Elementary School of NC, who held a "Marvelous Muffin Monday" fundraiser for Piper on St. Patrick's Day First United of Silver Creek for helping to support Piper through the power of prayer & their exceptional generosity April 2008:
The staff of the Research Institute for their generosity & thoughtfulness by having an Easter Basket raffle to support Piper All of the attendees at Pasta for Piper who helped make it a huge success All of the generous contributors to Pasta for Piper, donating gift baskets, and delicious home baked goodies Hannah Peterson for providing live music at Pasta for Piper Paula Joy for providing the pasta with her exquisitely sublime sauce. Perhaps a throwdown with Bobby Flay could be another fundraiser... Joann Negro & Art Nash for their extra helping hands at Pasta for Piper ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The organizers of Pasta for Piper! Pasta for Piper was organized by a group of dedicated volunteers from the Fredonia/Dunkirk area. Sharon, Liz, Barbara, Donna, Kim, (listed in nothing that resembles alphabetical order), you are the best! Their efforts, along with the efforts of those they have recruited, go far beyond what can described here, and a simple thank you is not enough. To that end, Sue Evans has written a "behind the scenes" look that gives unique insight into the effort of the many people involved in Piper's campaign, an effort that is multiplied many times over by our friends & family in VA, NC, PA, VT & points beyond... We invite you to visit the special page we have set up in Piper's Honor Roll, and read about this extraordinary group of people that have dedicated their time & energy to this event! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sara Corsi for donating her considerable skills and talents and designing the awesome flyer for Pasta for Piper (check it out here!) Arkwright Printing of Fredonia for generously donating the printing of the flyers for Pasta for Piper All of the students at SUNY Fredonia's Schulz residence hall who so generously contributed to Piper with their recent fundraiser (check out the article!) Piper's cousin Deborah, who held yet another successful bake sale at her school in VT June 2008: The amazing and dedicated world class staff of Cinncinati Children's who have guided & cared for Piper & her family to help get her through this first critical stage of her life; especially many mega thanks to Dr. B, the whole GI clinic, Joanne, Sue, Renee, all the nurses and the transplant team, many more thanks to the surgeons for their knowledge, good eyes & steady hands The bar associations of Chautauqua County for sponsoring the Tee It Up For Piper Charity Golf Tournament, all of the golfers and Piper's Pals for attending and especially to Tom White, Betsy Steger and their crew for organizing the festivities The Silver Creek Key Club for raising money on Piper's behalf by selling the green bracelets August 2008: Piper's Bikers! - Persistent rain could not dampen the spirit and dedication of the riders who came out in support of Piper! Vicky & all her helpers who helped put together a truly awesome & memorable day for Piper's benefit The Rainbow Inn in Dunkirk for hosting Piper's Bikers The Trillium in Cherry Creek, The White Horse Inn in Cassadaga, The Nickel Plate Depot in Brocton, & Heenan's in Fredonia for their gracious hospitality on the run Everyone who attended Piper's Bikers and helped make it a huge success Ken Vendette & Lazy Susan who both rocked the Rainbow Inn with live music