RJguru

On November 24, 2004, Captain Greg Sauter’s then four-year-old son, Nicky, was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Nicky is 7½ years old and completed treatment July 15, 2007. Those two and half years Nicky spent on treatment were difficult and long. It was during this time that Greg and his wife, Missy, created Nicky’s Journey. Nicky‘s Journey is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and provides a portable DVD player with case and a $30 Wal-Mart gift card to purchase new movies to children newly diagnosed with cancer.

Nicky’s Journey is having its first fundraiser of 2008 and can use YOUR help!! Here is a list of the prizes being raffled:

1st Prize - 4 Astros Baseball Tickets, June 10, 2008 – Astros v. Brewers Field Box - Section 106

2nd Prize – RCA 22” LCD/DVD, Combo HDTV

3rd Prize – Kodak Easy Share Digital Camera with Printer Dock

4th Prize – Photo Session with, SIA Photography

5th Prize – Spa basket from Biogime

6th Prize – Philips 7” Portable DVD Player.


Tickets are $2.00 each, 3 tickets for $5.00 or 12 tickets for $20.00.

Please see Maggie or Amanda in the Houston crew room to purchase tickets.

The drawing will be held on May 24th. Winner need not be present to win.

To date we have given 130 portable DVD players to children newly diagnosed with cancer. To learn more about Nicky's Journey, please visit our website at: Nicky's Journey

100% of all donations go directly towards purchases for the children. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization - so your donations are tax deductible as well!


P.S. - To the moderators - this is RJguru's wife posting this. I hope I haven't done anything that is incorrect by posting this here. I just figured it would be one of the best places to reach the most people!

Thanks!
Missy

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SAABoroowski

how about we Sticky this?

RJguru

Thanks so much!
Missy

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RJguru

Here are a couple of photos of what Nicky looked like during treatment and now:


January 2005



March 2007

We also have a youtube of Nicky's during his treatment:

YouTube - Celebration of Life - He's My Son - Leukemia



Thank you all so much for looking! I really do appreciate it!
Missy

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AllBeachNoOcean

Put me down for a dozen. Children (and parents) should never have to go through this.

RJguru

Great! Are you based out of Houston? Maggie has them in her office.

I really appreciate this!!

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Flyin Low

Any way people from other bases can help? I'm SAT based and rarely get to IAH, but would like to help out. Any links or numbers would be great.

Austin Livingston

Gladly......

RJguru

Absolutely!

If you go to Nicky's Journey and click on the Donation tab - you can make a donation there and if you include your phone number - I can write you up some raffle tickets. I've had a couple of pilots who have talked to Greg who are at different bases and know they won't be able to use some of the raffle items since they are for local companies - they are just going to Nicky's Journey and make straight out donations.

If you would like to send a check for tickets you can email us at:

kaniky@msn.com and we'll give you our mailing address!

Big thanks to whoever made this thread "stick" to the top!!

Missy

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RSVSTNX

I'll grab a dozen tomorrow and spread the word... NOw who is Maggie and Amanda you speak of?