PAX Centurion - May / June 2013

www.bppa.org PAX CENTURION • May/June 2013 • Page 51 Cops For Kids With Cancer: BOSTON STRONG! W e would like to express our thoughts and prayers to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, and their families after this hateful act. We are inspired by your courage, pray for your health and mourn your loss. To the Boston Police, Fire, EMS units, Mass. State Police, National Guard, Nurses, Doctors, BAAVolunteers and ALL the courageous people who rushed into danger to help the badly injured victims and those killed by the terrorists. WEAPPLAUDYOUR HEROISM, BUTARE NOT SURPRISED BY IT. OnApril 24, 2013, Cops For Kids With Cancer was able to send Mason Roddy and his family to the Boston Red Sox game. Mason is being treated for Leukemia, and was thrilled to be able to attend the game. We thank Captain Kelley McCormick for helping to facilitate this, and to the anonymous donor who donated the front row tickets, behind home plate, to CFKWC. These tickets were donated to honor the memory of M.I.T. Police Officer Sean Collier, and was to be delivered to one of our CFKWC children. Mason and his family had a great time at the game, and the Red Sox won. Congratulations toArea B-2 for becoming the new CFKWC Trivia Champions. Captain Paul Ivens of Area D-4 , two time Trivia Champions, very graciously awarded the new champions their CFKWC Traveling Trivia Trophy. Sgt. Timmy Horan accepted the trophy on behalf of Area B-2. Thank you to all who attended Trivia night and for making it such a success. Our CFKWC May 9 th Banquet was a fun night, we all have heavy hearts after the Boston Marathon tragedy and we know that you were still reeling from the events of that day. We are grateful to all of you who attended the evening and appreciate you continued support to our great charity. A special shout out to comedians Steve Sweeney and Christine Hurley for entertaining the crowd and sharing with us some much needed laughter. A special thank you to all of you who bought a ticket to our May dinner, placed an ad in our ad book or made a donation, to help us continue our mission of helping children with cancer. We would also like to thank Police Officer Mark Bruno, who always donates his time to D.J. our events. Our 30 Days of Dining Raffle was a great success. We were able to give away 34 Restaurant gift cards to the winners (winner’s names are posted on our website). Congratulations! To all the winners, and thank you to all who bought a raffle ticket. Mason Roddy and his family went to a recent Boston Red Sox game. courtesy of Cops For Kids With Cancer. Thank you to the following restaurants for their participation and generosity: Amrheins Assaggio’s Bertucci’s Birch Street Café Blasi’s Café British Beer Company Conrad’s Doyle’s Cafe Elephant & Castle Empire The Fat Cat The Four’s Gem Giacomo’s August 4 th , 2013 “Flight of theAngels Run” Cfkwc Motorcycle run, starting at Florian Hall September 9 th , 2013 CFKWC Golf Tournament Indian Head Country Club – Kingston October 3 rd , 2013 CFKWC presentsANight of Comedy with Lenny Clarke Florian Hall Please check out our website for further information www.copsforkidswithcancer.org October, 2013 Kids Halloween Bike-a-thon November, 2013 Boston Police Past & Present Get Together DETAILS TO FOLLOW Legal Sea Food Luciano’s M.J. O’Connor’s The Mission Café Mistral Olive Garden Outback Steakhouse Rustic Kitchen Scoozi’s T’s Pub Tavolo’s Tony’s Place TheWarren Tavern TheWhiskey Priest Cops for Kids With Cancer Upcoming Events Thank you – Rita Foley, cfkwc