Kathryn Bender Memorial Foundation PUBLISHER: ELIZABETH & NICHOLAS BENDER Volume 4, Issue 2 Fall 2009 Another EKG from KBMF KBMF was a First Down Sponsor at this years KBMF again was able to purchase a Midwest Heart Foundation Tailgating portable EKG machine at this event. fundraiser on October 29th. The fundraiser Thank you for your support which has raises money for the Young Hearts for Life allowed KBMF the opportunity to pay it program which tests high school students for forward. heart conditions. Please visit us on the web at Portable EKG Machine www.kbmf.net Purchasing the EKG Machine! Our 5th Dance Showcase! Mark your calendars for the 5th Annual Dates to Remember Kathryn Bender Dance Showcase. Reserve the night and come to enjoy an evening of ~N OVEMBER 20 TH ~ dance, music, raffles, food, friends and fun. 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF KATHRYN ’S PASSING When: Friday May 14th, 2010 Where: ~A PRIL 15 TH ~ College of DuPage Arts Center in KATHRYN ’S 22 ND BIRTHDAY Glen Ellyn, IL Time: Event starts at 6pm, Show starts at ~M AY 14 TH ~ 7:30pm 5TH ANNUAL KATHRYN BENDER Ticket Info: Call College of DuPage Ticket DANCE SHOWCASE Office at 630-942-4000 or order online at: ~Fall 09~ http://www.cod.edu/ArtsCntr/ then click on 4th Annual KBMF 5K Walk/Run “Order Tickets Online” Price: $15 adults and $12 students/seniors Kathryn Bender, 2005 Kathryn Bender Memorial Foundation 3rd Annual 5K Walk/Run This years run in Vision, Michael’s Fresh September was our most Market, Midwest Heart successful yet! Foundation, Nestle Waters North America, Thank you all for coming Off-Site Office out to Neuqua Valley Assistance and Steps High School to support Dance Center. the foundation! This year, a total of 125 Thank you to our people ran the 5K. sponsors: Autumn Oak Thanks for grabbing Millwork Specialties, Inc., those running shoes and Café Buonaro’s, Conexnet coming out to show your Corporation, Day & support! Robert P.C., Einstein’s Bros Bagels, Frontier Family “Ready, Set, Go!” Congratulations! 2009 KBMF Scholarship Recipients 4 years have passed... ~ November 20th, 2005 is a date As we prepare for our 4 year College Scholarship that many of us cannot forget. mark without Kathryn, please Corrie Belobraydich Four years have flown by. take a moment to think of her and everyone else that truly Life is too short and time passes means something to you. Caitlyn Mazurek to quickly to fight, to argue, to Rachel Klippell hold grudges and to be sad. Tell them you love them. Don’t let the moment pass you by. ~ We wake up each day, think of Dance Scholarship Kathryn and continue to do what we think is right, what would Jackie Dennis make her proud. DuPage Dragons Baseball Fundraiser Supports KBMF Thank you to all who came and newly known as the Prospect League. joined us to watch a baseball game $3 of each ticket purchased went to and support KBMF as the DuPage the Kathryn Bender Memorial Dragons played the Danville Dans Foundation. Thanks Dragons! on June 10th. The teams are members of the Central Illinois Collegiate League, Having fun with the mascot Dinger!! Volume 4, Issue 2 ‘Kathryn’s Bears’ to be Collected in December During the first two weeks of website. December we will be We look forward to collecting collecting Kathryn’s Bears. our biggest number of teddy Our main location for bears this year. That means collecting the bears is at we need to collect over 500 Steps Dance Center in bears! Aurora, IL. If you would like to donate or help us collect We look forward to placing a bears at another location, smile on many children’s faces please let us know by by delivering them to the sending us an e-mail under Children’s Hospital. the ‘Contact Us’ link on our A picture from last year’s trip to deliver ‘Kathryn’s Bears’ to Children’s Memorial Hospital with the help of the Chicago Storm Thank you... Neuqua Valley High School - fundraisers and for their Steve Mahoney - for his for donating their facility for continued research and continued support and our walk fundraising for Sudden Death dedication to KBMF Nick Melville - for keeping Ray Kinney at Minute Man And everyone who continues the website updated Press - for printing our to support and donate to newsletter KBMF Joanne Marty - for her support towards KBMF STEPS Dance Center - for continuing to volunteer and Midwest Heart Foundation - help KBMF with fundraising for participating in KBMF activities KBMF IS LOOKING FOR FUNDRAISING IDEAS! AS WE LOOK TO BROADEN AWARENESS ABOUT SUDDEN DEATH, KBMF IS LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL WAYS TO REACH OUT. IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE KEEP US IN MIND! (I.E. SPORTING EVENTS, RESTURANTS , ETC.) E-MAIL US AT [email protected] Kathryn Bender Memorial Foundation P.O. Box 52 Naperville, IL 60566 .