Monday, April 18, 2005

Help save the life of a baby!

Below is a message I sent to all my family & friends... Please consider donating:

Family & Friends,

Roughly one year ago I had the scariest moment of my life. I was on a flight from Boston to D.C. and Tara went into labor 13 weeks early. When I landed and learned of her situation I ran and got on a flight back to Boston more scared than I thought humanly possible. Tara & I were blessed that doctors were able to stop her labor and Abbie came only 5 weeks early but every day thousands of people are not as fortunate. The worst part of all this is that doctors simply don’t know what causes premature labor, and therefore there is really no way to prevent this situation.

The March of Dimes has kicked off a 5 year Preventing Prematurity campaign to help stop the increasing problem of premature labor. May 1st is the March of Dimes Walk America, a walk to help raise funds for this cause. Our family has been very involved with this campaign because we were able to see first hand what a horrible problem this is - and we want to help stop it. We are a mission family for the March of Dimes, and we have our own family team for Walk America this year. We are "The Williamson Family Team" and are walking in honor of Abbie and for every baby that is born too soon.

I am asking you to please sponsor me for the walk this year. Our Family Team goal is to raise $8,000, and I am hoping we can make it. To make it even more exciting, Tara and I have a bet going on which one of us can raise the most money. The loser has to do the other person's chores for a month so I am really hoping to win. As my friends and family, this should give you extra incentive to sponsor me:)

You can sponsor me directly online at http://www.walkamerica.org/mwillmsn

Thanks for your support,

Mark

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