Check Recieved

Hi all! Aly here just wanted to let you know that in December a check for $300 was given to the Jordan Fund to help children with special needs. Thank You for all of your support and donations, it was greatly appreciated by us and the Foundation. Just a quick Thank You to John for his great career in MLB, you will be missed by not only Red Sox fans but by all fans. THanks again to everyone involved, this was more successful than we thought.
~Aly

NEPA Article

here is the text of the article that appeared on page 7 of the New England Press Association's publication, the Bullitin. You can also view the publication at:
http://www.nepa.org/Bulletin%20Archives/NEPA_sept05_web.pdf.(you have to type it in/copy and paste it in because it will not link for some reason).
you will need adobe acrobat reader to view the link.Also we have raised $285 for the Doundation and are actively researching other avenues to raise money. Thank You to everyone for taking time out to read the blog and donate money and donate ideas on how to raise awareness and money, it is appreciated! Also please keep texas in your prayers while they deal with Hurricane Rita, stay safe to all those reading this from Texas!
Globe intern's story
spurs action to help
Sox player's daughter
Two Massachusetts college students
have set up a Web site to help the
daughter of Boston Red Sox first baseman
John Olerud, who suffers from a
gene deletion disorder.
Justyna Jezierski and Alison Foley,
both graduates of Fontbonne Academy
in Milton, Mass., set up the site after
reading about 5-year-old Jordan Olerud
in a Boston Globe story written by
intern Adam Kilgore.
The site, which can be found at
www.theolderudproject.blogspot.com,
raises money for The Jordan Fund,
founded by the Oleruds in 2003.

UPDATE

Hi all! We recieved copies of the program SportsPulse so as soon as Aly figures out how to put it up online she will post a link so you all can see the interview. Also, we are going to be in an article in the Bullitin, the New England Press Association's newsletter, so stay tuned for a link to that! We have raised $185 for the foundation so far and we are actively researching ways to raise more. Thank you to all who have donated so far, it means so much! Just a quick update on some ideas that have been given to us to help raise money:
Tshirts
bracelets
penny jars
fundraiser/auction
Thank you to everyone for their ideas, keep them comming!!!!!!

SportsPulse Tonight

We just found out yesterday evening that the story Comcast's sports show, SportsPulse interviewed us for will be airing TONIGHT, September 8,2005 at 10pm on the Comcast channel CN8. In Boston its channel 3 but check your local listings!

Our hope is that after the interview is broadcasted, things will pick up again but in the meantime we a are researching additional avenues to get the word out about the foundation. Any suggestions are welcome, just leave them in the comments section or email us at soxfanscare@gmail.com.

Aly, John and Justyna

This is from our meeting with John in the dugout on August 26,2005.
l-r: Aly, John and Justyna


Also, congrats to John for his 2 Home Run, Double (500th Career!), 6 RBI night tonight, September 1, 2005 against the Tampa Bay DevilRays!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

We would like to wish Jordan Olerud a Happy 5th Birthday tomorrow, August 30,2005! Hope the day is a great one!

note: we will be posting the pictures and such from out meeting with John as soon as we get the pictures, but we do want to say thankyou to everyone who made the meeting possible, words can't describe how much it means to both of us. Also, we will let everyone know when to tune into the Comcast Channel to watch the segment they taped about the blog and the Jordan Fund. Stay Tuned! Please keep the residents of Louisian,Alabama and Mississippi in your prayers and visit Redcross.org to help them out any way you can.

News for August 22, 2005

We have come up with a form that people can copy into any word processing program (Word, Works, Notepad..) and print, fill out and mail along with a donation to the Jordan Fund if they don't feel comfortable with paypal. We have received numerous messages of support and some donations so thank you to everyone! We will be interviewed by SportsPulse on Thursday for a story on our efforts so look for it next week on your comcast channel. They are going to interview us at Aly's house since that's where all the files are stored for the project and they also plan to interview John so we will definitely fill you all in when details become available. We just wanted to post the Pledge Form up and also let you know about the show. Thank you all again!

Pledge Form:

Pledge Sheet To the Jordan Fund:

By signing this sheet you can pledge whatever you would like and directly send it to the Jordan Fund at P.O. Box 606, Medina, WA 98039 instead of donating it through the PayPal account set up by The Olerud Project for whatever personal reasons if you choose to do so.


Name: ______________________________

Address: ______________________________

Phone: ______________________________

Amount: ______________________________

Signature: _____________________________