February greetings one and all,

Here's to you and yours and hoping the words of this heartfelt message, fall under your eyes and the eyes of many others in the coming weeks as we begin our 14th-year as team participants in the largest St. Baldricks Fundraising event in New Jersey and one that ranks consistently in the top 10 nationally.

I myself, am so blessed to be part of this incredible event and as I look back on the years I've participated and the faces and names and the generous gifts and fundraising that occurred during that span...It quite simply humbles me beyond measure.

In that time, our little school, along with dozens of students, both girls and boys, parents and friends, decided to take a stand against pediatric cancer and get out there and actually do something incredibly brave and bold !!! 

And it's that belief we truly can help to make a difference in the life of a child living with some form of pediatric cancer.

The numbers never lie and there are still,  just too many children stricken with these terrible diseases to count. It's why we continue to participate and urge you to join us and support the Lester's Lifeshavers Team 0f 2021 if you can, to help us continue to fight to make pediatric cancer an afterthought. 

We've decided to honor three kids this year whom I've honored in the past, who are frequently in my thoughts and prayers.  Two of whom, Ethan Toohey (15) and Jillian Massey (6) are now angels in our midst. They were both beloved human beings whose precious lives were cut short by cancer. One young man is the beneficiary of the wonders and breakthroughs of modern medicines. He is nothing short of a walking miracle.  Aaron Thompson an exceptional young man, from our host town of Lawrenceville, NJ, who has bravely fought that fight and is now in remission.

We know we are living in very challenging and uncertain times...perhaps now more than ever, at least for the current population's existence. In all 14 years of participating in this fundraiser, we have achieved our goal of raising $20,000 in a calendar year, only two of those years, recording a whopping  $39,085  in 2010 and 2018 $23,775 !!!  So our goal this year is $30,000  and with your help, we most certainly will. 

For the record and by the numbers, collectively through the years, our little school in Lawerenceville, with the help of students and parents, has raised an astonishing $192K !!! We want to get over the $200K mark this year and continue to add to the nearly $1.5 Million the Lawrencille St. Baldricks event has raised through the years.

If you can, we hope you will send a donation of support and love for this very laudable cause. St. Baldricks is one of the only pediatric fundraising organizations where nearly .90 cents of every dollar donated goes directly to the painstaking and expensive work researchers must do to find cures for these diseases. And their efforts are paying off for thousands of kids. Still, we want to save them all...and perhaps, with your support, we may just do that someday.

Please consider a tax-deductible gift of any amount to this one cause I've dedicated my efforts towards.

Click the link below to donate...

https://www.stbaldricks.org/donate/participant/1076296/2021?amount=50&donation_type=donate_once

I'll wrap this up with a heartfelt message of hope and good health and good wishes to you and yours.

Many many thanks for your kindness, generosity, and love...

Mr. Berry/ Jeffrey

LES Team Captain 

Knight Commander