FCSLA In the Community:
Matching Funds Program

S176 - Take Steps for Crohn's and Colitis

Members from Senior Branch 176 held a fundraiser for Crohn's and Colitis disease. The branch members collected donations and pledges for the Take Steps for Crohn's and Colitis. Twenty members volunteered their time to walk 1.4 miles to raise money for the foundation. The branch raised $761. All proceeds were donated to the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America.

The Matching Funds Project for Branch 176 was organized by our National Medical Examiner, Dr. Deborah Brindza. She receives a hospital newsletter, and shared with us the following message after the "Walk."

"In turn, I want to say a humongous 'THANK YOU' to ALL who supported our fundraising efforts! Without the support of each and every one of you, reaching our goal would not have been possible; let alone surpassing it, which we did! Thanks to my personal recruits seeking their own recruits, we are the recipients of an extremely generous matching fund offer from the First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association by way of Dr. Deborah Brindza! When all monies are tallied up we will have exceeded our $1,000.00 goal by several hundred dollars!!!!! Way to go Crohnies."

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