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Thread: Former Player Jeff McKinnon battle with cancer

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    Default Former Player Jeff McKinnon battle with cancer

    Here is the message I received from Sean Fredricks--- If anyone would like to donate or help with meals the links are below.

    On 2018-08-07 17:13, Sean Fredricks wrote:
    > Men, Jason Boutwell organized a fundraising site for Jeff McKinnon's
    > family; Jeff is in the heart of his treatment and the McKinnons will
    > need some help from Bison brothers to get through all of this,
    > including the financial burden. Boutsy worked with Lend A Hand in
    > Fargo to arrange for a fundraising site for Jeff that provides
    > matching funds from local businesses. See Boutsy's explanation below,
    > and a link to the site:
    >
    > * https://lendahandup.org/help-a-family/#/charity/77 [1]
    >
    > * Lend A Hand UP will match donated funds with a 20% match; for every
    > $500 donated, Lend A Hand will provide an additional $100 (up to
    > $5,000 in matching funds). The link closes on November 1, but we need
    > to get donations going ASAP to maximize matching funds.
    > * We need to get the word out on this Lend A Hand opportunity (e.g.,
    > social media junkies post this over and over and over). Please let
    > your classmates and teammates who are not in BFPA know about this.
    >
    > Please donate if you can so we can take full advantage of the
    > potential $5K in matching funds for the McKinnons!
    >
    > Boutsy also updated the Meal Train site; see his note:
    >
    > Meal Train has been updated to encourage food deliveries through the
    > end of March:
    >
    > * https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/5ym4qr [2]
    >
    If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles"

    When you play football, you gotta like the taste of blood, And 50 percent of the time, it's your blood.

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    Default Re: Former Player Jeff McKinnon battle with cancer

    Moved and bumped.

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    Default Re: Former Player Jeff McKinnon battle with cancer

    Shared on BISONATION. I remember battling Jeff in the hurdles in high school. Hell of an athlete

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    Default Re: Former Player Jeff McKinnon battle with cancer

    I had never heard of this Lend A Hand Up deal before. It's a really nice idea.

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    Default Re: Former Player Jeff McKinnon battle with cancer

    I've invited the family and Sean fredricks to the pizza party.
    If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles"

    When you play football, you gotta like the taste of blood, And 50 percent of the time, it's your blood.

    It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new.

    "The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."

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    Default Re: Former Player Jeff McKinnon battle with cancer

    Thanks to Fastdad50 and everyone who has helped so far!!!
    If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles"

    When you play football, you gotta like the taste of blood, And 50 percent of the time, it's your blood.

    It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new.

    "The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."

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