Voice for Joanie, Inc.
“”Bringing a Voice to the Voiceless””

Voice for Joanie, Inc. extends a grateful thank you to the following for their generous support of our recent May 18th Pizza, Pasta and Dessert fundraiser:

Big Y, Boston Red Sox, Emalyn Sweets, Il Colosseo, Joe’s Salon + Spa, Magic by Danny Diamond, Magic Marty Steinberg, New York Yankees, Panera Bread, RNM Entertainment-DJ, Union Savings Bank, VFW Post No. 1672, and Glenn Wilson, DMD, NY Jets, News-Times, Knights of Columbus Council #40, Webster Thomas, NY Giants, The Vita Family and WalMart, Connecticut Family Chiropractic.

A special thank you to the people who attended our event and made it such a huge success! Their support, combined with the contributions, and the on-going commitment of our volunteers, enable us to continue our pledge to supply free-of-charge speech technology to the paralyzed victims of Lou Gehrig’s Disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS. Founded in 1990, Voice for Joanie has been “bringing a voice to the voiceless” to nearly 1000 persons in Connecticut and nearby states who have been paralyzed and left unable to speak by ALS and other debilitating diseases. Without our supporters, Voice for Joanie’s life-changing work for ALS victims and their families would not be possible.

Shirley A. Fredlund
Volunteer Executive Director

Shirley:

The microphone has helped me communicate more with my family, especially all my nieces.

Thank you ,

Tom

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It is with a mixture of profound gratitude and unbearable grief that I thank you for your generous contribution made in memory of Jesse M. Lewis who lost his life on December 14, 2012, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. It was Jesse’s mother, Scarlett, who decided on our organization as the beneficiary of the outpouring of love for Jesse. This special six-year-old boy not only loved horses but, no matter where he was, Jesse would ask his mother if they could pray for our mutual friend, Bobby, a victim of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease). Scarlett has asked me to forward her personal appreciation for your contribution. Your gift is also in memory of Scarlett’s grandmother, Nancy Coggin, who died in August, 1990, from ALS.

For more than 23 years, Voice for Joanie, Inc. has provided the gift of speech to more than 900 desperate sufferers of ALS — a progressive, fatal, devastating disease that causes complete paralysis. There is no known cause and no known cure. It does not discriminate, affecting men and women from all ethnic backgrounds and all walks of life by afflicting them with muscle weakness and robbing them of their ability to communicate.

Thanks to the dedication of our all-volunteer staff, the generosity of donors like you, and our commitment to “bringing a voice to the voiceless,” Voice for Joanie supplies — free of charge — the best available technology to those in need. Your support is crucial to our mission to help ensure that victims of ALS, and other debilitating diseases, no longer suffer in silence.

On behalf of the Lewis Family and the ALS sufferers you will help, God bless you for your generosity.

Sincerely,

Shirley A. Fredlund

Founder and Volunteer Executive Director

We offer on-line forums for discussion, local support group meetings, telephone support meetings, mentoring, newsletters, respite weekends and an annual conference.

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