Archives for October 2016

Earlier this month, Angela Osborn, along with numerous family and friends, gathered for a night of poker in Washington in order to honor her late brother Brian Frank. Along with the poker tournament, a silent auction was held, T-shirts and sweatshirts featuring Brian’s initials and birthdate were sold, and at the end of the evening, a staggering $11,000 had been raised to fight EHE!

“People absolutely love to come out and support a cause that they KNOW their money is going directly to research,” Osborn said. “We lost our Brian, but we all hope to save someone else from losing a loved one from EHE.”

Brian passed in September of 2014 at the young age of 28, but Angela’s family continues his fight. This was the second poker tournament in Brian’s honor. In 2015, the event raised $7,000!

From the entire EHE community, we thank the Osborn and Frank families for their ongoing support of EHE research!

Smoothie King in York, Pennsylvania, held its second fundraiser in memory of Mandy O’Connor on October 13. Sean and Nicky Krebs, Smoothie King franchisees and close friends of Mandy and Devin’s, once again donated 50 percent of their sales on what would have been Mandy’s 33rd birthday. Mandy died due to EHE on April 5, 2015.

Customers poured into the Smoothie King located at at 2609 E Market St in York throughout the day. When the Krebs’ closed their doors, $715.63 had been raised for EHE research.

The Krebs’ support is one of many ways Mandy’s family and friends are continuing to keep her fight alive. Along with Smoothie King and the annual York EHE Foundation Golf Tournament, upwards of $39,000 has been raised in memory of Mandy.

To Smoothie King, the Krebs, and everyone who enjoyed a delicious and nutritious smoothie, THANK YOU.

The Hershey Company has made a generous donation to The EHE Foundation. The world-famous confections company in Pennsylvania gave $500 to support ongoing research efforts into the rare cancer.

The Foundation would like to thank Hershey employee Serena Wang for the support. Serena was a personal friend of Mandy O’Connor, who died from EHE in 2015.