I would hope that no one frowns upon this but I wanted to give it a
try. With all the hush hush business we do to keep letterboxing off
the radar as much as possible, this would not interfer with the inner
working of what we do. Once a year, starting this past year, I have
brought letterboxers and community together for Project White Sands.
Letterboxers were welcome with open arms. Now I have taken on another
cause. If there is anyone out there that thinks all we do is litter
the woods, lets show them other wise.

The cause is called - Help Giovanni!

Baby Giovanni was born July 24, 2006 an apparently healthy baby to
Christina M. Poulicakos and Michael A. Guglielmo. After six-weeks
home, Giovanni had an elevated fever and was taken to his doctor. He
was sent home under the belief he simply had a cold. After several
days his temp persisted, he wasn't eating and he was very irritable
so he was taken back to the doctor. Since then he has been in and out
of the hopsital, on different drugs to try and kick this illness he
had, but to no avail. Soon he would be transfered to Boston
Children's Hospital in Massachusetts. He is in need of a bone marrow
transplant in which the insurance company will not pay. The family of
baby Giovanni has reached out to the community for help raising money
for the surgery.

This holiday saeson, my employer at Sal's Pizza in Concord, NH, had
come up with an unusual idea this year. He had done this before, but
he had given each of his employees $100 dollars to donate to someone
or a family we do not know. After some searching, I found my cause.
For most of you that follow my blog, I lost a son a few years ago. He
had become ill and spent time at Boston Children's Hospital as well,
but for a heart condition. When I saw the news report on WMUR, I knew
what I had to do. For me, it was a no brainer. My money went to a
worthy cause.

With the permission from the parents, I am allowed to post this in
hopes to draw in more donations for the family. They live in Belmont,
NH and it is a 1.5 hour drive to Boston everyday. You don't have to
if you don't want to, but it doesn't hurt for me to try. Anything you
have to donate will be enough. All the information about baby
Giovanni and where to donate, will be on the website
www.helpgiovanniguglielmo.org

Thank you!
-Team New Hampshire (donation of $100)