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General Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: REBELYELL on June 11, 2015, 11:15:50 PM
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Here is his story. He is a terrific kid.
Wallace Coleman Love has been chosen as a wish child for 2015. Coleman was born with a very serious and life threatening heart defect known as hypoplastic left heart syndrome, commonly called HLHS. Life is not compatible without immediate reconstructive heart surgery, followed by additional surgeries. Coleman had open heart surgery in Philadelphia PA at five days old, five months old and again at 30 months old. He also had five angioplasty heart procedures performed during the first three years of his life, with one of them resulting in a stroke that was caused by a clotting disorder that was unknown at the time. He has almost fully recovered from the stroke and is full of energy most of the time. His prognosis from HLHS is still a great deal of uncertainty at this time.
Coleman was initially categorized as being developmentally delayed because of everything he had dealt with since birth, but he was later diagnosed with Autism. He is now ten years old and is still non-verbal. He is full of energy and life itself, as he loves to play outside and especially loves swimming. He doesn’t like crowds or loud noises, and his patience is often very short. He also likes to ride 4-wheelers, but he spends most of his time on his iPad. Instead of fighting the crowds at Disney World or some other tourist attraction, or trying to fly commercial airline with oxygen, Coleman has elected to make his wish last for years to come. His wish is to have a commercial type playground set right in his own yard. He loves to slide and swing, and these activities also serve as sensory therapy.
If you would like to make a donation towards Coleman’s wish, please send it to the address below. All donations are tax deductible.
Make-A-Wish® Mississippi
576 Highland Colony Parkway
Suite 120
Ridgeland, MS 39157
(http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo261/JODYLOVE01/Coleman%20Love_zps8og4sl7r.jpg) (http://s382.photobucket.com/user/JODYLOVE01/media/Coleman%20Love_zps8og4sl7r.jpg.html)
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If you are interested, this is another option for a donation or I can email you a donation form.
Thanks for your help,
Jody
https://wish.org/local-chapters?chapterid=036-000
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Hi Jody
My name Is Rick
I would be able to make a real nice turkey call to raffle off. Let me know if that would be ok.
Prayers sent Wallace Coleman.
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I too, would be happy to make a turkey call for you to auction off, if that would be an option.
Bill
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That would be great guys and I would be honored for you to do that for him. I really appreciate it,
means a lot to me.
Thanks,
Jody
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You have an address we can send the calls to? Or should we send them to the Make-A-Wish address.
Bill
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Bill I'm not sure how he wants to do it. We can run auction on here.
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My thought was to have it on eBay, and then a notice on the board here so we can attract as much attention as possible.
Bill
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I will get with you next week and we can put this together.
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Jody, my name is Mark McPhail from Collinsville, Ms. I will also be glad to donate a call. You are in our prayers . I also have two daughters who live in the Madison area . What town are you located in? Mark.
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Jody, my name is Mark McPhail from Collinsville, Ms. I will also be glad to donate a call. You are in our prayers . I also have two daughters who live in the Madison area . What town are you located in? Mark.
Thanks Mark. We are from the Brookhaven area, actually right across the line in Franklin County.
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Well we had this prize go unclaimed in our Spring Hunting Contest. I talked with Kevin Brooker who donated it. He would love to see his calls go to this benefit. P.M. me your Addy and I'll send them to you. Here what they look like
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Your more than welcome to post a link to your Auction on Osage. I agree with Bill, you need to go through Ebay. Hope this helps out!! Best of luck!
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A link can be found in "Turkey calls", for one of my Henry Davis Style scratch boxes to benefit Coleman! This call was specially made for this cause.
Thanks!
Bill
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Jody, call is boxed and will be mailed tomorrow. I hope more calls will come your way . Mark McPhail.
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Jody, call is boxed and will be mailed tomorrow. I hope more calls will come your way . Mark McPhail.
Mark, I got your call and that is one fine sounding trough call. That is the first one I ever played with a glass soundboard and you can definetly tell a difference in sound. What are the wood types so I can put them in the description. I got to have one of them before next Spring.
Thanks again,
Jody
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Jody, sorry I did not keep a record of what I sent. Give me the call number and I can give you some of the woods used. Thanks for the nice comments. Mark McPhail.
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Jody, I saw the call was no. 512 in your picture. Corn cob and purple heart striker. Trough call has black walnut corners, alder back, and the front has various laminated woods (black walnut, oak, and may be maple? Hope this helps. Mark McPhail.
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Jody
Pm me your address - I have you a shortbox for this great cause - hope your auction helps Coleman with his wish
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Welcome back ,Jeff. Hope you had a great time.
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Thanks Mark- family time is great but I am ready to start slinging sawdust again