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FHF Makes Grant To Fan In Bethlehem,
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FHF Makes Grant To Fan In Bethlehem, PA
By Emily Lawrence, FHF Board Member
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| Coach Bill Shuey, John Fenstermacher
and John's sister sporting some Eagles and FHF gear.
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Fans Helping Fans, a nonprofit charitable organization
dedicated to helping Philadelphia Eagles fans in financial
need, recently made its second grant of the 2005-2006
season, continuing the pace set last season in its highly
successful inaugural year.
On January 16, 2006,
Fans Helping Fans traveled to Bethlehem, PA, where
Board members, accompanied by Philadelphia Eagles coach
Bill Shuey, presented a grant to the family of John
Fenstermacher, a young man with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s
disease). The $1,000.00 grant went toward
repairs John's parents had made to the lift-equipped
van they use to move John around, and toward John's daily
medical and nursing needs.
“ALS is a debilitating disease,” explained
Jeff Rumble a minister in California and Chair
of FHF’s Grant Distribution Committee. “It
develops progressively and eventually takes away a patient’s
ability to walk, move one’s limbs and talk. The
van John’s parents needed to have repaired is the
one way that John could continue to get out in the community
to see not only his beloved Eagles when they had training
camp nearby at Lehigh, but also see the many former students
and players he had coached.”
Among those he had
coached in high school was Bill Shuey, now one of the
Eagles’ offensive assistants and
quality control coaches. All FHF grant applications
require a sponsor who knows the applicant and can vouch
for the applicant’s situation. Coach
Shuey was the sponsor for the grant and took time from
his busy off-season to attend the grant presentation.
“We are thrilled that in the two years we have
been making grants, we have been able to lend a hand
to Eagles fans in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New
Jersey and Florida,” said Jeff Rumble. “We’re
proud that our fan support comes from Eagles fans all
over the country and world, that our Board members are
from all over the country and that we can help Eagles
fans no matter where they live.”
“As long as there are Eagles fans out there who
need a hand,” said Jeff Rumble, “we’ll
keep trying to help.”
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