Re: Shriner's and transportion question

August 3, 2004

Jennier,

That was a great article. Goodness, thirty-seven broken bones. Plus

the broken bones and worries of the three other kids! You have been

through so much with this. That's great that she has not experienced

any broken bones since her treatment. I hope thing continue to go

well.

Pam and (8-12-01)

> To the one wondering about how the Shriners work the " donations "

for transportation.....

> I have been traveling to and from Shriners Hospitals for almost 7

years now, both in Canada and here in the States. I onced asked my

Hospital Chairman (from Winnipeg, Canada) how the different Shrines

work with transport as I had met may people at the Shriners Hospital,

Montreal Unit who had to pay there own way from places like Texas to

get up to Montreal Canada. ( At the time that was the only hospital

doing a drug therapy study on kids with a brittle bone disorder that

all of my children also have.) The chairman explained that his Shrine

was able to pay all the transportation, hotel and food costs for

their patients because they only had about 150 children they

took " care " of. Where as other Shrines, especially in some of the

larger areas of the States, would have a smaller local Shrine yet

they would service over 1500 kids and their travel needs. So basiclly

it comes down to donations and area served.

>

> So, as someone who values the free health care, request family,

friends and strangers to donate to their local Shrine. Get the word

out. Tell your local newspaper about what they are doing for you. We

did just that and got on the front page of our local paper just a few

months ago. The woman writing the artical was floored that there was

an organization that did this for us. She had never HEARD of them

before!

>

> Here is the link to the artical. Sorry, the great picture of my

husband holding my 6 year old upside down is not included at this

link.

> and Shalom

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