Support The Scudieris’ Fund

It seems like on an almost daily basis you hear a story about someone’s misfortune and it leaves you shaking your head wondering how unfair life seems to be. Just the other day I was given a flyer about an upcoming fundraiser and asked if I could get it mentioned on the radio. When I read all the details I knew I wanted to tell you about a couple from Toms River facing a daily double of hardships.

Diane and Harold Scudieri have lived in Toms River since getting married in 1982 and have raised four children with the youngest now a senior at High School East. Diane, a past president of the Dover Township Junior Women’s Club, was diagnosed with brain cancer five years ago. After three surgeries and many rounds of chemotherapy and radiation she is now undergoing therapy at home in order to recover. During this ordeal her husband Harold has been her strength but recently he was diagnosed with lung cancer and he is now undergoing chemotherapy which has him on disability from his job with the telecommunications department of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.

Friends and neighbors have gotten together and planned a fundraiser for the couple of Saturday, November 1st at Hemingway’s Café on the boulevard in Seaside Heights. The event will take place from 6-9pm and include a buffet dinner, DJ, gift auction and cash bar. Tickets are now on sale for $25 and organizers hope to raise some money to easy the stress on the Scudieri Family. For ticket information you can call Heidi Stover at (732) 270-5325.

If you would like to help out with a donation and cannot attend checks made out to “Support the Scudieris’ Fund” can be mailed to Stover at 958 Yellowbank Road in Toms River, 08753. There is nothing more precious than having friends and neighbors when you need them the most and Diane and Harold Scudieri know that for sure.

On an unrelated note my wife would like to thank those that supported “Team Booberang” in Sunday’s “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” walk in Point Pleasant Beach. A special thanks to my WOBM family for their support as the team raised more than $3500 so one day our daughters will never have to worry about this dreaded disease.