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Retro
Ahonui
USA
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 Posted - 11/21/2007 : 08:31:09 AM
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Benny Lagmay Lu`au Fundraiser Dec. 9 - KOKUA needed!
Aloha kakou...things are very difficult for Benny & Tonya Lagmay (owners/operators of Lei's Hawaiian Restaurant in Duvall, WA) these days, as Benny suffered another setback just this past weekend. We need the community to help out this wonderful family that has provided so much to our `ohana.
Here are the details:
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9
5:00 - 9:00 pm
Monroe Community Chapel
23515 Old Owen Road
Monroe, WA 98272
A contingent of area Hawaiian musicians and dancers have been recruited to participate, and we all hope you can be there.
= Gregg Porter =
Uncle Danny Kaopuiki put the story very well in a recent e-mail:
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Benny Lagmay (Waianae guy, owner with his wife Tonya (Kauai gal) of
Lei's Restaurant in Duvall, WA) is a really nice guy whose life has
been turned upside down by doctors who have told him that he needs a
heart transplant or he won't survive beyond another year or two. Cost
for such an operation will exceed $250,000.00 which is way beyond
Benny/his ohana's ability to pay. The problem has become more
drastically serious as Benny had a seizure about a month ago and two
days ago (while visiting relatives in Portland) he had a "V-tech"
episode where the defibrillator that was installed in his chest to
control his heart beat could not cope with a raging heart that went up
and down, from 50 to over 200 beats per minute. Benny ended up in the
Emergency Room at Providence Hospital where he remains at this moment.
He appears to be recovering and hopefully will be back home in Duvall
by the end of the week.
Friends of the family are staging a fund raiser for Benny on December
9, 2007 at Benny's church in Monroe, WA. We are hoping to sell out
the 250-300 seats for the Hawaiian Luau style fund raiser. The Luau
will run from 5 p.m-9 p.m. Tentative entertainment schedule is music
from 5-6:30 p.m. then a hula show from 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. followed by
more music from 7:30-9:00 p.m.
Please join us for this very important event. A Hawaiian family needs
our help.
=Danny Kaopuiki=
Here's the message from Butch Calivo:
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Aloha gang,
Our friend and canoe club member, Benny, needs our help. Benny and
Tonya are having a luau to raise money for Benny's medical needs,
doctor and hospital bills and for a future heart transplant.
It's in Monroe on Sunday, December 9 at 5:00 p.m. Tickets are sold at
their restaurant in Duvall 'Lei's Family Restaurant' and you can call
to purchase them at 425.844.2064.
They set up an account at U.S. Bank where donations can be made to any
US Bank for the 'Benny Lagmay Donation Account'.
Let's kokua (help) and show our support.
Mahalo,
Butch
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 11/21/2007 : 3:15:08 PM
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Got e-mail from Uncle Danny & replied positive. C'mon Oddah Guyze -
(that includes you, Retro), let's do 'em. |
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - 11/21/2007 : 8:32:17 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by slipry1
C'mon Oddah Guyze -
(that includes you, Retro), let's do 'em.
Oh, I will definitely be there - I've been asked to emcee. I'll bring both bass and uke. |
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
2168 Posts |
Posted - 11/22/2007 : 07:02:55 AM
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| I already let Uncle Danny know I'll be there. |
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slipry1
Ha`aha`a
USA
1511 Posts |
Posted - 11/22/2007 : 11:47:18 AM
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Originally posted by thumbstruck
I already let Uncle Danny know I'll be there.
Mahalo, Pard! Happy Turkey Day to y'all!!!! |
keaka |
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neeej
`Olu`olu
USA
643 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2007 : 5:09:45 PM
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| Posting to revive this topic. I hope to make it :-) |
--Jean S |
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - 12/10/2007 : 7:43:30 PM
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The fundraiser went very well - probably more than 300 people were there to help raise funds for Benny's critical heart transplant. Here's what's next:
By now, you have likely heard Benny Lagmay’s story – how his heart problems have gotten worse recently, leading to staggeringly high medical bills, and a need for a heart transplant, soon, in order to survive --- and that it will come at a cost of over $250,000; a massive expense for an independent businessman.
Remember the Western Washington windstorm of December 2006? Benny & his wife, Tonya, opened up their Hawaiian restaurant, Lei’s in Duvall, to feed people who were without electricity. They did this without charging them – a perfect example of what people from Hawai`i would call “the aloha spirit.”
Mayor Will Ibershof, has proclaimed this Saturday, December 15, 2007, as Benny Lagmay Day in Duvall, and the Chamber of Commerce has rallied members of the business community to support the Lagmay family at this time of great need. Dozens of businesses are donating portions of their proceeds from that day’s business to the Benny Lagmay Donation Account at US Bank, while others are making cash contributions, putting donation buckets out, or provided items for the recent fundraising auction.
If you can pay a visit to Duvall’s businesses this Saturday to show your support for Benny, or just to stop by and thank these businesses – thank you! If you can’t make it out that day, you can contribute at any US Bank branch.
For more information on the Lagmay family and Benny’s medical situation, please see the November 22 edition of the River Current News at www.rivercurrentnews.com. For more information on Benny Lagmay Day in Duvall, call Diane Baker at (425) 844-1621. For more information on the Benny Lagmay Donation Account, send e-mail to oohda @ msn.com.
Participating businesses include: Duvall Flowers & Gifts; Serendipity Photographers; ReMax/Cornerstone; Snoqualmie Valley Music; Windermere/The Linnerooth Team; Duvall Auto Parts; The Quilter’s Garden; Duvall Paw Patch; The Healing Place; Cherry Valley Veterinary Hospital; P+G Speakeasy Café; Main Street Insurance; River City Arcade Café; Main Street Massage; Duvall Foundation for the Arts; Duvall Variety; Wachovia; Duvall Performing Arts; Duvall Books; Duvall Barber Shoppe; Quality Mortgage; The River Current News; Rocking “E” Feeds; Naturescape Landscaping; Sacred Breath Therapeutic Massage; Teddy Bear’s BBQ; Valley Shell; Alpental Landscaping; BearzAbout; Duvall Main Street Laundry; Think2A; Marty’s Music; Countrywide Home Loans; Towne Realty; Tuxedo’s Antiques; DuVall’s Dazzling Designs; The Bee’s Hive; Curves; Duvall Therapeutic Massage; Northwest Art Center; Maily’s CC Espresso; JP Landscaping; North Valley Excavating; Family Childcare & Preschool; Duvall Grill --- and others are still signing up!
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