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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Below is a message from parents of Oxford Elementary School
with a request for support for the family of a student who is fighting for her
life against a rare and serious form of cancer. Please consider supporting this
family so their precious daughter can receive potentially life saving
treatment. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Please also share this
request with your networks. Thank you!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Dear
Friends, </span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">We
are reaching out to our friends in Berkeley to help a child suffering in our
community -- Martiana Dennis. Last year, Martiana celebrated the end of
elementary school at Oxford with our children but never got to celebrate her
first day of middle school at King. This summer, she was diagnosed with an
extremely rare and very serious form of cancer, angiosarcoma. There are only 20
known cases of this form of cancer in children.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Because
of its rarity, she must travel to the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston for
treatment - and her medical team at Oakland Children's Hospital is currently
petitioning California Children's Services (CCS) to get the treatment in
Houston paid for. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">As
a community of Berkeley parents, we want to help Martiana's family raise money
for all of the related expenses around her treatment - travel to Houston for
her mother, living expenses, funds to help care for her sisters while Martiana's
parents focus on her, and to provide them all some comfort during incredibly
stressful times. We hope to raise at least $10,000 in the next few weeks before
she travels to Houston. </span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Martiana
is a strong and spirited kid who is handling her diagnosis and the ordeal of
treatment with tremendous courage. We hope you will join us in reaching out to
this family, and helping them in this time of need. Please consider giving
generously, but of course no donation is too small to make a difference. Martiana's
mom, Shauranda, and her whole family are very grateful for any contributions
and expressions of support. They have opened up to share Martiana's story in
the hope of getting her the medical help she desperately needs, and hope that
we will all share it widely. </span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Here
is the link to the GoFundMe site Martiana's family has set up: <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/martiannadennis" target="_blank">https://www.gofundme.com/martiannadennis</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">At
the link you will find fuller details about Martiana's challenging medical
situation and the effort underway to make her healthy once again.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Please
also forward this news to others in your networks, and consider adding a
message of your own to inspire others to connect and help.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">With
hope and gratitude, <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Anna
Rainer, Amy Garlin, M.D., and Kim Robinson</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
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the parent-volunteer facilitators of the Etree; please direct any questions
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