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Vol. 3 No. 9
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Fifth Annual Action for Jackson Car Show for a Cause Third Annual Kidde-Fenwal Relay for Life Motorcycle Ride September 20 Car Show September 12 By J.D. O’Gara
Event to Benefit Boston Children’s Hospital Leaves from Anthony’s on the Green By J.D. O’Gara Jackson is five-and-a-half years old. He loves Mason, his dog, and he’ll be going to the Placentino School, on the bus (wheelchair van), like all the other Holliston kids. He loves his family, including Wendy and Brian Bisazza, and his big brother AJ. He also loves Bruno Mars and the “Big Bang Theory” and he’s on a first-name basis with Meghan Trainor
The Fifth Annual Action for Jackson Motorcycle Ride will leave Anthony’s on the Green at 11 a.m. on September 20. The event, in honor of Jackson Bisazza, shown here with his dog, Mason, will benefit Boston Children’s Hospital.
and the folks at 104.1 FM. And he’s rocking his new brace, the one after his most recent surgery. He’s had 19 of them. He’s definitely a cool, tough little guy. Maybe that’s why he fits right in with the hundred or so leather-clad bikers who come to support Action for Jackson, a fundraising motorcycle ride in its fifth year from which 100% of the proceeds benefit Boston Children’s Hospital. The event will take place on Sunday, September 20, starting off at Anthony’s on the Green, 212 Prentice Street, Holliston. Registration starts at 10 a.m., and the ride leaves at 11 a.m. The cost is $20 per person ($15 ahead of time by contacting Wendy at wbisazza@ gmail.com), with kids under 4 free. “Jackson’s been through the gamut at Children’s for leg surgeries, and hip surgery,” says Brian Bisazza, referring to the femoral osteotomies, pelvic osteotomies and reconstructions that Jackson has had, some of which left him in full body casts for three summers. “We didn’t know he had Down Syndrome until the night he was born,” says Wendy. “Fortunately, his heart looked great, but at age two was the first time his hip dislocated. That began the nightmare.
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It might be a 1966 Mustang convertible, or a 1941 Chevrolet pick-up, or maybe it will be a rebuilt hot-rod. One thing’s for certain, on September 12, from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. on the grassy grounds of Kidde-Fenwal at 400 Main Street in Ashland, is that you’ll see lots of love, care and detailing that went into a host of participating vehicles at Kidde-Fenwal’s Relay for Life Car Show, held to raise funds for the Relay of Life of Ashland and Holliston. “We knew nothing about running a car show when we started,” says Peter Kamitian, Relay for Life Team Captain for Kidde-Fenwal, a United Technologies Corporation company. “The first year we had 60 cars, last year we had 140 cars, and we will probably break 200 this year. We have a huge lawn area, and these guys love having grass as opposed to parking on a paved parking lot.” When it comes to raising money for the American Cancer Society, Kidde-Fenwal, which produces fire detection, suppression and temperature controls equip-
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ment for commercial, industrial applications for over eight decades, doesn’t play around. They’ve been the top fundraising team for the Ashland/Holliston Relay for the last four years. In 2014, they raised over $26,000 for the cause, and so far in 2015, they’ve raised $31,230, with more matching donations still coming in. Kidde-Fenwal’s contribution accounted for over a third of the Ashland/Holliston Relay’s total fundraising in 2015, and they’ve already begun their fundraising events for the 2016 Relay. “The reason why we raise so much money is the backing we get from the employees in the company,” says Kamitian, “Our Ashland facility has about 300 employees, and it’s just hat’s off to the people of the company who make this thing work,” he says. The car show, says Kamitian, is one of the team’s biggest fundraiser. Participating vehicle owners may pre-register their cars or trucks for $15, or pay $20 if they join on the day of the show. People who want to see the cars can get
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