Hello, Friday Harbour is looking for some volunteers to help welcome guests to the Live It Big Festival being held on Washington Avenue. The jobs will be simple and fun, but very important. Selling tickets at our welcome booths, answering questions and helping folks with our “Memory Walls”. Please contact Brian Hall at brian.hall@fridayharbour.org or tweet us at @fridayharbour for more info. Grab a friend and come help us raise funds to provide housing for cancer patients.

The wonderful folks at LiveItBig.org are throwing one heck of an event on Saturday April 10th, on Washington Avenue. “LIVE IT BIG FESTIVAL” will be from 2-8pm, and at over 20+ bars streching along Washington Avenue.
For $10, you will find entertainment, drinks specials galore and a whole lot of fun. All the proceeds will benefit Friday Harbour. So purchase your $10 tickets ahead of time (they go up day of) and come help us raise money to provide housing for cancer patients.
Tweet us at @liveitbig or @fridayharbour

Happy Valentines Day to you and yours!
This special edition of the Friday on Sunday blog will take on a personal touch. You will see the members of the Friday Harbour organization tell their own story of WHY they have joined the Friday Harbour journey. We hope that in some way, you get an inside look at why these busy, hardworking individuals chose to help Friday Harbour meet its mission of providing solace to cancer patients and their families as they journey through treatment at Texas Children’s and The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Centers.
We call this FRIDAY HARBOUR and ME!
Brian Hall Founder and Board President of Friday Harbour:
I’m fortunate to be a founder of this awesome Journey, which began in May of 2009. At that time, my oldest brother Melton (nicknamed Tank) had already endured 8 months of cancer treatment after being diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He seemed to be doing well at the time. He was undergoing chemo at Scott & White Hospital in Temple Texas where he first was diagnosed. Early on, my mom would transport Tank the 3-plus hours from her house in Spring TX to Temple every other week. Mom tirelessly accompanied Tank to Temple, leaving before the chickens got up in order to make an 8am appointment, and then returning late, late, late in the day. Having not made any of the trips myself, I had no idea what strain that placed on my brother and my dear mother. To this day, I don’t believe that I have thanked my Mom enough for what SHE went through. It wasn’t until my brother took a turn for the worse that Mom made it clear to us that she truly missed the simple comforts like a bed to relax in as she waited hours and hours during Tank’s treatment. Also, having a gift card to a TGI Fridays or something would have motivated her to leave the hospital food behind and go out and grab her and Tank a burger and fries. Well, before her next journey to Temple, mom was equipped with a hotel reservation at the Courtyard hotel connected to the hospital courtesy of my Marriott Rewards account, and several food gift cards, courtesy of the gift card rack at Walgreens. By providing my mom with these simple comforts, her motherly instincts were left to be directed just where they were needed. To Tank! It sucks that it took nearly 4 months before I made it happen. My brother went to be with our Lord on June 22, 2009.
I’m thankful that on June 15th, I sat by my brothers side on his bed, and holding him in my arms I softly whispered…Thank You Brother for inspiring me to do something to help countless others on their cancer journey. I promised him that something good has, and will continue to come from his diligent fight. Friday Harbour. And for a brief, yet moment of a lifetime, Tank raised his tired body, looked me in the eye, smiled his big-toothed smile and said Thank You Brother. Our Journey continues.

Contact me at brian.hall@fridayharbour.org

Last week was yet another milestone week for Friday Harbour. The ZETA Cares team (www.zetainteractive.com) walked us through the site-map for our upcoming Website. It is exciting to see them put so much energy and effort into their research and development. It will sure to result in a great information and action portal for Friday Harbour.
We also recruited two outstanding new volunteer leaders from the www.Burzynski Clinic.com here in Houston. I’m pleased to announce that Catherine Sanaboune and Jenny Camp have joined Friday Harbour team. Their roles will be defined later this week. We look forward to them sharing their expertise in assisting patients and their families during the cancer treatment journey.
NEW: Starting this week. You will begin to see blog postings from our Friday Harbour members, as we each tell you a little bit about ourselves…and why we chose to work with Friday Harbour. This will be call Friday Harbour & ME. We welcome your comments and suggestions as well.
Feel free to contact me at brian.hall@fridayharbour.org

Brian Hall; President

Friends of Friday Harbour, We are pleased to announce that Zeta Interactive has selected Friday Harbour to be their first charity to receive Digital Marketing Services via their new “Zeta Cares” program.

Please read more about it at in the following article:  http://tinyurl.com/yf3lplb

If you would like to help Friday Harbour during it’s journey to help cancer patients in Houston, be send a note to brian.hall@fridayharbour.org

Thanks,

Brian Hall; President

Bring a friend and join the Friday Harbour crew at our monthly happy hour. This Friday night we will be at www.thepearlbarhouston.com on Washington Avenue. Come join us between 5pm — 8pm for great drink specials, fun and awesome music. Proceeds will benefit Friday Harbour! We’ll see you Friday Night!