Marine battling cancer honeymoons with Fenway first pitch
Friends raised money for Jody, Trinity Nelson
WCVB News
By Kelley Tuthill
Aug 04, 2014
BOSTON —Jody and Trinity Nelson have been married for 10 years but military deployment and then cancer put their honeymoon plans on hold until this week.
After serving in Afghanistan in the Marine Corps, Jody was diagnosed with stage IV small cell carcinoma last year.
That delayed the honeymoon for the Virginia couple.
"We wanted to come to a Red Sox game," said Jody Nelson. "We wanted to come to Fenway Park."
Friends helped raise the money through the Newton-based website Booster.com which organizes fundraising campaigns through T-shirt sales and direct donations.
Their 2-year-old son, Caleb, is with his grandmother while the Nelsons enjoyed a much-needed break in Boston. They ate at Wahlburgers in Hingham where they were welcomed like members of the famous family.
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Boston Marathon Responders And Combat Veterans Play At Fenway Park
Boston Marathon Responders And Combat Veterans Play At Fenway Park
CBS News
August 20, 2013
BOSTON (AP) — Josh Wege stepped into the pitch and smacked the neon yellow softball off the Green Monster, churning his carbon fiber prosthetic legs as he rounded first base and headed for second. Eight-year-old Shaun McLaughlin, with an artificial leg of his own, ran out to retrieve the bat.
One night after the Red Sox and Yankees played another of their four-hour grudge matches, Fenway Park was friendly again, hosting a softball game between the Wounded Warriors Amputee Softball Team and a group of Boston Marathon first responders to raise money for victims of the April 15 attacks.
“When we heard about what happened, we just knew it was the right match,” said David Van Sleet, an army veteran who is the founder and general manager of the team. “We get a lot of attention, but this is something special we can do for them.”
About 700 people, many of them wearing “Boston Strong” T-shirts, showed up on a night the Red Sox were on the road to hang out in baseball’s oldest ballpark. The event raised $4,001 in cash donations stuffed into boxes at the gates; it will go to The One Fund, the charity established to help victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.
The team of military veterans received a two-minute standing ovation when they were honored before Sunday night’s game between Boston and New York. The first responders included five police officers, five firefighters and five members of the Emergency Medical Services.
McLaughlin, who was born without his right leg, served as the Wounded Warriors bat boy.
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CBS News
August 20, 2013
One night after the Red Sox and Yankees played another of their four-hour grudge matches, Fenway Park was friendly again, hosting a softball game between the Wounded Warriors Amputee Softball Team and a group of Boston Marathon first responders to raise money for victims of the April 15 attacks.
“When we heard about what happened, we just knew it was the right match,” said David Van Sleet, an army veteran who is the founder and general manager of the team. “We get a lot of attention, but this is something special we can do for them.”
About 700 people, many of them wearing “Boston Strong” T-shirts, showed up on a night the Red Sox were on the road to hang out in baseball’s oldest ballpark. The event raised $4,001 in cash donations stuffed into boxes at the gates; it will go to The One Fund, the charity established to help victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.
The team of military veterans received a two-minute standing ovation when they were honored before Sunday night’s game between Boston and New York. The first responders included five police officers, five firefighters and five members of the Emergency Medical Services.
McLaughlin, who was born without his right leg, served as the Wounded Warriors bat boy.
read more here
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