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Nest 564, La Porte, Ind.
District VI, organized in 1914
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Member Spotlight [5/21/07]
La Porte Triathlete Competes For Charity
By Frank Winters, Communications Director
On May 19-20, Nest 564, La Porte Ind., member Lisa Macalka took part in the annual Honolulu Triathlon as a member of a fundraising effort that helps those with leukemia.
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| From the left are Lisa Macalka and Katie and Lauren Bishopp, who is undergoing treatment for leukemia. Click to enlarge. |
Assisting Macalka, who currently resides in Dublin, Calif., was an organization called “Team in Training,” whose goal is to raise money and awareness for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, a national voluntary health agency dedicated to curing leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, as well as improving the quality of life for patients and their families. At least 75 percent of the funds raised by this highly regarded nonprofit go directly to research and patient services.
Macalka’s four-month training regimen included professional coaches, daily workout schedules and bi-weekly team workouts with 72 other triathletes. As an added inspiration for her goal of successfully completing this endurance event, which included just under one mile of swimming, more than 24 miles of biking and six miles of running,
A Falcon member since birth, Lisa is the daughter of Adeline and the late Walter Macalka. She was an active gymnast as a youth and participated in numerous District and National Zlots. She is dedicated to this cause in honor of a college friend who has recently undergone a double mastectomy, and Macalka has already raised more than $5,000 dedicated to medical research.
Even though the triathlon has already taken place, you can still donate to Macalka’s cause. Her Team in Training Web page is still accepting donations and can be reached by clicking here.
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Madison Kunisch. |
Newborn Announcement [3/26/07]
Madison Mae Kunisch Born To Nest 564 Family
By Frank Winters, Communications Director
Susan Kunisch, a Nest 564, La Porte, Ind., member for more than 38 years, and her husband Bill recently celebrated the birth of their daughter, Madison Mae, who was born on Wednesday, October 4, 2006, at St. Joseph’s Hospital, located in Tucson, Ariz. Madison is the first child for the Kunisch family.
Madison weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces at birth and was measured at 19 1/4 inches in length. She is the the fifth grandchild of proud grandparents Cas and Irene Baczkiewicz of Nest 564 and is the first grandchild for Al and Pam Kunisch of Oro Valley, Ariz.
Also welcoming Madison are uncle Cas and aunts Cindy, Judy and Trish; cousins Jeremiah, Rebecca, Rachel and Danielle; and second cousins Eden, Zoe and Ezra (all of La Porte), and uncle Al of Roselle, Ill.
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