As a family, we know that we are not alone in our grief. We would like anyone who knew and was touched by our wonderful brother and son Dustin, to join us as we say good-bye and celebrate his inspirational life.
Friday, May 7th
6:00pm-9:00pm Public Viewing at
Danjolell Memorial Homes and Crematory
392 Lancaster Avenue
Malvern PA 19355
610-296-9555
Saturday, May 8th
9:00am-11:00am Public Viewing at
Danjolell Memorial Homes and Crematory
11:00am-11:15am Procession to
Philadelphia Memorial Park Cemetery
124 Phoenixville Pike
Frazer, PA 19355
610-644-9150
11:15am Graveside Funeral Service
(approx. 20min)
3:00pm Memorial Celebration of Life at
Paoli Presbyterian Church
225 South Valley Road
Paoli, PA 19301
610-644-8250
DRESS FOR MEMORIAL SERVICE IS CASUAL!!! Phillies, Eagles, Flyers, 76ers gear! It's a celebration!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Service Arrangements
As a family, we know that we are not alone in our grief. We would like anyone who knew and was touched by our wonderful brother and son Dustin, to join us as we say good-bye and celebrate his inspirational life.
Friday, May 7th
6:00pm-9:00pm Public Viewing at
Danjolell Memorial Homes and Crematory
392 Lancaster Avenue
Malvern PA 19355
610-296-9555
Saturday, May 8th
9:00am-11:00am Public Viewing at
Danjolell Memorial Homes and Crematory
11:00am-11:15am Procession to
Philadelphia Memorial Park Cemetery
124 Phoenixville Pike
Frazer, PA 19355
610-644-9150
11:15am Graveside Funeral Service
(approx. 20min)
3:00pm Memorial Celebration of Life at
Paoli Presbyterian Church
225 South Valley Road
Paoli, PA 19301
610-644-8250
Friday, May 7th
6:00pm-9:00pm Public Viewing at
Danjolell Memorial Homes and Crematory
392 Lancaster Avenue
Malvern PA 19355
610-296-9555
Saturday, May 8th
9:00am-11:00am Public Viewing at
Danjolell Memorial Homes and Crematory
11:00am-11:15am Procession to
Philadelphia Memorial Park Cemetery
124 Phoenixville Pike
Frazer, PA 19355
610-644-9150
11:15am Graveside Funeral Service
(approx. 20min)
3:00pm Memorial Celebration of Life at
Paoli Presbyterian Church
225 South Valley Road
Paoli, PA 19301
610-644-8250
Friday, April 30, 2010
19 Days ago...
This is something Dustin has been working on and wanted me to throw up on the blog. I think technically now its 20 days ago, but who's counting.
19 days ago…
19 days ago something pretty cool happened. No… it wasn’t a “Happy Hour into a lush fest at Landmark” what so many people my age do on a Saturday night (not that there is anything wrong with that). It had nothing to do with going to a sporting event, a vacation or going out for the first time in a new outfit. For me, 19 days ago, was an event that I will never forget. It was where people came and ate beef (and more), drank beer (and more) and just overall had a good time. To me however, it was oh so much more.
19 days ago I saw friends from every aspect of my life… even the shady ones. From church, college, to high school, to my beloved Cmedia coworkers, to radio colleagues, to fellow fantasy football nerds, to the many parents of the aforementioned friends. Now I have never been one for buffet style eating, where the choices are vast and the limits are nonexistent , but seeing all the people who made it out despite how close we may be or how recently we may have communicated, has now made me think that so many choices from so many categories isn’t such a bad thing. I saw friends who I haven’t seen in 5, 7, or even over 10 years. I also saw friends who traveled as far as Pittsburgh, Washington Dc, and even Tennessee. Now, anyone who knows me would know that I would rarely shy away from calling myself awesome. But, despite how awesome I always knew I was, I couldn’t help but feel undeserving of all the attention. Awesome as I am, I’m just Dustin, the sarcastic, sometimes shy, easy to complain, guy who used to eat too many fish sticks as a kid and who openly admits a love for the movie “Love Actually”. None the less, seeing so many people that I am grateful of knowing forced me to do just about everything I could to not start crying tears of thankfulness. It was definitely a very profound “God is good” moment in my life.
19 days ago I was a loss for words seeing the unbelievable coordination, organization and preparation that was obviously involved in an event like this. Over the past 4 months a number of people spent a great deal of their personal time planning for this event. People like Kate Dooner, Matt and Alex Belyus, Jordon Claruis, Tom Pratt, Chris Deese, Ashley Justin, who would meet monthly to go over how things were coming together as April 10th approached. People like Keith Reed who took it upon himself to offer up his professional skills as a tattoo artist and create a raffle, generating The Human Fund’s first funds. Even the dozens of people who volunteered on the event, whether it was serving drinks, food, selling raffle tickets or working the silent auction touched me profoundly that night. And finally last but definitely not the least, I want to thank my two brothers, my best men, Aaron Thompson and Steve Justin. The work that these two put forth for me not only made me feel pretty damn special, but it was also mighty inspiring. Here were so many people doing so much for little ole me I couldn’t help but feel inspired to get better so that I may one day pay this forward.
I could spend hours talking about the events of 19 days ago and will certainly spend my lifetime remembering it. I often feel that the simple words “thank you” don’t quiet do the trick for me when I’m expressing deep gratitude. So if you will allow me, please accept this as my thank you to everyone who came out, donated, spent time with me, organized, cooked, and was a part of my beef and beer. My thank you will be this: Everyday when I wake up and I fight every fight of this disease I will think of you all. When I am down and depressed I will think of you all. And as every day goes by and I continue to attempt to make ALS my bitch, it will be you all that I am thinking of every step of the way.
19 days ago it was called a Beef, Beer and More. Now I’m working so that I can call it my Lifesaver.
With all love,
D-man
19 days ago…
19 days ago something pretty cool happened. No… it wasn’t a “Happy Hour into a lush fest at Landmark” what so many people my age do on a Saturday night (not that there is anything wrong with that). It had nothing to do with going to a sporting event, a vacation or going out for the first time in a new outfit. For me, 19 days ago, was an event that I will never forget. It was where people came and ate beef (and more), drank beer (and more) and just overall had a good time. To me however, it was oh so much more.
19 days ago I saw friends from every aspect of my life… even the shady ones. From church, college, to high school, to my beloved Cmedia coworkers, to radio colleagues, to fellow fantasy football nerds, to the many parents of the aforementioned friends. Now I have never been one for buffet style eating, where the choices are vast and the limits are nonexistent , but seeing all the people who made it out despite how close we may be or how recently we may have communicated, has now made me think that so many choices from so many categories isn’t such a bad thing. I saw friends who I haven’t seen in 5, 7, or even over 10 years. I also saw friends who traveled as far as Pittsburgh, Washington Dc, and even Tennessee. Now, anyone who knows me would know that I would rarely shy away from calling myself awesome. But, despite how awesome I always knew I was, I couldn’t help but feel undeserving of all the attention. Awesome as I am, I’m just Dustin, the sarcastic, sometimes shy, easy to complain, guy who used to eat too many fish sticks as a kid and who openly admits a love for the movie “Love Actually”. None the less, seeing so many people that I am grateful of knowing forced me to do just about everything I could to not start crying tears of thankfulness. It was definitely a very profound “God is good” moment in my life.
19 days ago I was a loss for words seeing the unbelievable coordination, organization and preparation that was obviously involved in an event like this. Over the past 4 months a number of people spent a great deal of their personal time planning for this event. People like Kate Dooner, Matt and Alex Belyus, Jordon Claruis, Tom Pratt, Chris Deese, Ashley Justin, who would meet monthly to go over how things were coming together as April 10th approached. People like Keith Reed who took it upon himself to offer up his professional skills as a tattoo artist and create a raffle, generating The Human Fund’s first funds. Even the dozens of people who volunteered on the event, whether it was serving drinks, food, selling raffle tickets or working the silent auction touched me profoundly that night. And finally last but definitely not the least, I want to thank my two brothers, my best men, Aaron Thompson and Steve Justin. The work that these two put forth for me not only made me feel pretty damn special, but it was also mighty inspiring. Here were so many people doing so much for little ole me I couldn’t help but feel inspired to get better so that I may one day pay this forward.
I could spend hours talking about the events of 19 days ago and will certainly spend my lifetime remembering it. I often feel that the simple words “thank you” don’t quiet do the trick for me when I’m expressing deep gratitude. So if you will allow me, please accept this as my thank you to everyone who came out, donated, spent time with me, organized, cooked, and was a part of my beef and beer. My thank you will be this: Everyday when I wake up and I fight every fight of this disease I will think of you all. When I am down and depressed I will think of you all. And as every day goes by and I continue to attempt to make ALS my bitch, it will be you all that I am thinking of every step of the way.
19 days ago it was called a Beef, Beer and More. Now I’m working so that I can call it my Lifesaver.
With all love,
D-man
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tonight 4/29 on CNN
Anderson Cooper 360 does a special on ALS.... Watch it, set your DVR's. It's on at 10:00 PM EST.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Update - April 24th
Just a real quick update.
The Out and Back race was last night, and was a blast. Expect a blog post about that in the near future. It's every year, and every year it supports ALS. So if you missed it this time around, no excuses next year!...You can also walk it too, so really, no excuses.
And on a completely unrelated to Dustin note... the Flyers have advanced to the next round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. So get Flyered up.... Dustin's a Flyers fan actually, so there, now its related.
The Out and Back race was last night, and was a blast. Expect a blog post about that in the near future. It's every year, and every year it supports ALS. So if you missed it this time around, no excuses next year!...You can also walk it too, so really, no excuses.
And on a completely unrelated to Dustin note... the Flyers have advanced to the next round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. So get Flyered up.... Dustin's a Flyers fan actually, so there, now its related.
Beef, Beer, and More Video
One more big thank you to every single person that helped out in some way with the Beef, Beer, And More on April 10th.
It was truly an awesome time. I can't thank the people that volunteered enough. This event wouldn't have worked without you. No matter what "job" you took up during this event, or before it for that matter, it wouldn't have worked without you.
No one person could have done all of this together. Having a community of people that are willing to lend a hand is sadly, a rare thing anymore. The amount of people that helped blew us away.
For this to run as smoothly as it did, everything needed to come together. I've told a lot of people this, and will say it again. It absolutely blows that we had to have this. But, having all these great people to lean on, that will just smile, and do whatever is needed, no questions asked, is the complete opposite.. it absolutely sucks... yes, this event sucked really really hard...(get it? opposite...heyo!)
Sooo anyways, thanks again to every single person that came out, bought a ticket, made a donation in some way, or that just sent thoughts, prayers, and good vibes are way.
I know other people have talked about other ways to fund raise for Dustin throughout this year. Whenever I learn of any of them, i'll be sure to throw them up here. And if not, I know we are already planning for next years! And truth be told, any event for Dustin i'm confident will be a success, because, for a guy, who I always thought was a bit of a dork, a lot of people seem to love the kid.
Please don't let the fact that there isn't a "party" coming up, be an excuse to sit back, and have the "i did my part" mindset. Keep hustlin' and raising awareness for Dustin. Keep visiting him, keep praying for him.
If you feel moved to do so, please support these local businesses that stepped up, and wanted to help out Dustin.... screw all the ones that shot us down.
It was truly an awesome time. I can't thank the people that volunteered enough. This event wouldn't have worked without you. No matter what "job" you took up during this event, or before it for that matter, it wouldn't have worked without you.
No one person could have done all of this together. Having a community of people that are willing to lend a hand is sadly, a rare thing anymore. The amount of people that helped blew us away.
For this to run as smoothly as it did, everything needed to come together. I've told a lot of people this, and will say it again. It absolutely blows that we had to have this. But, having all these great people to lean on, that will just smile, and do whatever is needed, no questions asked, is the complete opposite.. it absolutely sucks... yes, this event sucked really really hard...(get it? opposite...heyo!)
Sooo anyways, thanks again to every single person that came out, bought a ticket, made a donation in some way, or that just sent thoughts, prayers, and good vibes are way.
I know other people have talked about other ways to fund raise for Dustin throughout this year. Whenever I learn of any of them, i'll be sure to throw them up here. And if not, I know we are already planning for next years! And truth be told, any event for Dustin i'm confident will be a success, because, for a guy, who I always thought was a bit of a dork, a lot of people seem to love the kid.
Please don't let the fact that there isn't a "party" coming up, be an excuse to sit back, and have the "i did my part" mindset. Keep hustlin' and raising awareness for Dustin. Keep visiting him, keep praying for him.
If you feel moved to do so, please support these local businesses that stepped up, and wanted to help out Dustin.... screw all the ones that shot us down.
Taylor Rentals
Benny's Pizza
Snyder Moore Insurance Agency
Garnet VW
D'Ambrosio Bakery
Victory Brewing
The Ice Butler
Campbell's
Devault Foods
Giant, Sam's Club, Acme
*Sorry to anyone who's pictures I stole from Facebook.
....ONE LAST THING TO READ!: I uploaded this to YouTube about a week ago, everything you read above this I typed out, and was ready to go. However, IMovie 09 has an audio glitch that happens when you speed frames up, and you only notice it after it's exported. That being said, I tried my best to patch over the bad parts. Hope you enjoy.
Benny's Pizza
Snyder Moore Insurance Agency
Garnet VW
D'Ambrosio Bakery
Victory Brewing
The Ice Butler
Campbell's
Devault Foods
Giant, Sam's Club, Acme
I'm still in the process of sending out thank you letters. So if you haven't gotten one, it's probably on the way.... there's literally almost 100 im sending out, so forgive me if you get lost in the shuffle, its not intentional.
Hope everyone enjoys the video. Google videos and YouTube limit you to 10 minutes per video. It took me quite a while to get this down to 9:59. I did however, have a lot of fun making this. Dustin is the one that got me into video editing and whatnot, so I feel as thought I have a high standard to live up to, as well as a tough critic watching.. Sooo Dustin, enjoy it... And yes, i'm aware its fast and shaky at parts... this crap is hard.
Hope everyone enjoys the video. Google videos and YouTube limit you to 10 minutes per video. It took me quite a while to get this down to 9:59. I did however, have a lot of fun making this. Dustin is the one that got me into video editing and whatnot, so I feel as thought I have a high standard to live up to, as well as a tough critic watching.. Sooo Dustin, enjoy it... And yes, i'm aware its fast and shaky at parts... this crap is hard.
*Sorry to anyone who's pictures I stole from Facebook.
....ONE LAST THING TO READ!: I uploaded this to YouTube about a week ago, everything you read above this I typed out, and was ready to go. However, IMovie 09 has an audio glitch that happens when you speed frames up, and you only notice it after it's exported. That being said, I tried my best to patch over the bad parts. Hope you enjoy.
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