MARLER BLOG: Fundraiser for Stephanie Smith - Cargill E. coli victim - (Marler Blog)
October 27, 2007 – 6:03 pmI was reading the St. Cloud Times and saw this small note about a completely preventable tragedy:
Fundraiser for Stephanie Smith
When: Noon-5 p.m., Nov. 4.
Where: 103 River Oaks Drive (by Rocori High School on River Oaks Golf Course), Cold Spring.
What: Stephanie Smith is a 20-year-old Rocori High School graduate and is the daughter of Sharon Smith of Cold Spring and Tom Smith of St. Cloud. She is at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester in a drug-induced coma, battling from E. coli poisoning. Friends and family are having a fundraiser to help Stephanie with expenses.
Contact: Jackie Mueller, 685-8485; Kim Anderson, 685-3073.
Where is help from Cargill and Sams Club as I posted a few days ago?
I have a challenge for my avid blog readers. Since this family will have to sue to get Cargill to do the moral thing, let’s step up. I will personally match, dollar for dollar, each donation up to […]
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