Activities for Ryan

09/07/10

Activities in Ryan's name

The Ryan Lee Mohn Memorial Foundation was established to keep Ryan's memory alive and continue his legacy. All proceeds from fund-raising activities will be used to provide scholarships to graduating Steel-High seniors and make donations to charitable organizations in Ryan's name.

If you would like to support the Ryan Lee Mohn Memorial Foundation, donations made payable to the Foundation can be sent to:

Ryan Lee Mohn Memorial Foundation

c/o 529 Pine Street

Steelton, PA 17113

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****2010 RYAN MOHN WALK UPDATE****

Dear Friends:

On Saturday, August 14, 2010, the Ryan Mohn Walk entered its 7^th year with over 340 participants gathering to remember Ryan and raise funds for the Ryan Lee Mohn Memorial Foundation. Contributions to date total over $21,000. You are all amazing!

As many of you know, we were again blessed to have two of Ryan’s transplant recipients present to share in this emotional day. Matt Welkie, pancreas recipient, and his son, Matt, Jr., came from Philadelphia for the fifth year in a row. Mohamed Tanamly, liver recipient, along with his friend, Khalid, joined us from Falls Church, Virginia, for his third walk. Life Lion continues to be a huge part of our Walk.

Each year our event is successful because of supporters like you. To all who walked/ran and made contributions, you are truly a blessing that we don’t take for granted. Thank you all for your support—we’re 7 years strong because of you! Please check out on our web site the list of organizations that the Foundation has made contributions to since its inception. Your ongoing support of Ryan’s Foundation made it possible for us to contribute to the expansion of the Ronald McDonald House in Hershey by sponsoring a room. The Foundation’s name will be on a plaque on the door of the room. The House is scheduled to be completed in October of this year, and we promise to keep you informed about its completion so you can see the fruits of your contributions!

Thank you so much for helping us continue the Foundation’s mission to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation, award scholarships to Steel-High seniors committed to college, and make donations to other charitable organizations in Ryan’s memory.

We hope we can count on your support for the 8^th Annual Ryan Lee Mohn Walk which will be held on August 13, 2011. Hope to see you there—spread the word!

Sincerely,

Bobbie & Doug Malinak

Walk Co-Chairs

Congratulations to our raffle winners: Jackie Norbrey and Ni'Shawn Ward won Air Force One sneakers donated by Sneaker Villa; Laura Klugh and Linda Herzog won Hershey Park tickets; Vicki Szada won Senators tickets; Kassidy Deibler won the Steelers basket; and Don Fure won the Hershey Bears championship photo.

Click here to view photos from the 2010 walk.

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A great big thank you goes out to Steve Whittle, a 1969 Steel-High graduate, who participated in the November 2009 Harrisburg Marathon wearing #9 in remembrance of Ryan.

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****6^th ANNUAL 5^th WARD GOLF TOURNAMENT****

The 6th Annual 5th Ward Golf Tournament was held on Saturday, August 23, 2008, at Manada Hill Golf Course in Grantville.

Congratulations to the winning foursome: Jack Carnes, Nate Blose, Crawford Hunter, and Mark O'Donnell.

Thank you to the 5th Ward for their generous $1,180 donation to Ryan's Foundation from the proceeds of this golf tournament.

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The 5th Annual Ryan Mohn Gift of Life Golf Tournament was held at Deer Valley Golf Course on Sunday, September 21, 2008. Congratulations to the winning foursome: Scott Ostot, John Ostot, Tony Hindermyer, and John Leota. Many thanks to the Steelton American Legion for their sponsorship of this tournament. A total of $672 was donated to the Gift of Life Golf Donor Program.

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On Tuesday, November 21, 2006, the Ryan Lee Mohn Memorial Foundation participated in the Parade of Trees, sponsored and held at the Penn Harris/Radisson Hotel in Camp Hill. The Parade of Trees is an event open to businesses and other entities as an opportunity to decorate Christmas trees while raising money for non-profit organizations that provide worthwhile services. Hotel guests will vote on the tree they like the best by monetary ballot. Proceeds raised benefit Highmark's The Caring Place. The Caring Place is a grieving center for children, adolescents, and their families. Ronnie, Cristen, and Alison have all benefited from attending sessions there so this is a cause close their hearts.

The Foundation Board invited family and friends to create an ornament for the Foundation tree. The ornaments were designed based on something that reminded each creator of Ryan and his relationship with that person, his love of sports, organ donation, or anything else they chose. There are quite a unique collection of ornaments that were donated. The Foundation Board invites you to visit the Radisson to check out both the Foundation tree and the other decorated trees. The trees will be on display through January 11, 2007. Thank you to all who helped make this a memorable event. Click here to view pictures of this event.

Steelton Youth Make Donation to Memorial Fund

Max Salov, Michael Lownes, and Dillion and Melissa Beard from Steelton spent a number of nights going door to door to sing Christmas carols to neighboring houses. They wanted to give the donations they had received to some type of charity and decided on the Ryan Mohn Memorial Fund. The kids presented the money collected (over $120) to Ryan’s mom, Alison, at one of the December 2004 basketball games. There was even a small blurb in the Middletown Press and Journal about what they did. Thanks to these great kids for their kindness and generosity.

Press Conference at the Capitol

On November 8, 2004, a press conference was held at the Capitol to kick off a campaign jointly sponsored by the Departments of Health and Transportation, the Center for Organ Recovery and Education, and the Gift of Life Program. The campaign was designed to promote more awareness of the need for organ and tissue donors. Ryan’s mom, Alison, was given the opportunity to address the participants at the press conference and tell Ryan’s story about his decision to become an organ donor. The campaign’s theme, Ordinary People, Extraordinary Powers, will feature billboards across the state of 6 different people who said yes to organ donation. Ryan has been chosen to be part of this campaign and his picture will be shown on 5 different billboards throughout the Harrisburg area and parts of Reading, Berks County. The billboards in the Harrisburg area were initially located at: 1) Sycamore Street (by the Harrisburg River Rescue parking lot), 2) Route 322 (heading towards Hershey) between Chambers Hill and Mushroom Hill Roads, 3) Union Deposit Road (traveling towards the 83N bridge underpass) by the Texaco which is in front of Lowe’s, 4) Routes 11 and 15 near the Summerdale Diner, and 5) at Susquehanna and Forster Streets (traveling from the Harvey Taylor Bridge into Harrisburg). Some of these billboards have been removed, but others have been put up in different areas. You just never know when one will pop up! There are also a number of Ryan’s billboards in Reading, Berks County. Click here to see what the billboard looks like.

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NEW! Prayer Requests

Please use the "Prayer Requests" link to post any prayer requests you may have. Include your name and contact information if you would like someone on the Ryan Lee Mohn Prayer Team to follow up with you.

Advanced Coaches Clinic Update

On October 30, 2004, former Steel-High graduate and athlete, Charlie Fortney, sponsored an advanced coaches clinic that was held at Steelton-Highspire High School. The clinic helped school and youth coaches better develop their basketball teams. As a result of the clinic sponsorship by Hoffman Ford, $500 was donated to the Ryan Lee Mohn Memorial Fund. Many thanks to Charlie for helping to keep Ryan’s memory alive.

Organ Donor Awareness Night Update

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 was Organ Donor Awareness Night at the Senators game. Alison, Ron, and Cristen Mohn were honored at this game as were a number of transplant recipients. Ryan's story of his decision to be an organ donor was told by Dwendy Johnson from the Gift of Life Program. The Mohn's were presented with a beautiful bouquet of flowers and a Senators jersey with Ryan's name and #9 on the back.

Cristen and one of the transplant recipients threw out the first pitches of the game. As Cristen proceeded to the mound to throw her pitch, she flipped her way out there amid cheers from the crowd.

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