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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span style="color:windowtext">Twelve-year-old Ethan Kadish was enjoying playing frisbee
last summer at a camp in Indiana when he was struck by lightning with no
warning. Ethan has suffered severe brain damage. He is now 13, and his
situation is still very serious. His brain is struggling to make new connections,
and he has a very long road ahead. He is fighting to regain the ability to walk
and talk. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span style="color:windowtext">Friends who know Ethan and his family and many others touched
by this random tragedy wanted to find a way to help. Alex Berko, a Solon High
School senior who was born in Cincinnati and whose family has been friends
with the Kadishes for many years; and Greg Davidson, a Solon High school
freshman who has spent many summers at Goldman Union Camp Institute, the same
camp Ethan attended, wanted to do something concrete to help Ethan's recovery. <br>
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Ethan loves music and theatre and was featured in MUSIC MAN last school year.
The boys decided that they could honor Ethan's love of music and put their own
talents to good use and engage many of their friends.</span></p>
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Alex will be playing piano and singing in a quartet. Greg will be leading a
sing-along of some of his camp favorites and singing a song from MUSIC MAN. Other
friends who love the stage will also be lending their voices to this cause.
These include: Ally Benjamin, Sam Benjamin, Jessie Pollak, Charlotte Fallick,
Brett Castro, Elliot Lang, Kyle Fisher from Solon High School and Alexa Askari
from Orange High School. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span style="color:windowtext">Many others friends will be joining the group to help
orchestrate the program, including Dylan Seigler, a Solon resident and
University School student who was a cabin mate of Ethans last summer; and Sara
Schwalberg, an Ithaca College sophomore who was one of Ethans unit counselors
at Goldman Union Camp Institute last summer. Cantor Laurel Barr will be
providing accompaniment.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span style="color:windowtext">The event will take place Sunday, February 9, 2014at Anshe
Chesed Fairmount Temple, 23737 Fairmount Boulevard at 7:30pm. The
concert is free to attend but donations are strongly encouraged.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><span style="color:windowtext">Ethans family learned that his yearly medical expenses could
top $1 million. To assist with the immense task of financing uninsured
therapies, home modifications and other injury-related expenses, a fundraising
campaign in Ethan's honor has been established with HelpHOPELive (<a href="http://www.helphopelive.org/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.helphopelive.org/</span></a>.)
All contributions are tax deductible and will support HelpHOPELive, part of the
Great Lakes Catastrophic Injury Fund, a non-profit organization that is helping
Ethan's family.</span></p>
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To learn more about Ethan, visit<a href="http://jointeamethan.org/"><span style="color:blue">http://jointeamethan.org</span></a>.</span></p>
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