YOU ARE INVITED TO
A Virtual Spaghetti Dinner
Fund Raiser for Patty
Because they have been self-employed all these years, Patty has no medical insurance. So in addition to having worries about how Patty will fare through her treatments, Patty and her husband, Bill, (Tony’s brother) also have to worry about paying all the bills. One recent diagnostic test alone cost more than $5000 – and that doesn’t include the fee from the doctor who interpreted the test! She had an emergency room visit plus surgery and 3 days in the Intensive Care Unit and almost a week of hospitalization. Her medical bills are piling up quickly.
If all of Patty’s friends and family lived in the same place, we would have a real spaghetti dinner to help them out with medical bills. But they are in Texas and family and friends are spread out across Montana, California, Washington, Utah, and more.
Patty and Bill have always been the first people to organize wonderful Bar B-Qs to help out someone in need in their community, which got us to thinking...
Since we use the internet and e-mail for so many other things,
Why not use e-mail and the internet
to help Patty and Bill?
Virtual Spaghetti Dinner Page
for Patty
last updated:
10/24/2007
Our sister-in-law, Patty Tomsu has had surgery for a treatable form of pancreatic cancer.
We thank you for your prayers
and ask that you keep Patty and her family
on your prayer lists.
Patty is home and recuperating. All the test results after surgery show her to have no cancer in her lymph nodes, and nice clear margins of healthy, normal tissue on the edges of the tumors that were removed. Patty has none of the complications you would expect after losing more than 2/3 of her pancreas.
We know that your prayers and good thoughts have helped make a little miracle possible.
Praise the Lord for prayers
and friends
and strangers
and Patty's improvement.
May God bless all of you who have prayed, or made donation, or both! Thank you. Keep those prayers up, we know they are working!
We are still working slowly on our
$5,000 fund-raising goal. We are just a little over half way there.
Pennies for Patty collection sites:
Theresa's Dolls & Gifts in Florence
Valley Drug & Variety in Stevensville
GSK in Hamilton
She delights in her family and is so very proud of her husband and children and grandchildren.
She has a wonderful laugh and delightful sense of humor.
Patty always has something nice to say about EVERYONE.
Thank you for your prayers for Patty and her family!
Click here to read about Pennies for Patty
an idea implemented by Rita & her 13 year old son, Daniel
An account has been set up at Ravalli County Bank in
Stevensville, Montana in Kathi’s name (and SSN) identified as “for Patty Tomsu.”
Make checks payable to Kathleen Tomsu, with “for Patty” in the memo section.
You can send checks directly to the bank or to Tony & Kathi
at either of the following addresses:
Ravalli County Bank
North Valley Branch
PO Box 629
Stevensville, MT 59870
Tony & Kathi Tomsu
3989 Stevi River Road
Stevensville, MT 59870
For those of you who prefer internet banking,
we have created a PayPal account for donations to Patty.
You can make your secure goodwill donations at www.PayPal.com
using the “Send Money” tab, and send to e-mail: ktomsu@montana.com.
(Tony & Kathi will pay all account fees, so that
100% of all donations go to Patty.)
Of course, any happy wishes received by mail or e-mail
will be forwarded to Patty.
For any questions, call Kathi at (406) 777-1046
So the purpose of this message is to invite you to join in a virtual spaghetti dinner fund raiser for Patty. No dinner will actually be provided, so there won’t be any gastronomic satisfaction, but as a donor you will have the satisfaction of helping someone who has always been the first to help others. No amount is too large or small. And if you aren’t able to help out financially, Patty really appreciates your prayers, so thank you, and please keep praying for a healthy outcome as soon as possible.
Daniel raised over $300 in his first deposit for his Pennies for Patty campaign.
Way to go Daniel. Thank you!
Kudos to Daniel on his recognition in the Ravalli Republic! Click here to read the story
You can contact Daniel at HunterDan94@aol.com
October Update:
The medical bills continue to come in, but Patty is doing GREAT! She is our Texas miracle. She has returned to work a few hours a week - she had opened her own alteration & baked goods shop just a few months before her cancer was discovered.
Thank you so much for your prayers. Patty continues to recuperate and appreciates all your support. Thank you!
Always be joyful, Pray continually, and give thanks whatever happens. That is what God wants for you in Christ Jesus
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
