Hello,
This has been quite a year, to say the least. The shutdown of life as we know it, is extremely surreal. The new changes that we seem to be getting each and every day, are challenging for all. For us, finding the appropriate words for this letter about our daughter, Brittney, the story surrounding her death, and the purpose of this letter is an overwhelming challenge. But, her legacy and keeping that alive, has not changed.
Our sweet girl passed away of viral encephalitis, August 15, 2001. Twenty years without her. The fear of any parent who has lost a child is that the child will be forgotten. Time does not fill the hole left in our hearts. Her dear friends, who initially started this scholarship, probably never imagined that over $150,000 would be awarded through the years to graduating seniors (even by Zoom!) from ‘The Brittney Gigl Memorial Scholarship’ since its inception in 2002.
This is the part where we usually explain ‘The BG 3v3 Basketball Tournament’, the fundraiser for her scholarship, which is usually a day of fun, food, raffles and basketball. Unfortunately, quarantine began a few weeks before our event last year and we are living a very different life this year. We look forward to being able to be together again safely to continue the tradition of having a day to remember Brittney and celebrate with family and friends.
Even though our lives have all changed some things remain the same. We still want to honor Brittney by awarding scholarships to graduating seniors as we have for the last 19 years. All donations go straight to the fund. We cannot thank you enough for your overwhelming kindness and generosity over the years. We hope you are staying safe and we wish good health to all!
Warmest regards,
Marta and Bob Gigl
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Please complete this section with your tax deductible donation payable to: ‘THE BRITTNEY GIGL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND’ at 6701 N. JEAN NICOLET RD. GLENDALE, WI 53217 (attention: Chris Macon or call 414-351-7561). You can also pay with a credit card by going to the BG3v3nicolet.com website. Use the donate button and make note in the special instructions area that it’s for Brittney’s fund. For donations of $100 or more we love putting your name on the back of the t-shirt. If you prefer not to, we will honor that request also. Just let us know by April 12, 2021.
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Donation amount_______________________________________________________________________ Address______________________________________________________________________________
This has been quite a year, to say the least. The shutdown of life as we know it, is extremely surreal. The new changes that we seem to be getting each and every day, are challenging for all. For us, finding the appropriate words for this letter about our daughter, Brittney, the story surrounding her death, and the purpose of this letter is an overwhelming challenge. But, her legacy and keeping that alive, has not changed.
Our sweet girl passed away of viral encephalitis, August 15, 2001. Twenty years without her. The fear of any parent who has lost a child is that the child will be forgotten. Time does not fill the hole left in our hearts. Her dear friends, who initially started this scholarship, probably never imagined that over $150,000 would be awarded through the years to graduating seniors (even by Zoom!) from ‘The Brittney Gigl Memorial Scholarship’ since its inception in 2002.
This is the part where we usually explain ‘The BG 3v3 Basketball Tournament’, the fundraiser for her scholarship, which is usually a day of fun, food, raffles and basketball. Unfortunately, quarantine began a few weeks before our event last year and we are living a very different life this year. We look forward to being able to be together again safely to continue the tradition of having a day to remember Brittney and celebrate with family and friends.
Even though our lives have all changed some things remain the same. We still want to honor Brittney by awarding scholarships to graduating seniors as we have for the last 19 years. All donations go straight to the fund. We cannot thank you enough for your overwhelming kindness and generosity over the years. We hope you are staying safe and we wish good health to all!
Warmest regards,
Marta and Bob Gigl
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Please complete this section with your tax deductible donation payable to: ‘THE BRITTNEY GIGL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND’ at 6701 N. JEAN NICOLET RD. GLENDALE, WI 53217 (attention: Chris Macon or call 414-351-7561). You can also pay with a credit card by going to the BG3v3nicolet.com website. Use the donate button and make note in the special instructions area that it’s for Brittney’s fund. For donations of $100 or more we love putting your name on the back of the t-shirt. If you prefer not to, we will honor that request also. Just let us know by April 12, 2021.
T-shirt size and how many ___s___m___l___xl___2xl
Name________________________________________________________________________________
Donation amount_______________________________________________________________________ Address______________________________________________________________________________
