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Denize Cazares & Sandi Keyzers are helping us raise funds for Andres’ journey by donating their profits from any sales in Pampered Chef to the Andres Pineda Fund.

Here is a little description of the company:
“In 1980, Doris Christopher, a former home economist and teacher, wanted to get back into the workforce after eight years as a stay-at-home mom. Determined to make cooking easier and more convenient for families, she began selling high-quality cooking tools through cooking demonstrations in people’s homes. Today, the dream she started in her basement helps tens of thousands of independent Pampered Chef Consultants achieve their dreams.”Our Mission – We’re committed to providing opportunities for individuals to develop their God-given talents and skills to their fullest potential for the benefit of themselves, their families, our customers and the company. We’re dedicated to enhancing the quality of family life by providing quality kitchen products, supported by service and information for our Consultants and customers.

All of theirproducts come with an unconditional one year guarantee. If you aren’t happy with your product, call the company and let them know what you’d like – refund or exchange. Many of their items come with an extended warranty – others (knives and cookware) come with a lifetime warranty. So in all cases, your friends and family can shop with confidence!
Shopping is easy! Simply follow the steps below:
1. Go to www.pamperedchef.biz/denise
2. Click on the “Order Products” on the bottom left side of the screen
3. Click on option 1 and enter Andres Pineda Fund or Karla Dietrich as the host.
4. Choose the host.
5. Shop!
6. You can place your order on-line by using these hosts in order to credit the Andres Pineda Fund. The company will be donating 15% of the sales plus Denise will donate 100% of her commission.Or, if you’d prefer, you can call or email Denise Cazares directly to place your order (chefcazares@hotmail.com or (360) 687-7539).NOTE: Your order will need to be submitted by 12/15/08 in order for it to arrive at your house in time for Christmas – if you need your items sooner, please let Denise know.

PAYMENT: They accept Mastercard, Visa, AMEX and Discover. You can pay by check if you click on the “CONTACT ME FOR PAYMENT” box and it will send a message to Denise (keep in mind that you can also use your debit card for more convenience). This is a secured site.

Thank you so much for your help!!

Denise Cazares & the Pineda Family

A Holiday Message from Nazy................

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our dear Family & Friends.

For all of you that have truly gone out of your way to plan, coordinate and participate in the Fund Raisers and our daily routines, home repairs, motivational audio books you provided, software purchases to help Andres, we are very grateful to you.

The joy and peace you have brought into our lives cannot easily be put into words. With the help of all of you, your talents, your cooking, your visits, your donations, the coordination of the donations you have provided through your circle of friends, families & colleagues, we have been fortunate enough to obtain the various therapy and caregiver needs our family has been in need of these past few months.

The time that you have taken out of your extremely busy lives to come to our home (and fly/drive) to San Diego and help give us positive energy, play with Felix and display your love is deeply appreciated and we cannot ever thank you enough.

Andres has experienced an amazing amount of positive healing and sensations these past few months and minute by minute, day by day, he continues to show additional movement throughout his entire body. From the many experts, there are so many positive signs of healing due to all the therapy he has been engaged with.

With all of YOUR help, prayers and love as well as his incredible drive to constantly heal, he has been blessed with using the best type of equipment and seeing the very best help which include, Spinal cord Surgeon, Spinal cord physician, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Massage Therapist, Energy Healing treatments, Cranial Sacrum treatments, Healing touch Therapist, Urologist, Podiatrist, Acupuncturist, Swimming Physical Therapist (which includes Bryan our neighbor that has graciously accepted to help Andres with PT at the pool in Mission Beach during the week...as if Bryan is not busy enough!) and last but not least our very own Boris that has gone out of his way to make sure to transport Andres to some of these appointments safely & soundly.

As you can see, he has been very busy doing this and working diligently on the laptop that Mick provided to him so that he can begin working on his book to help others with the same type of injury.

We are also very thankful to those beautiful cards & pictures that continue to come our way. We are saddened that we cannot be a part of all of your events and appreciate your invitations and understanding.

For those of you that are expecting a new baby, congratulations from us...we wish you the best pregnancy and look forward to seeing our nieces & nephews soon.

With that said, during this time of Thanksgiving, we'd like you to know that we are extremely lucky to have you in our lives and we could not have done it without all of you these past few months. We wish all of you a safe, happy & healthy Holiday Season and look forward to seeing all of you soon.

Please pass this email along to anyone that we do not have email information for and please continue to add those folks to Karla's distribution list so that we can personally thank each and everyone of them for their prayers & generosity.

Love, Andres, Nazy & Felix

Fundraisers continue to be a success....

Hi Everyone,

I'm a little behind on the news, so I apologize for my absence due to busy times. The 10/11 Music Bash and 11/08 Museum Fundraisers have been wonderful events!

The Music Groups at the Music Bash entertained us with awesome music during the night. A group of us couldn't help ourselves and we hit the dancefloor! There were some crazy moves happening that night, I won't mention any names, but everyone knows that a certain Super Hero impressed us with his abilities. It was also the biggest raffle I've ever seen! There were so many items donated by our generous crowd that the majority of folks went home with a gift. The event raised a little over $5,000.....amazing! We still can't believe it! Thank you Clint and Eli our main organizers for such a great event! Good times for a good cause! Please send me a few pics you may want to share with our site readers.

Then we have the 11/8 Museum Fundraiser. Once again the amount of donated items was amazing! The tables were filled with items for the silent and live auction (hotel night certificates, a dinner at Nobu, one week vacations, massages, paintings, yoga classes, etc.). We were able to enjoy delicious food and drinks while competiting for items on auction. Our organizer, Randy Gorman, will be giving us the final count for the funds raised very soon. We can already guess it's going to be a big number. Thank you Randy!

Thank to everyone who have been supporting Andres during the journey! You definitely Rule!

Big hug,

Karla Dietrich

Ist Fundraiser a Success!

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the generosity you offered Andres! It looked like the stock exchange with everyone waiving their checkbooks trying to buy all the items offered. The neighbors at M2i did a spectacular job organizing the event with wonderful food and wine. I went early to try and help and they had everything already organized. You are hired as event planners!

This event has raised $9,695! WOW!

This will give my brother the opportunity to have access to all the services (i.e. custodial care) and tools (rented equipment) he needs in order to continue his journey. He is so driven to work hard and now he won't be held back by insurance company restrictions.

For people who came to the 9/24 event: Three raffle items were not claimed. The winning ticket numbers were: 912007, 912215, 911928. Each won a $20.00 gift certificate to MAK Cleaners. One silent auction item, the Padres gift pack, was also not claimed. If you believe you had the winning bid or have a winning raffle ticket, please call Dee Thompson at 619-232-1875. Unclaimed prizes will be donated to the Pineda Family.

A big "thank you" to Chad Cavanaugh for providing the music! He will be playing at Cane's in Mission Beach on Wednesday, October 22nd, at 8:00pm. Tickets are $10.00 and can be purchased by writing to him at chad.cavanaugh@yahoo.com.


Dre's friends rule!

Karla Dietrich

Andres is going home.........................

Hi Everyone,

The journey continues as the news comes to us that Andres will be going home this Tuesday 9/16. YEAH!!! He is very excited to be going home to his family.

Dre has been a very popular patient and I can say with all confidence that the entire Staff and the patients there will miss him! I've heard only wonderful compliments about how positive and motivating he has been during his stay, how hard he has worked and how focused he has been. In addition, Nazy has done a spectacular job as a caregiver and it has been noticed by everyone. The staff and patients are always asking for her. Her strength, devotion and love for Dre are to be admired! She was there for him everyday, rain or shine!

Last but not least, Felix will be breaking many hearts at the Rehab. Center. Sorry ladies!

Thank you again and again for all your support during Dre's stay at Sharp! He was showered with a lot of love and a lot of great food!

We will continue to update the website with more news/announcements.

DRE RULES!!!
Karla Dietrich

A message from Nazy......

Dear Family & Friends,

Andres, Felix and I want to thank each of you for keeping him (and Felix and I) in your prayers and for truly going out of your way to offer your love, help, and taking such great care of us each night and on the weekends. Your kindness is greatly appreciated and we are so lucky to have each of you in our lives. We know how busy all of you are and yet you still went out of your way to come and share your love, support, guidance, and your time helping with Felix and your yummy dishes with all 3 of us. We thank you from the bottom of our heart, you have no idea how much you have helped us out!
It has been a very difficult 2 months; however, Andres has been such an amazing and motivating soul and he is continuously making awesome progress!
Some wonderful things have recently come to fruition....We have 2 Fund Raisers that have been confirmed!!!! Thank you to all of you that have really put your heart and soul into planning these wonderful events. We know how time consuming and difficult it is to plan Fund Raisers, so thank you! Please see both flyers below.
Clint has designed a brand for our Fund Raisers (Great job indeed and super catchy!) He has designed a logo that you are able to see on this site..... DRE RULES! We are going to order T-shirts with this logo to raise money and hope that each of you will buy them for yourselves and perhaps forward them to your friends and family so that they too can also support our Fund Raisers.
Andres is due to come home very soon (YEA!) and in order to prepare a safe environment for him there are many challenges that we have to overcome. We need to obtain quality home care to assist him in the mornings and evenings, we need to remodel our bathroom and we need access to equipment, including transportation and services that will help him continue his journey to a full recovery.
We need your help... For each Fund Raiser (there will be a total of 4), we need items for the raffle and silent auction as well as donations to Andres' fund. We know how talented and creative each of you are and we are looking forward to obtaining assistance from you. If you can please pass this message to your family, friends and colleagues to assure that we are going to find success, we will be forever grateful. We will be able to process donations through this site and collect funds at each Fund Raiser as well. Corporate donation matching is also appreciated.
We are envisioning Andres walking, running, riding and look forward to a huge celebration with all of you real soon.
Thank you in advance for all of your help...DRE RULES!