It’s
T-shirt Time! Gear up now for The Star’s Fundraiser
Trifecta.
March 12, 2011
by admin
THE ORDER WAS PLACED
ON SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2011.
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Yes, that’s right,
PBC. This is the one gear sale a year that strives to make you look good
and do good at the same time. Remember, in
fashion, one day you’re in, and the next day, you’re out. We’ve got the “in”
tees you want and three charities we’d like to help. Got it?
Great!
So, check out the
four beyond-cool PBC tees (and a hat) here, click, and buy. It’s that
easy. Soon, you’ll have a t-shirt on the way with proceeds from the sale
going to the following deserving groups:
1. The Open Scullers through the Potomac
River Sports Foundation. Why? Because we
live vicariously through our Olympic hopefuls. (Oh, don’t forget to
mark your calendars and RSVP for their Rising Stars
Dinner on March
26th!)
2. Washington-Lee
High School Crew Boosters.
Why?
Because we love our W-L kids, even if it seems like we’re
tough on them (and um, on their boats) sometimes.
3. The Petit Family
Foundation. Why? Because
we’re inspired by the short life of Hayley Petit. The daughter of
Jennifer Hawke-Petit and William A. Petit, Jr., M.D., Hayley was a June 2007
graduate of Miss Porter’s School and headed to Dartmouth College, her father’s
Alma Mater and where she planned to row. As many of us learned last year
when the trial made national news, the lives of Hayley, her mother and her
younger sister were brutally taken during a home invasion on July 23,
2007.
Hayley was
well known, admired, and loved for the integrity she brought to everything she
did, and for the student, athlete, leader, and friend she was. At school,
Hayley was an Honor Roll student, a member of Cum
Laude, a journalism prize-winner, and winner of the school’s award for
“exceptional community service.” She was also a three-season varsity
athlete in cross country, basketball, and crew. Hayley was made captain of
her crew and basketball team by her teammates, and elected to a senior
leadership position as head of the school’s athletic association. And Hayley’s
leadership extended beyond school to the larger community; she raised over $50,000 to support research for Multiple
Sclerosis, the disease that afflicted her
mother.
Despite her
many gifts, Hayley called no attention to herself, and
instead led by example and encouraged those around her to do the same. She was
honored and respected by her teachers and her coaches, to whom she gave her
best; and by her class and schoolmates, both older and younger, who saw Hayley
as someone they always wanted to be around, as well as someone they wanted to be
like. The impact Hayley made in the short time she had on this earth was truly
exceptional.
Hayley was a
powerhouse who gave so much energy to everything she did that her teammates used
to call the final sprint at the end of their race “giving it the Hayley
10.” And as it turned out, Hayley indeed fought the good fight up until
the end of her life. On July 23, 2007, with the house already ablaze, and
despite enduring hours of torture to herself, her mother and sister, Hayley
managed to loosen the ties that bound her to her bed and crawl into the hallway
of their home. Investigators say she most likely was headed to save her 11
year old sister, Michaela. Hayley and Michaela succumbed to smoke
inhalation before rescuers could get to them.
We didn’t
know Hayley, but in many ways, we feel like we did. We easily could have
imagined her walking through the doors of PBC after graduating from Dartmouth, wanting to row
while doing post-grad work or whatever else brings high achievers like Hayley to
DC. And when we look at our own children, especially our daughters –
playing sports, working hard in school, and trying to become good citizens of
this world – we think of her often and of the amazing young woman she was at
only 17, and of the incredible woman we are certain she would have
been.
The Petit
Family Foundatiaon honors the memories of JENNIFER HAWKE-PETIT, HAYLEY ELIZABETH
PETIT and MICHAELA ROSE PETIT by continuing the kindness, idealism and activism
that defined their lives. The Foundation’s funds are given to foster the
education of young people, especially women, in the sciences; to improve the
lives of those affected by chronic illnesses; and to support efforts to protect
and help those affected by violence.
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