ForPaddy Foundation

03/06/2023

On behalf of Paddy’s friends and family-
We want to say, “THANK YOU!”
A thousand times, thank you!

Thank you for once again showing up to celebrate our dear Paddy’s life and honor his memory.

Thank you to everyone who helped organize and set up. To those who supplied/delivered food, brought sweets and warm drinks.

Thank you to Scott Cappellini for coordinating all of the audio/music equipment.

And of course a BIG thank you to our friends, The Hired Men for again gifting us with heartfelt tunes and keeping us smiling and dancing.

Thank you to everyone who donated and those who purchased some ForPaddy gear.

Thank you to the Hanson Athletic Association for donating the hall and for being so understanding when we needed to reschedule from December to March!

Thank you to those who showed up and to those who sent love from afar.

Because of you, we are able to continue the Whitman-Hanson Culinary Arts Scholarship in Paddy’s name.

We couldn't do it without all of you.

Love,
The ForPaddy Foundation
You’ll Never Walk Alone

*For those asking, donations can be made anytime via Venmo Foundation

12/23/2022

Hi Everyone! We've had to make the very difficult discussion to cancel tonight's event. While the weather is not too bad right now, we're the most concerned about the flash freeze tonight. The roads are going to be horrible and we don't want everyone driving home on icy roads.

We will be rescheduling for another time, so keep an eye out for a new date.

We love you all, and we hope you have a happy and healthy Holiday. We'll all be celebrating the memory of our favorite guy today in our own way, even though we would've loved to be able to bring everyone together again. We cannot believe it's been 10 years without that infectious laugh.

You'll never walk alone,
The ForPaddy Foundation

12/23/2022

Hello! This is an update for tonight’s festivities. In typical Paddy Fashion, another storm may impact another Paddy Party. We are going to decide by noon whether or not to reschedule.

Please keep an eye on this event for updates!

Also lots of people have inquired on how they can donate if they cannot make it or if we end up cancelling. We‘be joined 2022 and now have VENMO!

Use Venmo to connect with forPaddy Foundation () - forPaddy Foundation

02/26/2020

The forPaddy Foundation is sending light and love to a brave little boy named Danny and his super strong family. He could use everyone’s positive thoughts right now. To the Shaw and Sheehan families, you’ll never walk alone. ❤️

12/18/2019

Family + Friends, please join us Sunday 12/22/19 at 10:30 AM at Holy Ghost Church in Whitman as we remember our dear Paddy Flanagan. It's our 7th year without hearing his laugh.

01/04/2019

Happy New Year, everyone!!

This year for Toys forPaddy, we were lucky enough to receive monetary, toy and gift card donations from two very generous companies. Because of these donations, we were able to donate two cars filled with toys, two Nintendo Switch Consoles as well as new video games for kids to play on the gaming systems provided by the hospital!

So special thanks to Steve Flanagan and Chesterton Company and to Ryan Kelly and Cardinal Healthcare for all of your donations! Thanks also to Andrea Pappaconstantinou, Director of Child Life Services at Floating Hospital for Children for arranging this for us year after year, we are so grateful you put up with us!

We are so lucky to have been able to brighten the lives of sick children and their families just a little bit during the Christmas Season for the past 5 years and we look forward to continue this tradition in honor of Paddy.

We hope you all have a happy and healthy 2019, we can't wait for next year!

YNWA,
The forPaddy Foundation

12/22/2018

Family and friends, please join us tomorrow 12.23.2018 at 10:30 AM at Holy Ghost Church in Whitman as we remember our dear Paddy Flanagan. Tomorrow is our sixth year without him, and we miss him everyday. ❤️

09/11/2018

Congratulations to Eddie, Our Foundation's President (also Paddy's brother) and his new wife, Jaime! They tied the knot this past Saturday Sept. 8th in front of their family and friends on the Piscataqua River in New Hampshire. We laughed, we ugly cried and we danced our butts off. We love you two so very much and we couldn't be happier for you.

YNWA,
Lauren

(Photo courtesy of Ashley Jardim of She of the Woods)

12/01/2017

Thanks Brian, for your heartfelt message and donation. And happy almost first birthday, Kevin!! ❤️

11/28/2017

Friends and family,

This year marks the fifth year since Paddy passed away. In his honor we will be doing the Toys forPaddy drive again. Last year so many of you helped us reach our goal and allowed us to buy one new XBox and one new PlayStation gaming system for the Ace’s Place playroom. Along with donating for the gaming systems, we also received many toys that children were able to pick out throughout the holiday season.

While we had been asking for toys in the past, this year we are looking to buy new iPads for the playroom. Many kids are in and out of their rooms for treatments and many children have vision problems where they may not be able to see a screen far away. So that is why we would like to donate iPads. Any denomination helps and anything you can donate is extremely helpful.

We also ask if you could donate gift cards to Target, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, or Panera bread-that would be very helpful, too. These gift cards are used by the parents and families that spend so many hours in the hospital to be with their children or siblings.

You can make monetary donations to our PayPal account at forPaddy.com/support. Or Just click the Donate Button on our FB Page.

Please feel free to send us a message through our FB Page, Instagram Account or our Website if you have any questions!

We hope you all have a happy and healthy holiday season.

YNWA,
The forPaddy Foundation