Paul Matthews

I'm Paul the father of the bravest person I'll ever know in my life time. Eli was my true "HERO" in life, and as long as I walk the face of this earth I will fight in Eli's memory for a cure for childhood Leukemia.

Most commented posts

  1. Hot Wheels From Heaven — 22 comments
  2. HOT WHEELS FROM HEAVEN (ADOPT A STATE) — 15 comments
  3. Meghan Guerrera Goes BALD to carry out Eli’s wishes to find a cure for childhood cancer!!!! — 8 comments
  4. The bELIeve ACT Right to try for Terminally Ill Children — 8 comments
  5. Cancer Slayer (IT TAKES A TRIBE OF ELI WARRIORS) — 6 comments

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Eli And Alex’s Lemonade Stand 6/9/2012

WOW!!!! A BIG thank you goes out to everyone that came out and supported the Eli and Alex’s Lemonade Stand in our front yard.  In Eli’s memory and honor we raised $1,518.14 to help carry out Eli’s wishes to find a cure for childhood cancer.  Please take a look at these photos, you will see a …

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See Eli’s story on CBS 3

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fphiladelphia.cbslocal.com%2Fvideo%2F7373981-elis-story%2F&h=NAQFQ381tAQFuR974H2G074tqR_MGxn4fEPjU1UhstAG5gg If this link does not work try this one. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/video/7373981-elis-story/ CBS 3 and The CW Philly will once again present a full day of fundraising for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation on Thursday, June 7th live from the Great Hall in the stations’ HD Broadcast Center. The fundraiser, in its sixth year, helps kick off …

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Get Ready Fight for Eli will be at the Hard Rock Cafe in Philly August 17, 2012

 Family and Friends! Temple Students! Rock and Roll Fans! Join us at the Hard Rock in Philly on Friday August 17, 2012 from 8:00 pm till Midnight! Come out and help us carry out Eli’s wishes to find a cure for childhood cancer!  There will be a $7.00 cover charge and all proceeds go to …

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2nd Eli Seth Matthews Memorial 5K

Thanks to all of our Family, and friends that came out to Rockford Park for the 2nd Annual Eli Seth Matthews Memorial 5K on Sunday June 3rd.  It was a beautiful morning as we all Ran, or Walked in our Angel Eli’s memory.  Click this link to view photos of this wonderful event in memory …

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Lemonade Days

CBS 3 and The CW Philly will once again present a full day of fundraising for Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation on Thursday, June 7th live from the Great Hall in the stations’ HD Broadcast Center. The fundraiser, in its sixth year, helps kick off  National Lemonade Days 2012 (June 8-10) when thousands of volunteers from …

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Eli Seth Matthews Scholarship Fund goes to Kristina Borham

On Wednesday May 23, 2012 Kristina Borham was awarded the first Eli Seth Matthews Scholarship Fund.  I did not have a chance to talk to Kristina that night so it was nice to spend some time with her at our home today.   It’s a coincidence that our Angel Eli and Kristina both share the same …

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Eli’s Celebration of Life 5/19/2012

Family and friends, Thank you so much for joining us at Eli’s Celebration.   We raised $8,645.00 to help carry out Eli’s wishes to find a cure for childhood cancer.  We could not continue waging this war without all of your continued support. Thanks again we hope to see all of you next year.    

2nd Annual Eli’s Run at Oxford Area High School was a huge success!

A BIG thank you goes to Alyssa Sniechoski and Meghan Harvey for putting together such a wonderful event!  The weather was beautiful and fun was had by all.  We thank everyone that helped make this event a success, we raised $2,565.35 to help carry out Eli’s wishes to find a cure.    

Bill Hammond’s Martial Arts helps KICK Cancer’s Butt

Thank you to all of the wonderful students at Bill Hammond’s Martial Arts in West Grove, PA!  They raised $4,557.00 in this fight against childhood cancer!  

Truly AMAZING!!!!

Dear Eli, I would like to share something with you that I think you would like to hear. I have recently been struggling with a career decision after I graduate with my bachelors in Biology. You see for some time now, I have been debating wether to get my PhD in cancer biology or to …

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