[Spam] [Vision2020] Donate to Help Drake Akin, 12, of Genesee

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Saundra

Thanks for posting  this.

Roger

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From: "Saundra Lund" sslund at adelphia.net
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 12:41:11 -0700
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Spam] [Vision2020] Donate to Help Drake Akin, 12, of Genesee

> Visionaries,
> 
> The following appeared in this weekend's edition of the Moscow-Pullman Daily
> News.  I'm passing it along in case any of you are interested in making a
> donation for Drake's current and future medical expenses.
> _____
> 
> Genesee boy remains in intensive care; Friends set up fund to help pay
> medical expenses 
> 
> By Kate Baldwin, Daily News staff writer 
> Published: 06-10-2006 
> 
> Genesee resident Drake Akin, 12, is expected to remain in the intensive care
> unit at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane for three more weeks while
> recovering from a June 2 bicycle-automobile accident. 
> 
> Akin has been in critical condition since the accident. 
> 
> Angie Derting, a friend of the family, said he is doing "way better than
> what they thought . but he definitely has a long haul ahead of him." 
> 
> The accident happened when Akin was riding his Peugeot racing bicycle
> eastbound on Ash Street in Genesee around 3 p.m.  After failing to stop at a
> stop sign, he struck the side of a northbound 1989 Toyota pick-up truck
> driven by Joseph E. Swanson, 28, of Genesee, according to a report from the
> Idaho State Police. 
> 
> Akin, who was not wearing a helmet, sustained severe head injuries. 
> 
> He also broke his left arm, wrist and scapula.  He underwent a second
> surgery Thursday to replace a shunt that is draining fluid from his head
> injuries, Derting said. 
> 
> "He did well in the surgery and is recovering well.  He's even been taken
> off the ventilator," she said. 
> 
> He recognized his parents and is now communicating and responding, said
> Derting, who was last updated Friday morning by Akin's mother, Julia Akin.
> His father, Warren, is a middle school teacher at Sacajawea Junior High
> School in Lewiston.  His brothers, Alec and Zane, attend Genesee School. 
> 
> "It was a boy being a boy, not wearing a helmet and going too fast," Derting
> said.  "It could've happened to anybody . just the wrong place at the wrong
> time." 
> 
> Akin first was taken to Gritman Medical Center, where doctors determined he
> needed care in Spokane. 
> 
> The Calvary Chapel Church in Lewiston launched a phone prayer chain right
> after the accident, Derting said.  An e-mail prayer chain led by the First
> Church of the Nazarene in Lewiston also is circulating. 
> 
> "Through many, many prayers and Jesus working a miracle, he is doing way
> better than expected," Derting said. 
> 
> More surgeries and long-term rehabilitation are ahead, she added. 
> 
> Derting and her husband, Jay, have established a fund to help support the
> Akin Family with current and future expenses related to the accident.
> Donations will be collected through the Drake Akin Benefit Fund at any Wells
> Fargo Bank. 
> 
> She said they have been receiving lots of inquiries regarding Akin's
> recovery. 
> 
> "Genesee is a small community . there are lots of people wanting to help,"
> she said. 
> 
> Kate Baldwin can be reached at (208) 882-5561, ext. 239, or by e-mail at
> kbaldwin at dnews.com. 
> 
> 
> HOW TO HELP 
> Donations may be deposited at any Wells Fargo Bank or checks may be made out
> to the "Drake Akin Benefit Fund" and mailed to: 
> Drake Akin Benefit Fund 
> c/o Jay Derting 
> 1045 Seventh Street 
> Clarkston, WA 99403 
> 
> For more information contact, (509) 751-8719. 
> 
> 
> 
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