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By Jewell Cardwell
Beacon Journal columnist
Published on Saturday, Sep 20, 2008
Diane Barclay knows how blessed she is.
That's why she's a foot soldier in today's benefit Heart Walk, getting under way at 8 a.m. at the University of Akron's Stile Athletics Field House.
The 47-year-old Brimfield Township woman became a heart transplant recipient on March 5, 2007, at the Cleveland Clinic, where she set the record for admission, transplant and release: 22 days.
Barclay is accompanied today by her sisters, Karen Barclay of Kent and Suzie Diekmann of Canton, and David Ciocca, manager of FirstMerit Bank in Tallmadge whose father has a history of heart problems.
Part of Barclay's post-transplant physical therapy at Robinson Memorial Hospital involved walking. She's now up to four miles a day and loves it.
Barclay said she got a pacemaker with defibrillator in April 2006 following some minor surgery ''which ended with fluid in my lungs.''
The following year, she began having trouble breathing. ''My family doctor referred me to another cardiologist, who suggested that I have a heart-transplant evaluation at the Cleveland Clinic.''
She was transported there on a Thursday, received a heart catheterization on Friday, immediately went to the top of the list and received a new heart that Monday.
So, participating in today's walk was not an option for Barclay and company. It's what you do to raise awareness and to give thanks.
Dillon walk Sept. 28
The family of fallen Army Ranger/Cpl. Benjamin C. Dillon is hoping for a huge turnout at the inaugural Cpl. Ben C. Dillon Remembrance Walk & Scholarship Benefit and All-American Picnic Sunday, Sept. 28, at Edinburg Park in Portage County.
Registration is noon. Remembrance walk begins at 1 p.m. at the park and proceeds to the Edinburg Cemetery for a memorial service. Picnic in the park is followed by carnival games, raffles, prizes, clowns, pony rides and more. Cost is $20, adults; $5, children 10 and under. It includes a commemorative T-shirt, food, drink and entertainment. Please call 330-325-2115.
Proceeds go to the Dillon Scholarship Fund at Southeast High School, where Cpl. Dillon was a 2004 graduate. A scholarship fund also has been set up at KeyBank.
The life resident of Edinburg was killed Oct. 6, 2006, in Iraq as a result of enemy fire.
The scholarship fund is his family's way of keeping his memory alive.
Hunger benefit Oct. 3
The Good Samaritan Hunger Center is hosting a pretty upscale event, Soup for the City, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, at Tangier restaurant, with all proceeds going to feed low-income residents.
The mobile hunger center — in the feeding ministry since 1982 — serves 1,500 hot meals and provides bagged groceries to nearly 300 families every week.
The newest program, supported by WITAN and the Vernon Odom Fund, also provides bags of groceries once a month to children under 17.
The fundraiser, hosted by Jane Snow, former Beacon Journal food writer, and her husband Tony Kawaguchi, a sushi chef and owner of Sushi Katsu — will feature a bevy of hors d'oeuvres, soups and breads from the area's top restaurants and bakeries. Desserts and coffee also will be served, in addition to a cash bar.
An exciting smorgasbord of silent auction items await you: Peek'n Peak weekend condo, Browns and Indians club tickets, golf, spa and theater packages, diamond jewelry, original artwork, Don Drumm bowl and one-of-a-kind designer bowls created by students from Akron's Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts.
Tickets are $30. For information, call 330-864-8520.
Ride for the Red
The American Red Cross' Ride for the Red, in its sixth year and sponsored by National City Bank, is coming Sunday.
The fundraiser, geared to motorcycle enthusiasts in three counties, starts with 10 a.m. registration at Liberty Harley-Davidson North (Boston Heights) for a 1:30 p.m. parade start.
The Red Cross charity parade and its riders, with police escort, will wind through the Cuyahoga Valley, ending with a bikers' blowout at Lock 3 in downtown Akron, with music, food and vendor booths.
You can also register at the following locations, but riders must allow time to get to Boston Heights for the 1:30 p.m. start:
• American Red Cross chapter headquarters, 501 W. Market St., Akron.
• Liberty Harley-Davidson North, 334 Hines Hill Road, Boston Heights.
• Main Street Saloon, 1481 S. Main St., Akron.
• Century Harley-Davidson, 3053 Eastpointe Drive, Medina Township.
• Deerfield Circle restaurant, 1290 state Route 14, Deerfield Township.
Game ball in auction
University of Akron head basketball coach Keith Dambrot — he who formerly coached LeBron James at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School — is donating, from his personal collection, a green-and-white game ball signed by the team and LBJ23 himself to the September Spectacular Live and Silent Auction.
The St. Sebastian Catholic School fundraiser, featuring 300 auction items, is at 6:30 tonight at the church's Zwisler Hall, 500 Mull Ave., Akron. Tickets are $50. For information, please call 330-338-0262.
Disaster relief campaign
The McCormick Foundation and its communities program partners — including the Cleveland Cavaliers — are launching a Hurricane Ike Disaster Relief Campaign to assist people on the battered Texas coast and neighboring environs.
The foundation has agreed to match the first $2 million raised at 50 cents on the dollar.
For information, please call 866-242-5006; make your contribution online at http://www.McCormickFoundation.org/Ike; or mail your check to: Hurricane Ike Disaster Relief Campaign, 23912 Network Place, Chicago, IL 60673.
Annual toy run today
The annual Baskets of Love Toy Run, sponsored by the Kingdom Knights and Akron Bible Church to provide toys for over 200 Akron-area families at Christmastime, will be today.Registration is 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Hope Cafe, 335 E. South St., Akron.
Last bike out at 11:30 a.m. and last bike in, 4 p.m. Cost to participate is $10 or a new, unwrapped toy. For information, please call Wally Hopkins at 330-807-8469.
Jewell Cardwell can be reached at 330-996-3567 or jcardwell@thebeaconjournal.com.
Diane Barclay knows how blessed she is.
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