Most of you who are visiting this site know Rick Burch Heffernan, June, Ian and Imogen. This was Rick back in 2007 just before he moved to Wisconsin. He moved there for a better quality of life for his family. That is the type of person he is, but you already know that. A couple of years ago Rick learned he had stage IV lung cancer and he's been battling ever since. We are catering a meal a week for Rick and his family and also setting up a fund for whatever the family should need to sustain them throughout the fight. I invite you to write down your thoughts and prayers.
A word is in order about the name of this site. Rick, Melissa, Denis, Adam, Joel and a few others whose names I can't recall used to meet in Prospect Park whenever our schedules aligned to play soccer. Rick was pretty good, well perhaps the best though Joel might take issue. We ran, sweated, fell, laughed and did those things that brought us so much enjoyment as kids. It wasn't so much about teamwork, or releasing job tensions, as it was really about building friendships and connecting to that part of us we didn't want to lose as adult responsibilities piled higher than dirty socks.
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Rick was Ian's soccer coach up until the snow stopped play here. He biked to give his last lecture at the Med School a few weeks ago. I'm so glad that he didn't spend weeks in bed or in the hospital, and was able to continue to be with his family.
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