Letter from

Dr. Meilman hope that our friend and support ers

will find th is pres­en t newsletter on Hope For Tomor­row informative . I do fed that it is our r -spo sibi li Y a. a foundation to

k p our suppo rters informed. A numb... r of our h istorical at 'goriC$, wh ich arc " include the

his tory 0 ch ildren , the ir ho ots, iur " nso rs and our a ward recipien ts a t our annual Hop ' For Tomorrow .ven t

th rough out the year ', ha ve been collar­cd. As Hope For Tomorro w is 0 \' .r 14 y 'ars old . our fi n:ln ial ou t look on t in ­ues [0 behealthy and ou r hum an itarian efforts art: multiplying. I feel that it is approp riate that the historic al aspect of the Foundati on be proper] . ch ron icled and kept up to da re :1S th is will be the commencement of ur arch ives, A lso, I know that manv people who arc un abl to attend the y arty func tion arc int er­est '~l in seeing what w .n t on an d there­(ore . we will hecontinuing our pictorial h istory. We are trying to include every­one who has been at the benefits "Vr th e years. I encourage everyone to be sure that at our next eve nt in October to avail voursc lf of hav ing your picture taken so we may best chronicle the event. This vear Hope For Tomorrow will be going to Peru to perform surgery. I would like to have input fr III an yone who might be interested in join in" us ro Ie us know what cou ntri 'S rh 'y would be in terested in hel pin g an I whe re they would like to trav 'I. Lastly, if rhcrc is anv inr ut on ho w we can impro ve our YI:<lrly fun Irai ~ cr, place elllaiI yOU1' sug­gc 't ions to HITS I !@aol.com.

If it were no t for hope...rhe heart would break.

(}For Tomorrow Vol. 2 Issue 1

Myoelectric Arm Donated in 2006

In ]une of 2 6, T he Hdpe F\)r To­morrow F und ation trave led Cl hrn <ld TO Zakopan e Hospital. in Pol and do­

na in g several :'0 rgeries 0 ch ild ren fequiring reconstruct ive procedures. T he surge rrcs we C performed ar Z;1 ­kopanc cgion;ll \)."pit;l .

The 2006 Hope 'I f TC!11( row

surgica rec i 1i -n t is thirteen yea r o ld Robert Grabowski of Gdansk, P I I '

and. ohcrt suffered r 1<:' loss of hi s r igh t a rm up to h is shoulder in an ac­c iden r w ith tanning machine ry, The acc iden t in turn c 111sI.'d paral ysis <11

w l.b y R, ll' e n is toral lv rc-rrict oj to ,1

wh eel cha ir, Dr. Piotr Ccauderna of Gdansk

broucht Rd1...-rr's r light to (/ 1(' a ttcn ­

tion uf Dr. Mcilrnan a nd the Hurl' For Tomorrow Foundation . Arrange­ments lave cc 1 made !'-y C ampau­ella O r hon es and Prosthc-is with the O trobach Corn ~an y iJ oza n , PIiland til manufacture ~ myoel ectric

arm tor Rol-c r t . .A. mvoel ectri c arm

rcc ...·I\·e" impu ls 0:-; from the surro un . ­

iru; muscles in ord er to mak e th e' a rm and halhl 0IX T<1tC more cH1 ci cn rlv,

Fiv thousand do lla rs h ad a l­

readv been co llec ted in Poland and T r e Hope For 1( )J1WrnlW Foundation dona ted he needc 1 . I 3,0:'10 [() pur­chase the ;IT n (i ir R.lhert .

I n <1dd iric)l), thc \Xi c::w : rn N ew

York rh)' s i c i ~tl1 ~ e xam ine,l six yea r

l)IJ S usana Karpic] who was born without :J le ft a rm , Susana docs h ave

a te mpora ry arm prosth esis which tits over her righ t shoulder and i~ Ji· rectec ")lIt a lso is lim ited \' shou lder I1W\T01ents. Dr. Me ilrn an l-elieves rha S sana also would l-enefit 'ro n a myoelccrnc (I nn wh ich would allow h er to I' -rtorrn normal datil' func ­tions ,

Unfortunate y, S lIS,lI H \\' ill have to wa it at least five vcars in orde r ro ~ i\ ' e her bodv . time to ~ww an d rna ­. , ~

rurc before sh e ma v rc eive the myo­e lec tr ic ann . D r. M e ilrn an and T he Hope [or Tomorrow Foundati on ha ve offer ed thei r suppor t and a r the apprx ­priare rime Susana may he brouzhr ro Butfalli , \\'ith ,111 (, xf.'en~es raid. to ht' a surgica l reci p ient ..

If it were nor fo r hope.. .the hea rt would break.

Beginnings Our Mission Hope Fllr Tomo rrow was in it i..lteJ du ring

a papal vis it by a gro uf o f \Vl.:stcm N e w

York wo men in th e sum mer of 1994 . O ur

III ission has been to secure and 1 rovid e medica l -md ~ ll rg i c ;..l l hel p for <l is;ld v ;.l n ­

raged ,mJ distigurcJ chi ldren , both <I t

horne :md rhrouuhour th e world . l'\ s we

have .gro wn and ,ga the red momentum,

Hope For Tomorrow h ;1S been rcsponsi­blc for rec ru it ing docto rs tel help c h ildr e n

with catastroph ic injuries. \'\/ e h ave per ­

formed tree of ch arge complex surgeries th at the (am i Iit's d these c ildrcn could not n thenvise 'l tt ord . Hopctu llv, t he chil ­

dr e n and their famili es will see u..; in

America in a diffe rent and favorable way. Presenrlv, Hope For Tomorrow tra vels nhmaJ . donatiru; surgeries a nd litu::llly th ousands of pound..; of medical suppl ies, \'(Ie ha ve brough t ::l number of th e more

complicated surgical cases bac k to Wt:S( ­

ern New York . The Butllio commun ity and hospita ls h ave l-cen no t h ing sh o rt ()f amazing in suppo rt ing our efforts.

Board of Directors Chairman

Dr. Jeffrey Meilruan

Officers

Karen Kolepp Manke _ Pre sident

Cynthia Guzik _ Secretary

Directors

G eorge Berbary

Karen C arlo

Anna Marie Diina

Lorraine En g!

John Lenahan

Brian D. Ru sk

Richard Slisz

Mi chael C. Snaeck

Dear Friends ami SlI PlxJrteTs ,

The Hope For Tr'mlOrrmv FOll ndation lcas organized to promoted the spirit of benevoience and to advance and l)J'csen 'c the lvclfare and ph)'sical weU being of the im{Jove-'fishedb)' means of ra ising flmds for

mc>.dical services ftn· such individuals; co solicit and coUect donations from interested individuals, gmups, associations and cor{)orations;

f() cuoperate and to work in conjll nn ion lJ., gorem menral 'ith private and .. .

agencies, organiZQtions and institutions to provide medical services to

tbose in need: to idemi/)' the medical needs of im/)01..'L>rished individllals and foster. de1.dof) , promote and sponsor programs to address sllch needs.

The HO/Je For 1()moITow Foundation is a n on~ pro.~t organ i';Cltion

that operates both 10caU)' and aWl/TId the worUi. Our main ubjective is to help disadvantaged childrenand : Olmg adults with a great need for reconst ruct ive sHrger)' and co obwin medical and surgical hcltJ required

through t.he ph)'sicia71S and lws!Jirals in W<?stcm New )ork.

Peru 2007 Humanitarian M ission

T h e h uman itarians of Hope For Tomorrow, 111 th e ir sea rch to find needy .hildrcn of the world, have chosen to travel to Peru . A rrange ­me rits have been fin ali zed to perform m ult iple cl eft lip and palate sur- .

ger ies and multiple reconstruc t ive procedures on deformed children

in A req uipa , at the Hogar C lin ic« San Juan de Dios, by Dr. Meilman and Dr. Kr:yszrof Merke l and assisted by three \X/este rn N ew York

N lll'.s e ~ .

Mee t ings h :1\ 'l' been set lip with po lit ica l d ign itar ies in the Peruvi ­an go vcrruncnt and also with the p<1 I'<1 1nuncio to C ard ina l juan Lu is

C ip rian i.

Severa l o rphanages in A req ­

uipa will rece ive visits, med ical Honorary Editor

don at ions and to ys. The vo l­[effrev Mc ilruan , MD untee rs wiII abo hel p sel ec t a

ch ild, wh o needs more ex ten sive Editor-in-Chiefsuraerv, to be bro ught to Buffa lo

~ ~. Antoincrre M. Andolina

T he vo lun ree r group wi11 travel to Mach u Picch u, n ne of

in October 200 7.

Contributors

rh e lo st cit ics hui It he tw een th e Vickev Do rsey th irteent h and sixteen th cen tury. Brian D. Rusk The sire rem a ined " lost " unti l ;-"1 ichell . St racck th e archeo logist Hi ram Bingham

Mich ael C. St raec k d iscovered the ruins in 19 11 .

If i t were not fo r hope...the heart wo uld brea k.

Physicians \fv'e w isl: (0 acknowledge the many ph ysicians wh o h ave

part i . ipar -d with th e I o pe For To m o rrow Founda t io n .

Dr. Arnar A rwal

Dr. Riaz Hassana i

Dr. Tuj Ji va

Dr. Hr atch Karamanoukian

Dr. Frank Koren

Dr. Jack Kotlarz

Dr. Jeffrey Mellman

Dr. Kr: ys:rof ~k rkcl

Dr. Thomas O ' .onnor

Dr. P,lld Pate rson

LJr. .h ·m M. Sulewski

Dr. ]ace\-: Som~l \bk i

A 1\\":11 Eye Care

Cosmeric Surgeon

Pu lrnonarv Me.Iic ine

C ard io vascula r Surgeon

Ret ired [)l' nri~ r

Plast ic Surgeon

Pensacola. FI'l rida

BUlfal(1 Plastic S Irgery

Ken more Mcrcv Hosp ital

.i-\ ncst hesiol.19y

Kenmore l'vk n.:y Hospital

A ncsthesi ologv

O rthoped ic Surgeon. Buffa o

V.A ll ospirul

Urol.19ist

SAVE THE DATE

Friday, October 26, 2007 at Salvatore's Ital ian Cardens

Idfn:y Mci lman , M D - C hai rma n

Donna i\.\c Cu irc - Even t Ch air

Hope For Tomorrow Surgical Recipients W e wish to acknowledge o u r kin .l hos ts wh o grac io usly we lco med o u r surgical recipie nts into (h ei r h o mes.

YEAR

2006 2 0')

205 2004 2liO3 2uC2 2002 2001

lOOO !99l

1999 1999 1999 1998 1 ~~ 7

1996

1995 994

1993 1991

NAME

Robert Grabowski

Ehell' Ukanwa

Stanley Nwachuka

1:C1 hcb B'lkt.'tl'ric

Shrcsta Fzenwa

Taras Kinash

Enlantina P ctrushaj

Zh ~ l l J Bin

Trevaushn Lewis

I orotca Irasiorek

lvk hrn,lush Ta(rl' ~h i

Marcin Cvwka

james Hucbl-crs

Frank Pinz.m('

Meera Pardcsln

Irina 1efvcxlova

T ih ana Vasarevic

Pan Ping

Margaret Orlowska .A ldonna Sicbula

COUNTRY

PnLmd

N igerw

f\: igcna

Busnia

Nepal

U krai n«

Albania

China Jamaica

Polanl

Iran Poland

USA. USA India

Russia

Busnia

Chinn

Puland Poland

HOST FAMILY Hope For Tomorrow Founda tion

Rev, Chr i~ topher Couric, O ur L3dy of Bistr ica C hurcl

Rev, C hris topher Comic O ur Lady of Bisrrica C h urch

Rev. C hristopher C ouric, O ur L1lly of BistriGI C h urch

Sh riner's Hospita l. Eric PA

Svetlan» Korczak

S.1 1and Toni An' olinn

Rev. an,,1Mrs. Sonny Lee

Ronald McD\mal House

Kevin G ucst H OIN' an.I Mr. and ~,1r $. Pat Cipolla

Mr. and Mrs. Pat Ci polla

Don and Ann Flansburs <.

Sloan, New York

.A mherst, Nl' W York

Karen Carlo

Ronald l\kDonald Ho be

Jim and Marie Surrent ino cmd Maryann Zylko

!vla ry Meilman

Yolanta Cim in i

Sister- Hospital

If it were not for hope...the heart wou ld break .

Hope For Tomorrow Honorees 1l1-: H onorees, both community (lnJ in re rn rniona l lcade rs, have insp ired and suppo rted t he dt'u rt s of Hope For T<..1I1H.1rro w

2006 INTERNAT IONAL Co.MMU N ITY

SERVICE AWARD

Brig. Gen. Albin F. Ircvk A utho r

Gene ral U .S. Army served under (J ene ra I Patton

COMlvfU I ITY SERVICE AWARD

Margaret W. Parosk i M.D. C hid' Mn lic tl O(hct'T fur K ~d e id ; , Health

2005 INTERNATIONAL COMM UNITY

SERVICE AWARD

C ountess Alexandra Vil lard de Borchgrave

A uthor and P,)e t HE:-\Ll NG Lll-,H T

Arnaud de Borchgrave Chief Fo re ign Correspondent

j~ ir Nl'\\' ~ w eL' k

Fo x Ncw ~ Cuntrihutor

COM~vfUNIT Y SERVIC E AWARD

Kenmore Mercy Hospital Mary L. H " i(\113n

Preside nt ;m J CE O of Ken more ~krc y Hosprtal

2004 iNT ERNAT IONAL COMMUN ITY

SERVIC E AWARD

Honorable Richard M. Devos, Sr. 0. lnt i\·'Hional S peaker

C( - Founder ,If Am-\"\/a)' Corpora t ion Owner uf Orla nd" Ma,>: ic

Philanthropist

A utho r

H UMANITARIAN AWARD

Dr. Robert Moskowitz C linical Professor of Med ic in e of SU N Y

B\ltl:dn Medical (; r' \1I1' Onc < ) I ()g i ~ r

2003 INT ERN AT IONAL COl\U"t U N IT Y

SERVICE AWARD

Bri an F. Ha ig Retired Lieutenan t Co lonel U .s. Army

A uthor "i Ficrional N')\'cl.<.

HUMANITARIAN AWARD

Rabbi Mar tin L. Goldberg R;lhhi otTemple Beth Zin , f~)( 4() ye8r~ (posrhurnou-I

2002 INTERNATIONAL

PHI LANTHROPHY AWARD

John K. Ca stle -.'h;, in l\;ln and C E )

<)f Castle H arlan . Inc.

Ph il;mthn'l'l :,r

CO}..tMUNITY SERVICE A\VARD

James D. Griffin /vb y<, r ,,( Buff, 1" New York

fllr ~ixteen Years

HUMAN ITARIAl\' A\\~R D

Ronald McDonald House rroviJc<,1 Care ior Hope For Tomorrow

S urgica l Rec ipiern ­

2001 COMMU N IT Y INVOLVEMENT

AWARD

John J. Riga:­Founder ~~n d C EO <'f

Adc lph in C a ble C o m mun icn t ions

Hli~lAN [TARIAN OF T HE YEAR AWARD

Patrick J. Wi l e~

Heal th Ad min ist ra to r uf Sisters otCh aruv Hospita l

and Kenmore ;\.k rcy Ho spital

Thomas A O'Connor M.D. Chief <JfA n esth es ia a t

Ken more Mercy HO;'j:'l t, tl

2000 H U MAN ITARIAN

OF THE YEAR AWARD

Patti Bowers Buifa!' l Po lice D",!'artmocnt

C hair <If Child Sexua l Abuse Committee

T im M. Boling Exec ut ive Director

~) f Cradic Beach C ,01p;.

Campanella Orthotics and Prosthet ics

D,mat<:J Prosthesi , iilr HIT Recipre- n: ~1a tc in Cwyka

Ter r i C am pbel l Kevin G u<:;.t Hous,;

Mark J. Fitzpat rick Police A th let ic L <:"agut' ,l Hutbl"

Lieutenant David F. Ma n n . Jr. BuiLl (l Polrcc Depar tment ~hii d

A<1\·"c)('\· Center

1999 H UMANITARIAN

OF THE YEAR AWARD

Lee Gross A n thone f o under :111,1Ch:lir

of Child i\ J \O C:K\ ' Ce nt er Fundrni ser inr th t· Butfalu Philharmonic Or( h l· ~ t r;l . Ch i I J rl; n'~ H(l~l' l t;l l and the

A lbrigh t Kn ox A n Callery

Russell Salvatore Ph i[ant hf(ll' i ~t

Sa h- a tore '~ Itahan G ardens

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If it were not fu r hope...the heart wou ld break .

Hope For Tomorrow Sponsors \'\/ e are dl' prt'(I a tl n , uf (Jut , p(l n ~o r.'> who hun : been 50 )!l:nen HJ' th n1u;.:hout th e )'t'ar:-. \Xl lth vou r support , the H ll!, '-"' Fo r Tomorrow

F(lllndari. in ha:- been able to 1'[(1\ ide rhe man y services ne e.led in order hrin ,!.: our "lI rgicl l recip ients to the Un ited 5 t;l[c".

2006 DIAMOND

Mr. J.D. Crane

PLATINUM I"lr. and !''>'l rs. Robert Irwin

GOLD t\ IiJi r-.w i

Glohal Detense

SILVER Campanel la O rt hotics ,mJ Prost het ic»

Jim .ullil,:an. Inc The ~kGlJ i re Group Tile Strat:ck amilv

Staroba Plastic and i\k tal Products of New York. Inc.

h land Street Lumber joseph 0i. \Villi"Ill'

BRONZE Kaleida Health

Dr. G ill)' Wet reich and 0.-lrs. Stephanie Mt'I1 mil u \\/ etre ich

Mr. Peter l\t m in The Dietrich Law Firm

M r. and M rs. Rnrc (~ Diino

2005 PLATINUM ~1 r. J.D. Crane [irn Clllli~an

GOLD Campanella Or hOllc, arxl Pro"r!'l('tlCS

SILVER The: Ilk C uir" UrI IU!'

The StrCleek F;lmil" Dr. Lorain e En~1

[o-e ph in,: Res:d Mr. Mark Cam e\" Esq. and

}" lary E. G mllan;», S q. Mark and Kathy R:llu,

joseph N . William,

BRONZE Dr. C al)' W" tr" lch and

Mrs ~ terh a l1lc Meilman Werreich Tilt' Die trich Law Firm

St:u oba Plasnc and \ Ieral Pf0Jun , ,li N<: \\' York. Inc.

Fr.1I1k Langley Ilk and Mrs, Patr ick Rine Michael K. Landi, il l. \). Kenmore Mercv Husr itill

The Sl"ier F,undy

2004 PLATINUM

Mr. and Mrs. J:llTIt:,; Culligan

GOLD John K. Castle

SILVER Buffalo Ultr,l';'llInJ Loraine E m~ 1. I'hl)

Thc McGu i '~e group

BRONZE jav C. Rowland. III DDS

2003 PLAT1N U:-'1

Tilt' Rober s FamiI)'and Hopc C T\'<.' \ \T h

GOLD Mr. and i\l rs_ james C uII il,::m Mr. ami Mrs. John K. Castle

SILVER Buffalo Ultrasound

Candy Bc> uqut' t The McG uire G roup

Jay c. R,'wland III, DDS

2002 PLATIN UM

Jim and Lind;'! C ulligan Psalm 116: 12 Found,;tion ( ~1a rk und Karhv Balu,,)

GOLD Hope G roeweh and Roseanne R\+ crts

SILVER The McC, uIfl' G rl111p

Robert La Carrubha DDS Frank D. \ I:tsqm DDS

Buffalo Ultrasound Dr. Clnd Mrs, Eric J. Sco tt

Richard and Kathleen Rozicki

2001 CORPORATE SPONSORS

:'\ delphia Cable Communications BlIff,llo Ultra-ound

C ulligan Auto Place Frank Iv1cC;llI re Farru ly Foundation

Pione er C redit Recover y Sisters Ho 'pit" l Foundation

2000 MILLENN lUM Tl\I3LES

Mr. an.l Mrs. Jim Culligan (2) 1\. larilynn and l\1ark Ki1hk

CORPORATE LEVELTABLES ierra Tech

Salvatore's Italian Garden , Restaurant !k lla Vista G rouj - Inc.

Frank J. McCiuin.:' Family Foundation G& R Mach inerv, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Di Picio .I av Halpern c/o Tyler .1 .11'. C ,. (Z)

Cradle Beach Group Benchmark Development Inc.

Allied Publishing Service Buffal,) Plast ic Surgery Buffalo Athletic k .; ~'U 'e

RutTalo P,.,lice F<'llnd.;tion Mr. an .l Mrs. 1\ t C,,* nrin,' Sar.l an.l Anthony Dclcn.i

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Spier Dolly Gernan

1999 CORPORATE SPONSORS

Accadin Enterprise" Inc. Jim Culligan Pon t iac. l ,MC and \'011'0

GOLD Fr:1I1k .I. McGuire Family Foundauon

Richard and Karen P('nfnld Alexander and Jane Cordes

\'(lilliam B. Sal'crsto{l Heather AnJ t'T"'-Jn

Salvatore :md Adeline T'inzonc Cd ia Ru,;s(, G arv Safford

Skip Wardyns ' 1

Len anJ .I ,,' er hine Ca mpanella Vincent Dire

Bem arJ and J"';1Il An n Eisenber r

Hope G rocwch Conn ie Kasperccvk Alpha Ddt" K:lpp l

Lester ;111<.1 Nancy Gross f'l{;rkowir: Nathan Bendcrson

.I n lkPeters [),1I1 G ernn tr. Sf.

Dr. and )I.,1r, . .I ;1Cky Kn,,1'1' Michael and Sandra Kran ir:

Pell. Lipke Merrill L~'K h

J(X ' and C lam Sciandra Ed Palen

If it were 11l1t for hope...the heart would break.

Humanitarian Missions Poland 2006 Nigeria 2005

F:H Ldt: Ill' Piotr Ccaudcrn.i . l'eJi:1tr1c Cancer Surgenn l , ( (;,bn,k . !\lbn,l. H,'f'C h'r T ,1111\1rr,,,, ' Founder [l r, .! d ire> ~ lcrlman. .4. nc" lhc,j"I"c:hl Or. Kr:\'<:[( lf ld ,' rh ;1 :111<1 T h \1[;l C1C Sl)rg~'('n [lr . Hratch f(:lf"m >ln" llki:ln cxurrunirn; Su' ;m" K"fT\Il·!.

Rome 2003

Tanzania 2000

Poland 1993

:"l ich,H:l Straeck . Dr, i\leilm,m , Shaheen '-h"anali

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If it were not for hope...the heart wo uld break.

2005 Hope For To;norrow Charity Event

Honorees Honoree

r::l1 h.' r C""rlC Sr.mlev ' \'('ach " !;,, , Dr_Mcilman , EI'<.·I<: UbnW:1,

Master of Ceremonies

Kevtn O'Cunndl C, >ll nt.::" :mJ Arnaud de Porchgrave

HFT President 2005 Surgical Recipients Event Chair

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If it were not tor hope...the heart would break.

Paul Far.link, Karen Manke, Cheryl Far.link V i rg i l1 i :~ & John Z:lr:cck i

If it were nut to r hope...the hea rt wo uld b reak.

j im Culligan

Pamela (),;tf<l\\',ki, }"b rie Sorren t ino . -indy E"len. Murv ~ k i l lll a n . ~ ; l r.l 1"'.·1 ..-n.i

Michelle & ~ li c ha d Stracck

If it were not fo r ho pe...the heart wou ld break.

.An na Marie D iina, Cynthia Guzi k, l.in.l a Culligan

Sharo n \Vitek.. my McKinn on . Karen Man ke

Co unrc- de &)[ch ~'f :" ' e, Joa nn.. Rineolo. D:mi cl Hamel Toni A ndolina

l\lr & Mr, . l)en n i.; lncorv ia . Mr. & Mrs. ~ h rk Hoffman

10

If it wer e not tor hope...the heart would break .

j an et Long . Or. Mcilman

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If it were nor for hope ...the heart would break .

Pore Benedict XVI.. Dr. Meilrnan. lzabela and Go rdana Rome. ~vl ay 3 1. 2006

Jeffrey Meilman, M.D. 811 Maple Road Williamsville, NY 14221

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