[NU Sports] NU helped brighten the lives of this boy and his family...

[Weinbaum, Willie]

(NU's lacrosse team started the amazing "Friends of Jaclyn" and then the men's soccer team connected with a boy named Russell Witek, who passed away the other day)
 
 
http://www.carepages.com/carepages/CareForRussell/updates/2073160?client_code=cmh&ipc=mur
Thank you - Service Video - NU Soccer / Lacrosse
Posted 12 hours ago
Thank you for celebrating Russell's life with us Thursday and Friday. We appreciate all the notes and letters and e-mail and words of encouragement over the last week. We are so blessed to have such a caring community of people carrying us and holding us up along the way. Thanks for all the prayers across the country and in some instances around the world. We are grateful for all the promises of continued prayer and support as we all grieve this temporary earthly separation from Russell. We are looking forward to the day when we get to see Russell once again - with our creator, friend and comforter Jesus.

We wanted to let those that did not see the service know that you can still see it at www.conleycare.com. We will in the coming days post some pictures of the ice cream social that followed the service.

Also the Northwestern tribute and video and photo gallery can be seen at
http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/nw-m-soccer-body.html

Karen, Brian and Garrett went to go see the NU Men's Soccer Team's first spring season exhibition game last night in Evanston. They beat UIC 2-0. And, double bonus - we stayed and watched most of the first half of the Women's Lacrosse game. They beat California 21-4.
In between games, the soccer team showed us the sweatband,(wrist) that the team will wear for the rest of the season in honor of Russell. It is has a RW insignia on it. We will post a picture down the road. They will also rename the inspiration award that Russell won the Russell Witek Team Inspiration Award

Again - thank you. We love you all.
The Witeks
Go CUBS!!