Recent News - Updates - Etc
Updated Saturday - May 10, 2008
A new date has been set for the Dry Creek Kitchen
Summer Gala mark your calendars for Monday, June 30th
Get your YouCanDoItJewett bracelets for $2 all proceeds will be deposited into James' Trust Fund. We will have these available at upcoming fundraising events, while supplies last.
Events and Other Stuff
A Trust Fund has been set up at Exchange Bank
Held in the Name of: Mike Jewett for the James Jewett Fund
Visit Exchange Bank's Website Here
Or stop in at ANY location!
Check out the Blog at http://youcandoitjewett.blogspot.com/
and read how a Westside 4H Member is challenging the rest of the participants of the upcoming Healdsburg Future Farmer Fair and about how one of James' cousins describes him.
Have a great photo you want to share?
Email it to youcandoitjewett@gmail.com
UPCOMING FUNDRAISERS:
CHARLIE PALMER'S DRY CREEK KITCHEN - HOTEL HEALDSBURG SUMMER GALA EVENT - MONDAY JUNE 30th
If you are interested in donating an auction item or purchasing entry tickets,
please email us at youcandoitjewett@gmail.com
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Carl's Jr RestaurantsFriday, May 16th at the Windsor and Santa Rosa Locations
Perrcentage of sales will be given to the James Jewett Fund at Exchange Bank
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Mary's Pizza Shack
May 20th, 2008 at the Windsor Location
Perrcentage of sales will be given to the James Jewett Fund at Exchange Bank
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Pasta Feed at Windsor High School
Sunday June 8, 2008 from 2 pm to 6 pm
Tickets Prices: $5 Kids 12 and Under, $10 Adults OR $40 Family Pass
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Thank you Community, Thank you!
Especially to....(in alphabetical order)
A.P.L.E. Shirts
Back to Golf
Cafe Noto - Raised $ 500
Carl's Jr Restaurants - Windsor, Healdsburg, Santa Rosa & Rohnert Park
Cold Stone Creamery - Raised approximately $ 2000
Clos Du Bois Winery
Deacon Jones
Dry Creek Kitchen - Hotel Healdsburg
FAB5 Families
Healdsburg Fire Department
Gary Farrell Winery
Joseph Jewell Winery
KC's Downtown Grill
Kendall Jackson Winery Company and Family
KZST
Longs
Mary's Pizza Shack Windsor
Piner Cafe
Solem's Appliances
Star Staffing
Stonestreet Winery
Taylor Dericco - Westside 4H Club
Verite Winery
Windsor Community at Large
Windsor Fire Department
Windsor High School
Windsor High School Boosters Club
Windsor Times
Yandell Truckaway
Keep Checking back for more updates, as we are in the very preliminary stages of planning the fundraisers!
IF YOU WANT TO SEND JAMES YOUR PRAYERS AND WELL WISHES, YOU CAN DO SO TO:
You Can Do It Jewett
C/O 8456 Stomper Drive
Windsor, CA 95492
James Jewett
Son, Brother, Student, Friend and An Inspiration to Many!
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James Jewett making progress in Vallejo
After spending the last month in rehab learning to cope with the serious injuries suffered in an April 6 car crash, 2007 Windsor High School grad James Jewett will be returning home on May 15.
James was paralyzed from the waist down when his car was hit by a San Francisco woman turning into his lane. James’ vehicle flipped and struck a power pole which trapped him inside. Following the crash, doctors said James was paraplegic and a metal rod was fused to his spine that will allow him to sit upright.
Mike Jewett, James’ father, said his son is doing well but still has some pain. James is participating in physical therapy classes six days a week to help develop his sense of balance and improve upper body strength. The therapy will help James develop the skills he will need to adapt to his new life.
“Every day is a struggle,” said Mike. “There is always something new you find out you can’t or can do.”
James is currently staying at the Kaiser Foundation Rehabilitation Center in Vallejo. Mike said his son is receiving a high quality of care at the internationally known facility. “It’s well known,” said Mike. “Therapists come here from all over the world to train.”
Family members are staying with James at the center and are being trained to better help James with his return home in a few weeks. “I’m with him all the time, I sleep next to his bed,” said Mike. “(The family) is doing alright.”
The family will be spending a night at home in Windsor this week as a trial run for their full time return. “We’re coming home Saturday for a one night pass,” said Mike. “We’ll leave in the afternoon come back Sunday, just to go home for one night to see how things go for a trial run. On the 15th we’ll come home. It’s basically a month that we’ve been here.”
James is currently wearing a brace to support his spine while he heals from a surgical procedure that fused a metal rod to his vertebrae. Once he has fully recovered from the surgery, the brace will be removed and James will return to Vallejo for more rehabilitation. “Once (the brace) comes off you have more mobility and there are more techniques,” said Mike.
Mike said the family appreciated the support expressed by the community. “I just want to thank the community. It’s been an outpouring of support, it’s amazing. I’d like to really thank everybody,” he said.
Several fund-raisers are being organized for the Jewett family and more information is available at http://youcandoitjewett.googlepages.com or http://jamesjewettrun.org.
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WHS grad paralyzed in crash
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| CRASH - James Jewett, 19, of Windsor was seriously injured when his car was hit on Old Redwood Highway, just north of Healdsburg Nursery. - Photo by Kerrie Russell |
James Jewett, a 2007 graduate of Windsor High School, was seriously injured on April 6, when his car struck a power pole near the intersection of Old Redwood Highway and Los Amigos Road.
Jewett was traveling to Dry Creek Kitchen at Hotel Healdsburg where he works as a bus boy along Old Redwood Highway at approximately noon when his car was hit by a 2005 Audi turning into his lane. Jewett's car flipped and struck a power pole which pinned him inside until firefighters were able to cut him free said CHP Public Affairs Officer Barbara Upham.
The driver of the Audi, San Francisco resident Judith Hayes Patters, 65, was unhurt and unaware of her involvement in the crash until officers contacted her inside a nearby business. Upham said there was no evidence or excessive speed or alcohol at the scene and Patters had initated an unsafe turn.
According to Kimberly Walton, a family friend who has been visiting Jewett in the hospital, the impact shattered his eighth and ninth vertebrae and the bone fragments severed his spinal cord.
Walton said Jewett had lost feeling in his legs and doctors were considering him paraplegic. Jewett underwent several hours of surgery on April 2 to fuse his spine with a metal rod that will allow him to sit upright but he is not expected to walk again.
Jewett was an exceptional athlete at WHS. While he was best known for his accomplishments on the football field, he also competed on the varsity wrestling and baseball teams.
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WHS varsity football coach Jason Fayter coached Jewett for three seasons where Jewett was recognized as an all-league linebacker.
“He's a great kid, great to coach, and a helluva football player,” said Fayter. “A good kid like that doesn't deserve something like this to happen to him. It's a real tragedy.”
Walton said the family appreciates the support from friends and relatives. “The family is amazed and proud that their son was loved by the community,” she said.
Jewett attends Santa Rosa Junior College and began the semester with health insurance but lost coverage approximately a week before the accident when he became a part time student.
Walton said Jewett’s family is considering transferring him to a specialized spine care facility to help with his rehabilitation but he will need support from the community.
“He has a huge strong group of friends and family,” she said.
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Horrific
The Windsor athletic community is establishing a fundraising plan to help cover the cost of Jewett’s medical expenses, pay for equipment and help with long term costs.