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Announcing The Pet Link – To Honor My Father & His Dog Shadow

December 13, 2011

A brand new Link to help support the Last Hope Inc. for pets. A foundation based on placing pets bound for euthanization into foster homes instead. For hope on finding a loving family.

The dog in the picture is not shadow (it’s our dog Maggie, who just happen to be near when I had the camera ready) But stay tuned and we will post some great pics of Shadow soon.

….sometimes you just need a little help from your friends, and other times you make new friends during a very difficult time. This is what happened to our family when our son, Brett Banasiewicz, suffered a traumatic brain injury on his BMX bike on August 23, 2011. Dustin Grice is one of Brett’s BMX buddies that reached out to us about the Link Foundation. Jeff Troldahl, founder of the Link Foundation, and Dustin Grice designed a “Maddog” bracelet with Brett’s signature colors pink and green. The Link Foundation sold many bracelets via the internet and also allowed us to sell the bracelets at Brett’s BMX Skate Park. The proceeds went to Brett’s mounting medical bills. Brett was able to obtain the best care in the United States that also included hyperbarics. Brett had to relocate to Texas because the state of Indiana is not licensed to administer hyperbarics for TBI’s..

Lisa Banasiewicz, Brett B's Mom Kitchen Skatepark