Help Waunda get healthy: Friends seek auction donations

Friends and family are working to help raise money for a woman known to many who shop and do business in The Junction — Waunda from the Sports Junction (in the breezeway on the west side of California, south of Oregon). Lee Blanchette explains:

Waunda has been at the Sports Junction since the 80’s and is the epitome of West Seattle. She has done more things for more people than anyone you will ever know. On October 31st Waunda was diagnosed with TTP (thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura): A rare life-threatening disease involving embolism and thrombosis (plugging) of the small blood vessels in the brain and has spent the last 2 ½ months at Swedish Hospital. She is finally home but has many months of rehabilitation ahead of her. We will be having a silent auction February 7th at the Rocksport from 7 to 9 pm, followed by live music throughout the evening. We are asking local businesses to donate to the auction to help with Waunda’s recovery. Please call the following numbers or contact her daughter Deanise at the Rocksport.

Tara 253 353-6622
Lee 206 898-6986

2 Replies to "Help Waunda get healthy: Friends seek auction donations"

  • bsmomma January 30, 2009 (9:26 am)

    I was VERY taken back by this story! All of the Norgards are amazing people! Waunda is such a BIG hearted human. She helped us out with so many parts of our wedding. She makes the BEST EVER chocolate yumminess brownies! And potato salad! I will definitly be passing this along to everyone I know. What comes around goes around and she is defintly deserving a something Great!

  • andrea January 30, 2009 (10:59 am)

    I’ve known Waunda since my HS days at Seattle Lutheran HS where I went to school with her kids and where she spent an enormous amount of time supporting the school and its sports teams…she is such a wonderful, kind, charismatic lady and I am so disheartened to hear of her illness…I wish her much health and comfort in these coming weeks and months as she recouperates…

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