Petro Law Firm - October 2018

Petro Law Firm - October 2018

PETRO MONTHLY

OCTOBER 2018

I am sure many of you are familiar with St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. It is a pediatric cancer treatment and research facility that treats children for free and also assists patients’ families with transportation, lodging, and meals. St Jude’s was founded by the late Lebanese- American actor and comedian, Danny Thomas. Before becoming a big hit, Thomas was living paycheck to paycheck. The devout Christian prayed to St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint of desperate cases and lost causes, and promised the saint that if he became successful, he would build a shrine for him. Years later, Thomas became successful. He founded the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC) which is the fundraising arm for St. Jude’s. My late cousin, Fred Gattas, a Lebanese- American businessman from Memphis, was a close friend of Thomas and served on the executive committee of ALSAC. In 1962 Thomas founded the hospital to honor his promise. Thanks to this hospital, the overall survival rate for childhood cancers has risen from 20 percent to 80 percent. To this day, I am proud to say, many of my Gattas cousins living in Memphis are still heavily involved in St Jude’s. I am also proud to say that the Petro Law Firm is a proud supporter and annual charitable contributor to St. Jude’s! FROM THE DESK OF Mark Petro

People do all sorts of things to wake themselves up. Some go through countless cups of coffee, some go on quick morning jaunts through the neighborhood, and some even spray themselves with energizing face mist. Whatever your preferred wake-up method is, chances are that you struggle to drag yourself out of your warm bed every once in a while. However, teenagers struggle more than most with both waking up and sleeping. Teenagers often have the reputation of sleeping too much, but the actual >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4

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