FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com FEBRUARY 20, 2014 • THE QUEENS COURIER 11 FUNDRAISER FOR FALLON Woman needs life-saving treatment BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO aaltamirano@queenscourier.com @aaltamirano28 You can help Fallon Mirsky fi ght for her life. Mirsky, life-long Long Island resident, Business Checking with a little something extra. Free with an opening deposit of Nexus 7 32GB Plus, get up to $ 1 0 0 when you open a new business checking account.1 Open a Flushing Bank Free Business Checking account today and receive a Nexus 7 32GB tablet with an opening deposit of $15,000 or more.2 Visit your local Flushing Bank branch, call 800.581.2889, or go to www.FlushingBank.com for details. 1 New account with new money only. A new business checking account is defined as any new business checking account that does not have any authorized signatures in common with any other existing Flushing Bank business checking account(s). 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For purposes of the promotion, a new business checking customer is defined as any new business checking account that does not have any authorized signatures in common with any other existing Flushing Bank checking account(s). You must deposit a minimum of $100 to open this account. No minimum balance is required to avoid a monthly maintenance fee. New Free Business Checking account customers will receive a Google Nexus 7 32GB wifi tablet for an opening balance of $15,000 or more. Valid business documentation must be provided at the time of account opening. The cost of the promotional item of $285 (including sales tax and delivery charge) will be reported as interest income in the form of a 1099. The new account must remain open, active and in good standing for six months. If the account is closed prior to six months, the cost of the promotional item will be deducted from the balance. 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The printing, copying, redistribution, or retransmission of this Content without express written permission is prohibited. Flushing Bank is a registered trademark Business Checking • No monthly maintenance fees • No minimum balance required $15,000 or more2 suffers from a rare and lifethreatening combination of autonomic dysfunction, refl ex sympathetic dystrophy, gastroparesis and a brain tumor which has left her weighing about 60 pounds at 32 years old. “I don’t sleep at all, I’m in constant pain” she said. “I just want to get better.” With her medical treatments taking a fi nancial toll on her family, leaving them with only enough to pay for a mortgage and food, a fundraising event will be held in Astoria to help raise the funds needed to continue treatments and pay for medications. On February 27, the Melrose Ballroom, located at 36-08 33rd Street, will hold the Fight For Fallon event at 7 p.m. to raise money to help Mirsky pay for a Ketamine coma treatment and multivisceral organ transplant in May in Mexico. The treatment, which costs at least $10,000, would be a medically induced coma in hopes of restarting her central nervous system and replacing her entire digestive system. “This is no way to live,” she said. “My life depends on it and I just want to get better.” Mirksy used to be a competitive fi gure skater but would fall and break her bones and turn blue. Then in high school she would pass out and have stomach pains but no one knew what it was. After various surgeries she was diagnosed with the life-threatening combination of disorders. Once or twice a week, Mirsky shares her battles and special moments with her pets and loved ones through an online blog at www.FallonMirsky.wordpress.com If you have any questions regarding the fundraising event, which will include an auction and raffl e prizes, contact mmessados@qmbrokerage. com. Donations can also be made at www.gofundme.com/fallonmirsky. Youth or adult bracelets, in pink or blue, are also being sold to raise money for Mirsky. To purchase one, email Femirsky@gmail.com. The Fight For Fallon fundraising event will be held on February 27 at 7 p.m. at the Melrose Ballroom, located at 36-08 33rd Street in Astoria. Photo courtesy of Maria Messados
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