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It Was More Than a Valentine’s Day Stuffed Animal
Loredana Leone and Meagan Adamo Dunscombe
Adamo Amore, with the help of the community, wrapped up another successful year of raising funds for Cuddles “new stuffed animals” which are donated to St. Louis surrounding area Children’s Hospitals. We can’t stop now! We are currently fundraising for different donations drops throughout 2023! We just completed the first donation to Mercy Children’s Hospital for Valentine’s Day and hope to continue throughout the year! Your amore and support is needed to continue this for the children. Cuddles play
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an important role for the patients providing extra love, comfort, calmness and a big cuddly hug in a time of need. It is important that we donate cuddles to the hospitals. These cuddles are needed all year long for hospital stays, surgeries, ambulance rides, emergency room visits, child life development center use and more. Hospitals constantly use cuddles to give out, and with your help we can provide this. All funds are used for cuddles purchases and donated to children’s hospitals. You can donate directly or choose your own cuddles from our website to donate. Ten percent of each sale goes back to purchasing more cuddles for the children. We hope you join us to provide cuddles for comfort to the children. Thank you! To make a contribution visit us online at adamo-amore.com.
Marco Langon Helps Lead Team USA to Bronze Medal at World Cross Country Championships courtesy of villanova.com
It has been quite a ride for Villanova freshman Marco Langon (Raritan, N.J.), in the last seven months since he first arrived on campus, and in the last several days on
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Marco is an Italian American from Raritan NJ, and is next to last on right.
a whirlwind trip around the globe to compete against the top distance runners in the world. At just 18 years of age, Langon is an international medalist after Team USA won bronze in the U20 Men’s race at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 23 on Saturday, February 18. Langon’s own contribution in the race had a lot to do with the United States winning the bronze medal. He tallied a 19th place individual finish in the U20 race and was the second American across the finish line, recording a time of 26:16 over 8,000 meters. The field of competition consisted of 69 athletes representing 11 countries and five continents. Langon was one of six Americans who made up the Team USA Men’s U20 contingent. Saturday’s race was run in scorching temperatures which approached 100 degrees at the start. The conditions tested the athletes physical limits with a combination of the weather along with a challenging layout with multiple laps Continued on page 5