HELP! Small Business Solutions Owner and
Office Manager Jailed for the MDA

Fulton, NY
February 15^th, 2005

Ed Schaperjahn, the owner of HELP! Small Business Solutions, and Mary Trapasso, Office Manager, were locked up on Tuesday after a warrant was issued for their arrest by the local Muscular Dystrophy Association.

They reportedly overheated the phone lines calling for donations for a good cause. Thankfully, they have friends and business associates who felt that they have enough good left in them to help post bail.

"We'd like to thank those people who came to our aid while we were incarcerated," said Ed Schaperjahn about all the donors that contributed to their bail. "Please take the time to patronize and thank those businesses that helped contribute to a worthy cause."

Our Gracious Business Donors:
(in no particular order)

• Partners in Integrity Realty
• Canalview Travel
• Sweet Inspirations
• Trapasso Tire & Auto; 1 South 12^th Street; Fulton, NY
  (315) 598-1909
• Blue Moon Grill
• Dennis Hawthorne Jr., Attorney at Law; 118 Cayuga Street; Fulton, NY
  (315) 592-2800
• Noble's Flower Gallery
• Home Center by Furdi
• Oswego Heritage FCU
• Signature Mortgage Inc.; 203 East Cedar St.; Goodlettsville, TN 37072
  (615) 851-5080

"Thanks also to our individual donors that helped bail us out," added Mary Trapasso.

NOTE: We're not going to publish their names for their own privacy.

The Muscular Dystrophy Association is a voluntary health agency -- a dedicated partnership between scientists and concerned citizens aimed at conquering neuromuscular diseases that affect more than a million Americans. For more information or to make a donation, click here.

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