Grand Island
Dispatch, November 23, 2007
More than 700
people showed their support for Rosanna Russell in her fight against
cancer of the esophagus by attending a fundraiser in October at
the Sandy Beach Yacht Club.
The strong response for the Grand Island mother
of two and the Roses for Rosanna benefi t heartened those closest
to her. More than 500 tickets were sold for the event, many to
people who had not seen Russell in years.
“There were people there we haven’t seen since childhood,”
Russell’s sister Theresa Giambra said. Friends of Russell from the Grand Island High School Class of 1983, and co-workers from
her days working at the old Bells Market attended, Giambra said.
“It was just unbelievable the number of people who
came for it,” Rosanna’s brother Dave Russell said.
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Russell, left, is a lifelong resident
of Grand Island and the mother of Rosalie, 12, and Anthony, 16.
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