Articles About Amanda
Amanda has been featured several times in the Marco Island and Naples newspapers.
You can really see how much support the community has given us over the last year.
Thanks to the staffs from the Marco Eagle and the Marco Sun-Times for all you have done.

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Monumental Change
      Naples Daily News - 8/6/04
Presentation Honors Memory of Amanda with Drawing
      Marco Island Sun-Times - 5/27/04
Memorial Service Honors Amanda Buddemeyer
      Naples Daily News - 5/26/04
Walk for Amanda
      Marco Island Sun-Times - 4/1/04
Amanda's Echo! - Walk-a-thon Set for First Day of Spring
      Marco Island Sun-Times - 3/18/04
Benefit Walk Inspired by 9-year-old Who Lost Her Life to Rare Disorder
      Naples Daily News - 3/17/04
Y Swim Team Experiences Agony, Thrill
      Marco Island Sun-Times - 3/4/04
Thank You Letters
      Marco Island Sun-Times - 1/22/04
Top 20 Sun Times Web Site Stories for 2003
      Marco Island Sun-Times - 1/8/04
Year-in-Review - Looking back at Marco's 2003
      Marco Island Sun-Times - 1/1/04
2003 Year in Review
      Naples Daily News - 12/31/03
Amanda's Friends Raise Pennies from Heaven
      Marco Island Sun-Times - 11/06/03
Local Girls Usher Pennies from Heaven to Help a Friend
      Marco Island Sun-Times - 10/30/03
Honoring Amanda
      Marco Island Sun-Times - 10/23/03
Hundreds Jam Church to Say Goodbye to Amanda
      Naples Daily News - 10/22/03
Amanda Buddemeyer - Life and Times of a Young Marco Rebel
      Marco Island Sun-Times - 10/16/03
Amanda Buddemeyer - Parent's Messages Retrace Daughter's Medical Timeline
      Marco Island Sun-Times - 10/16/03
Amanda Buddemeyer
      Marco Island Sun-Times - 10/16/03
Marco Loses 'Little Sister'
      Naples Daily News - 10/15/03
Viewpoint: Too Soon, Marco Island Loses One of Its Own
      Naples Daily News - 10/15/03
Amanda Buddemeyer
      Naples Daily News - 10/15/03
Funeral Services to be Held Saturday for Nine-Year-Old Marco Girl
      Naples Daily News - 10/14/03
Marco Island Nine-Year-Old Dies at Miami Hospital After Latest Multiple-Organ Transplant
      Naples Daily News - 10/13/03
Marco Girl Passes Away After Second Transplant
      Marco Island Sun-Times - 10/12/03
Amanda Undergoes Dramatic Second Multiple-Organ Transplant
      Marco Island Sun-Times - 10/09/03
Amanda Buddemeyer Undergoes Second Transplant Surgery in Miami
      Naples Daily News - 10/08/03
Organs Found for Amanda - Second Transplant a Go
      Marco Island Sun-Times - 10/02/03
Amanda Buddemeyer Planning Second Transplant
      Marco Island Sun-Times - 8/28/03
Amanda Buddemeyer Readmitted to Hospital Monday
      Marco Island Sun-Times - 7/17/03
Amanda Buddemeyer Savors M&Ms, Bologna, Cotton Candy, and Home
      Marco Island Sun-Times - 7/3/03
Marco Girl Returns Home Five Months After Multiple-Organ Transplant
      Naples Daily News - 6/27/03
Baby Sabrina Set for Surgery (About the daughter of our friends Anne and Dale)
     Marco Island Sun-Times - 5/29/03
Buddemeyer Fund Changes Hands, Executive Committee Seeks Volunteers
     Marco Island Sun-Times - 5/15/03
Dear Mom: Tommie Barfield Students Tell Why They Love Their Moms
     Marco Island Sun-Times - 5/8/03 (Samantha submitted this short essay)
Star Search - Talent Show at Tommie Barfield is a Big Crowd Pleaser
     Marco Island Sun-Times - 4/10/03
Everyday Angels Help Wishing Well Benefit
     Naples Daily News - 4/9/03
TBE Students Show Talents to Help Friend
     Naples Daily News - 4/9/03
Tommie Barfield Talent Show for a Good Cause
     Marco Island Sun-Times - 4/3/03
Kids Act Up for Tommie Barfield Talent Show Benefit for Amanda Buddemeyer
     Naples Daily News - 4/2/03
Benefit Softball Game Hits Home for Help
     Marco Island Sun-Times - 3/20/03
Recreation: Softball Men, Women Face Off in Fund-Raiser
     Naples Daily News - 3/11/03
Bloodmobile at Healthcare Center Today - Amanda Progressing
     Marco Island Sun-Times - 3/6/03
Blood Donor Education at Tommie Barfield
     Naples Daily News - 2/28/03
Child Awaits Word on Plans for Fifth Liver Transplant
     Naples Daily News - 2/24/03 (This article is about our friend Nathan Wallace)
Amanda's on a Rocky Road to Recovery
     Marco Island Sun-Times - 2/13/03
Second-Grader Continues Gradual Recovery Following Transplants
     Marco Island Sun-Times - 2/6/03
Marco Girl Doing Well After Four-Organ Transplant
     Naples Daily News - 2/4/03
Afterschool Enrichment Continues at TBE
     Naples Daily News - 2/4/03
Marco Child Receives Long-Awaited Multi-Organ Transplant
     Naples Daily News - 1/30/03
Island Second-Grader Holding Her Own Following Multiple Organ Transplant
     Marco Island Sun-Times - 1/30/03
Island First-Grader Undergoing Multiple Organ Transplant in Miami
     Marco Island Sun-Times - 1/28/03
Marco Businesses Give Back to Community
     Naples Daily News - 9/30/02
Going, Going, Gone - Silent Auction Raises Thousands for Buddemeyer Fund
     Marco Island Sun-Times - 9/26/02
Silent Auction to be Held for Transplant Candidate
     Naples Daily News - 9/11/02
Youngster Splits Lost Dog Reward Money to Help Ill Girl
     Naples Daily News - 8/31/02
Swimmers Lap Up Opportunity to Raise Funds for Amanda Buddemeyer
      Marco Island Sun-Times - 8/22/02
Swimmers Needed for Benefit
     Naples Daily News - 7/31/02
Youths Wash Cars to Help Girl Needing Transplant
     Naples Daily News - 7/16/02
Buddemeyer Fund to Benefit From Car Wash This Weekend
     Marco Island Sun-Times - 7/11/02
Blood Drive and Bake Sale Help Island Girl 
     Marco Island Sun-Times - 6/6/02
Blood Drive Set for Marco Transplant Candidate
     Naples Daily News - 6/3/02
Blood Drive Set for Marco Child
     Naples Daily News - 5/29/02
Blood Drive Set for First-Grader - Amanda Buddemeyer Needs Multiple Transplants
     Marco Island Sun-Times - 5/23/02