Just a Dollar

ParrotheadKalee · Post by **ParrotheadKalee** » April 18, 2008 8:07 pm

When I received this as an email and thought about the best way to get the word out, I knew the best place to go. You guys make miracles happen!

In the early afternoon of April 2nd, Brittany Sue Zimmermann, 21, was brutally murdered in her Madison, WI apartment. Her dream was to attend UW-Madison and go on to become a doctor. I work with Brittany's mother, Jean, and this, as you might imagine, has been an incredibly hard time for this family. Marshfield is a very small community where everyone knows everyone else, and their grief is our grief. Please help if you can. THANK YOU!

Karen

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*Brittany, a Student at UW Madison was murdered, let's keep her memory
alive.*

*You can do it!!!*

*Just a Dollar* could be just the thing the Zimmermann family of Marshfield, WI needs. They lost their daughter, Brittany, on April 2, 2008.
She was violently murdered in her apartment in Madison, WI, where she was a pre-med student at UW Madison.

Their grief is overwhelming. In an effort to create something positive of this tragedy, they are attempting to honor her strong commitment to education by establishing a scholarship fund, "Dollars for Brittany." Show the Zimmermann's they are in your thoughts. Send "just a dollar" to *Dollars for Brittany* c/o Marshfield Medical Center Credit Union* in Marshfield, WI. Please print the initials *J.A.D*. on the bottom of the envelope. Be sure to include your city and state. You may include your name if you would like to. Our goal is to show the Zimmermann's that individuals in every city and state in the United States cares enough to send "just a dollar." Please forward this email to everyone in your mailbox.

Thank you for your Dollars and your willingness to keep Brittany's memory alive.

Sincerely,
The Family of Brittany Zimmermann

Marshfield Medical Center Credit Union
Attn: Dollars for Brittany
302 West Upham St.
Marshfield, WI 54449
(715)387-8686

Questions or comments can be directed to dollarsforbrittany@gmail.com

If you would like to read more about brittany, please visit

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4580745&page=1
http://www.news.wisc.edu/brittany-zimmermann/index.html

pojo · Post by **pojo** » April 18, 2008 8:09 pm

did they catch the killer yet???

ParrotheadKalee · Post by **ParrotheadKalee** » April 18, 2008 8:15 pm

pojo wrote:did they catch the killer yet???

Not as of yet. It is my understanding that there is a "person of interest," but nothing has come out of that thus far. They are still processing DNA samples through the crime lab.

I hope they find who did it soon!!

It is just heartbreaking....

finsupnorth · Post by **finsupnorth** » April 19, 2008 2:22 pm

Bumping this up....

I used to work with the mother as well... great family... very sad...

EVERYONE SEND IN THAT DOLLAR!!!!!! ( I am sure a real dollar in the mail won't be a big deal, no need for writing a check or anything)....

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » April 19, 2008 5:06 pm

finsupnorth wrote:Bumping this up....

I used to work with the mother as well... great family... very sad...

EVERYONE SEND IN THAT DOLLAR!!!!!! ( I am sure a real dollar in the mail won't be a big deal, no need for writing a check or anything)....

thanks, I was wondering...

gpblxbeach · Post by **gpblxbeach** » April 19, 2008 8:43 pm

finsupnorth wrote:Bumping this up....

I used to work with the mother as well... great family... very sad...

EVERYONE SEND IN THAT DOLLAR!!!!!! ( I am sure a real dollar in the mail won't be a big deal, no need for writing a check or anything)....

Our thoughts go out to the family

Our dollar will be in the mail
first thing Monday.

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » April 19, 2008 8:58 pm

My dollar will also be in the mail on Monday.
Prayers & Godspeed to the family.

ParrotheadKalee · Post by **ParrotheadKalee** » April 19, 2008 9:53 pm

Thank you so much Garry, gpblxbeach, and Wayne!

I know a dollar seems so small, but to this family it is huge. I think their focus on Brittany's scholarship fund and love and support from people who care are the ONLY things keeping them going...

Thank you, too, Jolena

finsupnorth · Post by **finsupnorth** » April 20, 2008 9:33 am

Sure thing! My dollar is in the mail also! One from Wisconsin, one from Kansas

Post by **SMLCHNG** » April 20, 2008 11:18 am

finsupnorth wrote:Sure thing! My dollar is in the mail also! One from Wisconsin, one from Kansas

And one from Colorado..

no shoes · Post by **no shoes** » April 20, 2008 1:28 pm

Luckily I brought some dollars back with me after the Tampa trip, so one will be on its way from England tomorrow. As soon as I can get the correct stamp that is.

My thoughts are with the family at this sad time.

Caribbean Soul · Post by **Caribbean Soul** » April 21, 2008 9:31 am

And one from Massachusetts

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » April 21, 2008 9:11 pm

sent!

ParrotheadKalee · Post by **ParrotheadKalee** » April 21, 2008 10:07 pm

Thank you Wayne, Caribbean Soul, no shoes, Penny, and Jolena!

BNers are the best!!

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » April 30, 2008 11:55 pm

BTT for a good cause..

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » May 1, 2008 9:39 pm

BTW.. Any news???

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » May 3, 2008 8:42 pm

ParrotheadKalee · Post by **ParrotheadKalee** » May 3, 2008 9:27 pm

I'm so sorry, Wayne... didn't see your post until today.

Still no word about finding who did this...

...and there was more sad news reported just a couple of days ago. Brittany placed a call to 911 before she was murdered, but the person who answered disconnected the call because they thought it was a prank/misdial. Nobody was sent. The people at the 911 call center reported it as a "hang up call," but the Madison Police Department, after reviewing the call, reported that there was enough evidence in that call that the PD should have been notified.

http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/17230569.html

Everyone's support means so much to this family, and I can't thank you enough. I just hope and pray that your compassion and generosity are returned tenfold.

{{{{{BN}}}}}

Thank you for asking, {{{{{Wayne}}}}}

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » May 3, 2008 9:38 pm

My letter bounced back..

I guess if you forget to print the town and zip it will not get delivered..

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » May 3, 2008 9:39 pm

ParrotheadKalee wrote:I'm so sorry, Wayne... didn't see your post until today.

Still no word about finding who did this...

...and there was more sad news reported just a couple of days ago. Brittany placed a call to 911 before she was murdered, but the person who answered disconnected the call because they thought it was a prank/misdial. Nobody was sent. The people at the 911 call center reported it as a "hang up call," but the Madison Police Department, after reviewing the call, reported that there was enough evidence in that call that the PD should have been notified.

http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/17230569.html

Everyone's support means so much to this family, and I can't thank you enough. I just hope and pray that your compassion and generosity are returned tenfold.

{{{{{BN}}}}}

Thank you for asking, {{{{{Wayne}}}}}

what stinks about that is that there are
enough prank calls to even have a listing..