Daniel Eric Rumph II Foundation

| Daniel Eric Rumph II Foundation P.O. Box 4967, Phila., Pa., 19119

Contact person: Marcus Owens E-mail: marcus0411@comcast.net Cell: 215-651-5010 Website: http://www.derii.org/ (Note from Ted: Marcus is Danny's uncle and a former Germantown HS star.)

Please scroll down for pics of

Danny and info on the condition that took his life.

Family and friends of the late Daniel Eric

"Danny" Rumph , the starting point guard for Western Kentucky and a former star at Parkway High and Maine

Central Institute, have combined to form the D.E.R II Foundation.

Danny passed May 8, 2005, while playing in a pickup game

at his second home, Mallery Rec Center.

The foundation is working on three current projects: * Attempting to have Mallery's name changed to Rumph RC

in Danny's honor, and to have a mural painted on an outside wall. * Raising funds to assure that every rec center in

Philadelphia is equipped with defibrillators and "emergency bags." * Providing a pair of $500 college scholarships each

year to help a young man and woman with the drive and bright-light qualities shown by Danny. (Without much time to organize, the group was able to provide one

scholarship for a 2005 graduate. The winner was Jarred Wright , of

Caravel Academy, in Delaware. He is now a freshman at Morehouse, in Atlanta).

Here's how you can help . . .

Tax-deductible financial donations may be sent to the

D.E.R. II Foundation, P.O. Box 4967, Philadelphia, Pa., 19119. Also, though signatures are being collected in the area of Mallery, the

family would appreciate receiving small signed notes expressing hope that Mallery

can indeed be renamed in Danny's honor. They will be presented to City Council when sessions resume in September. The notes may be sent to the same P.O. box.

The Rumphs wish to thank everyone who reached out during

the family's time of intense sadness to provide comfort and express such wonderful thoughts about Danny.

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