12/20/2005

Blessing Blog and Book Teach Hope Converting Tragedy Into Triumph

Bloomington, IL (PRWEB) December 20, 2005 -- Entrepreneur author Frank F. Lunn is giving back this holiday season in a big way. 2005 was certainly a difficult year for many people, so Lunn created www.BlessingsBlog.com to build a community of people to share stories of hope and how to turn tragedy into triumph. Frank is the author of three books, his most recent, "Blessings In Adversity" - Convert Challenges, Difficulties and Hardships Into Blessings and Opportunities, is an enhanced e-book and Lunn has a goal to share this new guide freely with the first 20,000 visitors as a complimentary gift.

"Blessings In Adversity" was written for those facing challenges and difficulties and was inspired through his own experiences. From the death of his father to enduring his son Frankie’s successful battle with leukemia, blessings are present even in the most difficult, and even tragic, of circumstances— if you know where to look. When asked about his motivation for starting the blog, Lunn expressed, “2005 has been a tough and challenging year for many people. I want to share insights I discovered going through difficult and challenging times in my life like when my son Frankie was diagnosed with leukemia. During Frankie's treatment and successful recovery at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital our family was truly blessed by the experience. We would never wish it on anyone, but we would not trade it for anything.”

When facing Frankie’s battle with childhood cancer, Frank witnessed the remarkable care given to his son and every patient and family. Recognizing St. Jude as a special place of hope, Lunn is compelled to give back to St. Jude. Frank established the Kahuna Charitable Foundation in 2005 expressing, “Although I will never be able to repay this gift, I will forever be thankful to St. Jude and continue to give back to share the gift of hope and blessings with others.”
The mission of not-for-profit Kahuna Charitable Foundation is to raise awareness and funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. According to Jamie Atchison, Executive Director of Kahuna Charitable Foundation, “St. Jude is a place of hope; providing help and treatment for thousands of families since their inception in 1962 and they continue to make tremendous strides to fulfill the dream of founder, Danny Thomas that no child shall die in the dawn of life.”

Like others, Lunn faces adversities in his life. Using entrepreneurial skills developed in building a multi-million dollar business, Lunn shares a proven strategy to discover and create blessings regardless of the situation. In Blessings In Adversity, Frank shares this life-skill strategy to overcome change, deal with difficulties and conquer challenges. The purpose of the Blessings Blog is to share hopeful stories of creating blessings in adversity and turning tragedy into triumph. The only payment Lunn asks is to share the blog and free e-book with others. Visitors to the Blessings Blog may also donate to St. Jude's mission of: "Finding cures. Saving children."

Frank F. Lunn is an expert in leadership, marketing, and small business entrepreneurship. The president and CEO of Kahuna Business Group, Frank is the author of Carpe Aqualis! "Seize the Wave” - 7 Essential Surfing Skills to Revolutionize Your Business and Personal Life.

Visit www.BlessingsBlog.com to claim your complimentary e-book and to share your blessings in adversity stories of turning tragedy into triumph.

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12/18/2005

Denny’s Restaurant and Author Team Up to Fight Childhood Cancer

Bloomington, IL (PRWEB) December 17, 2005 -- Author and Entrepreneur, Frank F. Lunn, teamed up with Denny’s Restaurant in Bloomington, Illinois on Saturday, December 10 to aid in the fight against childhood cancer. Lunn held an exclusive preview and book signing at Denny’s Restaurant for his new book, Carpe Aqualis! “Seize the Wave” – 7 Essential Surfing Skills to Revolutionize Your Business and Personal Life. Frank donated fifty percent of all proceeds from book sales to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Denny’s Restaurant generously matched up to $500. The event, which raised $1,140 for St. Jude, also helped to raise awareness for the hospital’s mission of “Finding cures. Saving children.”

Denny’s Restaurant agreed to host this exclusive event when it became known that Frank wrote the majority of Carpe Aqualis! “Seize the Wave” at the restaurant during his daily breakfasts. According to Frank, “Denny’s is like my home away from home. I greatly appreciate the Denny’s team for hosting the book signing on a busy Saturday and their generous donation to St. Jude as it is a charity very close to my heart.” St. Jude successfully treated Lunn’s son Frankie when he was diagnosed with leukemia in 2002. “I will be forever thankful to St. Jude and never fully be able to repay them; however, I will continue to give back to the hospital as they gave me the greatest gift in saving my son’s life,” said Frank.

Carpe Aqualis! “Seize the Wave” – 7 Essential Surfing Skills to Revolutionize Your Business and Personal Life will be officially released in January 2006 and delivers a unique skill-set and practical strategy to master the constant changes in life. The retail price is $14.95 and currently only available at Amazon.com and the publisher’s website, www.KahunaPower.com.

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9/4/2003

Patient's Father Aligns Business With Mission And Vision of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®

MEMPHIS – Ten-year-old Frankie Lunn is a leukemia survivor and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital success story. His father, Frank, is an entrepreneur and author of Stack The Logs!™, a book he penned while Frankie was undergoing his treatment at St. Jude. The entire Lunn family was transformed by their St. Jude experience and when young Frankie went back to school, Frankie’s dad went to work to realign his business with St. Jude.

Lunn, a Central Illinois business owner along with his three business partners, recently toured St. Jude and made a commitment to initially raise one million dollars through a percentage of the proceeds from his soon-to-be-released book and a tithe from all revenue in their recently created Empowerment Division. Lunn, President of Kahuna Business Group, Bloomington, wrote Stack the Logs!™: Building a Success Framework to Reach Your Dreams during a six-month sabbatical from his business while his son, Frankie, battled leukemia (a cancer of the bone marrow and blood) at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Frankie was diagnosed with cancer on March 28, 2002. He was 8 years old at the time. Ironically, Frank’s father died from a similar form of cancer four years earlier. Frankie’s cancer is in remission and today he is a happy, active 10-year-old.

Stack the Logs!™ is based on advice Frank’s father penned to him in a birthday card in 1997. The card was meant to encourage Frank in business and in his personal life. “In a quick note on a birthday card, my father gifted me a seven-part blue print for a successful life. No magic and no shortcuts. There is wisdom within simplicity and a roadmap to success. I am excited to share this discovery and journey together,” said Lunn.

The book covers the essentials of the Stack the Logs!™ premise including:

planning well

keeping an excellent forward thrust to objective

dealing with disappointments and setbacks

creating a positive support structure

staying positive and focused

maintaining moral character

continuing to “Stack the Logs!”™

The book also reveals the number one reason people fail and how to overcome it.

Lunn’s decision to tithe 10 percent of proceeds from the book to the continuing work of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was an easy one. “You saved the life of our son and showed us a face of compassion combined with a purpose for continuing the mission started by Danny Thomas more than 40 years ago. Danny’s dream that you all carry out on a daily basis could not be more personal for me or our family,” writes Lunn in a special acknowledgement to St. Jude at the beginning of the book. “The wonderful success stories and the incredible improvements made by St. Jude in the last 40 plus years are some of the best practical examples of Stack the Logs! and are exemplary demonstrations of the basic theme of this book,” he writes.

St Jude Children's Research Hospital is internationally recognized for its pioneering work in finding cures and saving children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. Founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas and based in Memphis, Tennessee, St. Jude freely shares its discoveries with scientific and medical communities around the world. No family ever pays for treatments not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay. St Jude is financially supported by ALSAC, its fundraising organization. For more information, please visit www.stjude.org.

Kahuna Business Group (www.kahunaworld.com) set a clear goal to donate $1 million dollars (one day’s operating cost) to St. Jude through proceeds from the book and other business activities. Information regarding Stack The Logs!™ can be found at www.stackthelogs.com or by calling 888-357-8472.