Subject: Re: best to you
From: "Francesco Bellafante" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 06:33:22 -0400

Thank you so much for the kind words and your help in trying to get this
meeting scheduled Hunt.  I'm so grateful.  I will do as you prescribed and
get back to you.
Thanks again,
Frank

Francesco Bellafante
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Philadelphia Chapter Board Member
frank talk ~ leveraging the genius of Einstein to bring about the beginning
of the end of suicide and to maximize well-being
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On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 3:08 PM, Hunter Biden <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> Frank- Great to hear from you. Glad to hear you are doing well.  You are
> doing some amazing brave work.
> The best way to do this will be to submit a formal invite request to my
> dad's scheduler- Ginna Lance ([email-masked])- and then I will follow
> up with her.  Just let me know when you have sent in the request (please
> don't cc me on it) and I'll touch base with her to make sure they know its
> important.
>
> Best,
> Hunter
>
> On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 7:56 AM, Francesco Bellafante <
> [email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> Hunt,
>>
>> I hope this message finds you and your family doing well.  For the last
>> year, I have been volunteering a great deal of time to the American
>> Foundation for Suicide Prevention, as a board member for their Philadelphia
>> chapter.  Working to fight suicide, the 10th leading cause of death in this
>> country, is very important to me for personal reasons.  I had a near death
>> experience when I was 27 years old as a result of a highly ambivalent
>> suicide attempt.  It's taken me awhile to feel comfortable speaking about
>> my experience with depression and suicidal thoughts in public, but I'm
>> grateful to be talking to groups regularly now in the Philadelphia area,
>> and I'm planning on sharing my story and the AFSP's Talk Saves Lives
>> program at Archmere next Fall.
>>
>> The AFSP is at the center of the fight to reduce suicide, and I know that
>> your stepmother was kind enough to speak at an AFSP event last year in
>> February.  Given the latest statistics recently released by the CDC the
>> fight to reduce suicide is as important as ever.  Each year advocates from
>> all of our chapters visit Washington to lobby Congress.  This year's
>> advocacy forum is June 12th - June 15th, and I will be participating for
>> the first time.  I've gotten to know the executive leadership of the AFSP
>> over the last year, and I'm grateful to be working with such passionate and
>> dedicated people.  We have an ambitious goal and a realistic plan of attack
>> to reduce the U.S. suicide rate by 20% within a decade.
>>
>> It would mean the world to me to help the AFSP's CEO, Chief Medical
>> Officer, and VP of Public Policy, (Bob Gebbia, Dr. Christine Moutier, and
>> John Madigan) meet with your father in June during our advocacy forum in
>> Washington.  I would be beyond grateful for any help you might be able to
>> provide in helping me make this meeting happen.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Frank
>> 215.678.3243
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Francesco Bellafante
>> American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
>> Philadelphia Chapter Board Member
>> frank talk ~ leveraging the genius of Einstein to bring about the
>> beginning of the end of suicide and to maximize well-being
>> <https://about.me/francescobellafante?promo=email_sig>iameinstein.com
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Francesco Bellafante <
>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hunt,
>>>
>>> The obvious horrible circumstances aside, I was grateful to have had the
>>> chance to spend the few moments that we spent together at Beau's wake; it
>>> meant a lot to me to see you and to personally express my condolences to
>>> you and your family.  I also want to let you know how touched I was, blown
>>> away really, by your amazing tribute to your brother at the funeral.  The
>>> entire ceremony was such a beautiful tribute and celebration of Beau and
>>> his life.  I was so grateful to be able to see it, not to mention to know
>>> that people that may not have known Beau could see and hear you and
>>> everyone else that spoke, so that they could understand what kind of son,
>>> father, brother, friend and public servant... what kind of person your
>>> brother was.  I also wanted to take a moment to share something else with
>>> you.  Beau's wake was the first time that I ever spoke with your father,
>>> and as I was getting close to the front of the receiving line, I debated
>>> taking a couple extra moments to thank him for his decades of service to
>>> the people of Delaware and this country, but I decided against it in the
>>> interest of time.  I wanted to thank him for living such an inspiring life
>>> and for dedicating himself to public service and for being a living example
>>> of the difference that one person can help make, for others.  For what it's
>>> worth, I also want to share this thought... in spite of her own record of
>>> decades of public service, Hillary Clinton simply does not inspire me the
>>> way that your father does, and this doesn't have anything to do with the
>>> fact that I went to school with you and Beau, but rather, it has to do with
>>> how I see your father as a person, as a leader and as a public servant.
>>> Inspiration has a lot to do with why and how your father and the president
>>> got elected obviously, and I don't think there's any less need for
>>> inspiration now.  I can only begin to imagine the calculus that your father
>>> and your family must be going through weighing what's next, but please know
>>> that you/your father have a volunteer in me, in Philadelphia, that will
>>> throw himself into his campaign for president, should he decide to run.  I
>>> imagine this may have been the longest two months of your life Hunt, and I
>>> continue to pray for you and your whole family.
>>>
>>> Warmest regards,
>>> Frank
>>>
>>>
>>> Francesco Bellafante
>>> Behavioral Healthcare Advocate & AFSP Speakers Bureau Volunteer
>>> frank talk about suicide
>>> <https://about.me/francescobellafante?promo=email_sig>
>>> <https://about.me/francescobellafante?promo=email_sig>iameinstein.com
>>>
>>> Francesco Bellafante
>>> Behavioral Healthcare Advocate & AFSP Speakers Bureau Volunteer
>>> frank talk about suicide
>>> <https://about.me/francescobellafante?promo=email_sig>
>>> <https://about.me/francescobellafante?promo=email_sig>iameinstein.com
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 9:50 PM, Hunter Biden <[email-masked]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Frank. Means so much to me.  Best, Hunter
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Francesco Bellafante <
>>>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I can't even imagine losing my older brother... I was so so sorry to
>>>>> hear the tragic news late last night Hunt.
>>>>> You and your whole family remain in my thoughts and prayers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Francesco Bellafante
>>>>> Behavioral Healthcare Advocate & AFSP Speakers Bureau Volunteer
>>>>> frank talk about suicide
>>>>> <https://about.me/francescobellafante?promo=email_sig>
>>>>> <https://about.me/francescobellafante?promo=email_sig>iameinstein.com
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Francesco Bellafante <
>>>>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thinking of and praying for you, Beau, and the whole family.
>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>> From: Hunter Biden <[email-masked]>
>>>>>> Date: Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 2:37 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: best to you
>>>>>> To: Francesco Bellafante <[email-masked]>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks Frank- means a lot to me.
>>>>>> RHB
>>>>>> 202.333.1880
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > On Oct 17, 2014, at 6:58 AM, Francesco Bellafante <
>>>>>> [email-masked]> wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Hunt,
>>>>>> > Heard the news, thinking of you.
>>>>>> > Wishing you all the best,
>>>>>> > Frank
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> R. Hunter Biden
>>>> Rosemont Seneca Partners, LLC
>>>> 1010 Wisconsin Ave., NW
>>>> Suite 705
>>>> Washington, DC 20007
>>>> (202) 333-1880
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> R. Hunter Biden
> Rosemont Seneca Partners, LLC
> 1010 Wisconsin Ave., NW
> Suite 705
> Washington, DC 20007
> (202) 333-1880