Lilly's Friends is a special group of people walking in support of a very inspiring young lady named Lillian Diuble. Lilly is in fourth grade in Manchester Schools and likes to play with her friends, read, sing in the choir and all the other things girls her age like to do. But she doesn't take any of these things for granted. Lilly has been hearing impaired since birth and was found to have a vision problem when she was about three years old.
Currently her doctors believe she has Usher Syndrome. Usher Syndrome is a progressive disease where the person's vision and hearing worsen over their lifetime until ultimately they become deaf and blind. Right now there is no cure for Usher Syndrome.
But we are not going to let that happen to Lilly if we can help it. That's where VisionWalk comes in. VisionWalk is the signature fund raising event for the Foundation Fighting Blindness . Last year Lilly's Friends raised almost $30,000 and the walkers of Eastern Michigan raised over $87,000. That money goes to cutting edge research that may some day help Lilly and the 10 million Americans living in darkness.
So how can you help?
1. You can come into Serendipity Cards & Gifts and donate $1 to receive a POP eye which you can fill out with your name and post on our window.
2. You can purchase a Lilly's Friends rubber bracelet in store for a $5 donation.
3. You can go to Lilly's Friends team page on the VisionWalk website and donate using a credit card or eCheck.
This year's VisionWalk is, again, at the very beautiful Kensington Metropark on Saturday, May 12th, 2012. Registration starts at 9:00am and the 5K walk starts at 10:30am .
Please help this nine year old little girl with her fight.
Have a question? Contact us at:
Serendipity Cards & Gifts
1416 S. Main St., Ste. 500
Adrian, MI 49221
517.263.6979
www.serendipitycardsandgifts.com
info@serendipitycardsandgifts.com
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