Every day, I look at my child and think, "I am so lucky." In this life that we didn't choose, we know many people who aren't so lucky. Their children earned their angel wings much too soon. One of these families has used their loss to do something amazing. Chloe Duyck was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Unfortunately, she lost her battle at a very young age. Her parents have created a foundation that is dedicated to providing funding for research. Did you know that Congenital Heart Defects are the number one birth defect? Did you know that the American Heart Association allocates less than one penny of every dollar donated to pediatric research? Ridiculous, isn't it??
This is the one statistic that continually blows my mind.
In the United States, twice as many children die from congenital heart defects each year than from all forms of childhood cancer combined, yet funding for pediatric cancer research is five times higher than funding for CHD.
Yeah....let that sink in for a bit...
This year, I have decided to participate in a fundraiser for The Chloe Dyuck Foundation. I really try to not ask others to give a lot of money. But this group does so much in the way of research...and they have directly affected our families at our hospital.
If everyone that reads my blog, receives an email, or is my FaceBook friend would donated $5...can you imagine how much money we could raise?? We would be raising this money for a wonderful cause!! Oh...and the team that raises the most money wins a trip to Disney World.
Would you please consider donating to this wonderful cause??
www.crowdrise.com/TheAmazingGrace
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