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2010 March Beneficiary

Leah Davidson
John and Stephanie Davidson's daughter, Leah, was born with the rare disease, Osteogenesis Imperfecta. This disease is commonly referred to as Brittle Bone Disease. She has suffered numerous fractures to her frail bones since before birth. Her bones will not support... her body weight making her unable to ever walk. She is slated for corrective surgeries throughout the Midwest United States. The family needs to convert their family van to be wheelchair accessible.

2009 March Beneficiaries

Avery Lynn - Click Here for Avery's website
Avery was born with a rare condition called arthrogryposis multiplex congenita which affects the joints and muscles in her lower extremeties. Avery was born with bilateral clubfeet, dislocated left hip and her right knee was hyper-extended 30 degrees. Avery's left knee is also hyper extensible and her spine is also affected by arthrogryposis. Avery has a condition called hemihypertrophy, which causes her left leg/foot to be slightly larger than her right. She has had her tibia (foot) broken twice and femur (leg) broken once. She suffered the broken bones due to disuse osteopenia, which basically means osteoporosis that was brought on because she did not bear weight for the first 17 months of her life. She was also born with a VSD (hole in her heart) which closed on its own when she was two months old. At that time another congenital heart defect was found, a PDA (basically an extra vessel in her heart). Thankfully, this heart defect also corrected itself. Here she is in her first set of casts to help treat her club feet. Avery spent the majority of the first 17 months of her life in these long leg casts.

Brenen Twiss - Click Here for Brenen's website(free login required)
Brenen is a 17 year old high school student from Montague, Michigan. On November 19, 2008 he was in a horrible car accident and was air lifted to Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids. The staff worked tirelessly in an effort to save this young man's life, and save it they did. However, Brenen and his family now have many challenges ahead of them. Brenen lost both legs from the knees down, broke small bones in his right hand, did extensive damage to his left arm/hand; he now has two rods on each side of his spine with 14 screws holding it in place. He will not be able to move from the chest down. He had 2 collapsed lungs with 7 broken ribs. His neck has a few small fractures. Brenen also has a type of brain injury known as shearing. He responds to certain commands but cannot communicate verbally yet. He spent 27 days at Devos Childrens's Center in ICU. Brenen's physical body is trying to heal. He has been released to Mary FreeBed Hospital. Brenen has an extremely long road to travel; and how far he travels will be up to him and God.
- Raised over $6000

2008 December Beneficiary

Nikki Stone
Nikki Stone, a sophomore student and an all "A" student and athlete at Holton High School, was critically injured from a fall from her horse awaiting the beginning of the Holton Community Day's Parade on July 28, 2007. Nikki received a traumatic brain injury (TBI) resulting from the fall and underwent surgery at Hackley Hospital. Her injury, which was very severe, required a craniotomy to be performed in order to release the swelling/pressure of her brain. Her condition required her to remain in the intensive care unit on a life-support system and fighting for her life.
- Raised over $5500

2006 December Beneficiary

Muskegon Recreational Center
MRC is a non profit organization benefitting children and young adults by offering a safe place to participate in athletic, recreational and educational programming. MRC conducts business at the Smith Ryerson Community Center located at 550 Wood. St. MRC is essentially a center where young persons can safely gather to provide an alternative to finding negative companionship on the streets. The volunteers at MRC maintain a goal to positively influence the lives of our participants by stressing committment to school and teaching how to deal with negative influences. MRC has computers available with tutors to assist participants with school. MRC runs a boxing program where participants train. MRC travels with the boxers to shows and tournaments where our boxers compete. MRC pays for all costs. MRC has a game room for entertainment for those who wish to participate but have no interest in boxing or exercise. Everything is free and no volunteers are paid.
- Raised $2270

2005 December Beneficiary

Cole Shaffer
Cole Shaffer was an 11 year old 5th Grader at Churchill Porter Elementary School in 2005 and has been diagnosed with Burkitt's Lymphoma.
- Raised over $4200

2005 April Beneficiary

Tommorrow's Child
Tomorrow's Child/Michigan Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the lives of newborns and healing families, one day at a time. Tomorrow's Child is your resource for grief support, risk reduction, and community education, leading the effort to provide information and assistance to families and the medical community. The leading causes of infant death in Michigan are: problems related to prematurity and low birth weight, congenital anomalies, accidents, heart disease, and pneumonia. For babies who survive the first month of life, SIDS continues to be the leading cause of death.
http://www.tomorrowschildmi.org/

2004 Beneficiary

Child Abuse Council of Muskegon
The Child Abuse Council of Muskegon's mission is to prevent and treat child abuse and neglect through education, child advocacy, and community collaboration.
http://www.childabusecouncil.org
- Raised over $5700

2003 Beneficiary

Glenn Wilkes

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