CCVI Trolley Run - 30th Annual - Go Buddy Go!
Sunday, April 29, 2018 in Kansas City, MO at 75th and Wornall Road
Buddy was born November 4, 2011. Actually, his name is Liam, but his 20-month sister at the time called him Buddy and it stuck.
Buddy was a happy, healthy six month old baby until a seizure at daycare May 7, 2012 resulted in an ambulance ride to Children’s Mercy. The news was devastating. A brain tumor hemorrhaged. They’d do everything to save him but “he probably wasn’t going to make it.” What?!
The good news: he made it. The bad news: it wasn’t without consequence. A large portion of the left side of his brain was dead tissue; he was partially paralyzed; epileptic; visually impaired; cognitively and developmentally disabled, and lots of other scary stuff may come later.
Enter the Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI). A non-profit organization dedicated to helping improve the lives of some of our most vulnerable kids.
The CCVI team consists of visually impaired certified teachers, PTs, OTs, Speech Paths, Braillists, Orientation & Mobility specialists, Assistive Technology specialists, a social worker who counsels and connects families to resources in the community and public/private education; connection to other families. They come into your home until your child turns 2 and help you transition to their school setting where they are eligible to stay through the age of 7.
None of this would be possible without generous donations. CCVI is a non-profit. It’s not an elite, private school for the wealthy. They welcome kiddos of all socio-economic backgrounds, regardless of ability to pay or severity of disability.
On average, it costs $40,000 to educate each child at CCVI. Donations are its lifeblood. The possibility of not being able to afford your child’s life-dependent education, therapy, medicine or medical bills is the most helpless, lonely feeling in the world.
We appreciate the support from people like you and CCVI who are poised to help ease part of this feeling. There’s not enough room on the internet for me to express my gratitude to our CCVI team.
Thanks for reading.
Bethany
Contributors on Behalf of Go Buddy Go!
Donors
- Vml Foundation - Make a Donation
- Douglas Elmer - Make a Donation
- Amanda & Josh Luther - Make a Donation
- Elizabeth Hastings - Make a Donation
- Nicole Bregar - Make a Donation
- Katie Foster - Make a Donation
- Judy K Dugan - Make a Donation
- Amy Ristich - Make a Donation
- Kevin Connors - Make a Donation
- Ann Fandrey - Make a Donation
- Elizabeth Bagnoche - Make a Donation
- Paula Bork - Make a Donation
- Tammy Stallbaumer - Make a Donation
- Sarah Vore - Make a Donation
- Michelle Rice - Make a Donation
- Mike & Cindy Jackson - Make a Donation
- Heather Mayfield - Make a Donation
- Deb Sull - Make a Donation
- Kelli Wikoff - Make a Donation
- Allison Eblen - Make a Donation
- Vml Foundation - Make a Donation
- Susan West - Make a Donation
- Frankie Majewski - Make a Donation
- Missy Walter - Make a Donation
- Denise Wiese - Make a Donation
- Mike & Cindy Jackson - Make a Donation
- Kim Flores - Make a Donation
- Connie Mendrys - Make a Donation
- Sara Gordon - Make a Donation
- Michelle Wedberg - Make a Donation
- Katherine Faulkner - Make a Donation
- Kendra Gagnon - Make a Donation
- Debra Sull - Make a Donation
- Mariangeles Murphy-Herd - Make a Donation
- Maggie Liang - Make a Donation
- Patrick Bevilacqua - Make a Donation
Event Participants
- Danny Elmer, Ben Elmer, Theodore Elmer, Ambriel Renn-Scanlan, Doug Elmer - Children's Center for the Visually Impaired Family Team Member
- Dixie Davis, Lorri Glover, Cindy Walter, Julie Krauth - Children's Center for the Visually Impaired Family Team Member
- Natasha Burgert - Children's Center for the Visually Impaired Family Team Member
- Josh Baumgartner, Amanda Baumgartner - Children's Center for the Visually Impaired Family Team Member
- Meredith Wacha, Melanie Mendrys - Children's Center for the Visually Impaired Family Team Member
- Lisa Wilkinson, Greg Wilkinson - Children's Center for the Visually Impaired Family Team Member
- Courtney Craig - Children's Center for the Visually Impaired Family Team Member
- Erin Van Hoet - Children's Center for the Visually Impaired Family Team Member
- Jen McDonald - Children's Center for the Visually Impaired Family Team Member
- Traci Martin - Children's Center for the Visually Impaired Family Team Member
- Tracey Kendall - Individual Entry
- Kay Hart - Individual Entry
- Hannah Kerr - Children's Center for the Visually Impaired Family Team Member
- Heather Bruce - Children's Center for the Visually Impaired Family Team Member
- Deborah Sicoli - Children's Center for the Visually Impaired Family Team Member
- Annie Luther - Children's Center for the Visually Impaired Family Team Member
- Bethany Luther, Jeff Morstorf, Olivia Morstorf, Liam Morstorf - Children's Center for the Visually Impaired Family Team Member
- Elizabeth Wade, Lucy Wade - Children's Center for the Visually Impaired Family Team Member
Go Buddy Go! has raised $4,617.41.
Go Buddy Go! has a goal of raising $2,500.00.
progress: 184.70%
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