Dwarfism Awareness!
I have been waiting to publish this post till the end of the month because a lot has been going on over here for Dwarfism Awareness Month. At the end of September we were very fortunate to take part in NewYork officially becoming a state that recognizes Dwarfism Awareness Month in October. The LPA had a press conference at a hotel in Time Square followed by a banquet dinner reception. This was such an exciting day for the LPA and we had such a nice time supporting the cause. Here are some pics from NYC!
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| Lyla hanging out right before the press conference |
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| Emma before the press conference |
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| Daddy kissing his girl |
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| Gary Arnold - President of the LPA |
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| Joe Zrinski- LPA District 2 President |
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| New York State Assembly Woman -Nancy Calhoun |
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| Amer Haider- founder of Growing Stronger |
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| Some LPA friends |
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| Daddy and Emma |
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| Lyla, Eddie and Emma |
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| me and my girl |
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| Emma and Lyla playing with our LPA friends |
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In the meantime, I decided that I needed to do more to help raise awareness. I did the article in our local paper, I went into NYC to support Dwarfism Awareness Month but I still felt like more needed to be done. So I spoke to my Principal at my school and told him that I would like to raise money for the LPA through donations. It was a month long fundraiser with all the faculty and staff involved. On October 24 all the faculty and staff wore green (I designated this day for everybody in the school to wear green in honor of Dwarfism Awareness Month and of course my Lyla Rose!) I am happy to report that my school raised..........$1,186 for the Little People of America! It was touching and needless to say I was speechless. Here a just a few students and staff members wearing green. I am in the pic on the left side and my principal is on the right. Next year I am adding more schools in my district and hopefully if that goes well we are going district wide. I will do anything to help raise awareness for my daughter and all of our LP friends!
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| Thank you Laurel Park Elementary! |
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Lyla's 2nd Birthday Party Pics!
Here are some pics from my beautiful daughter turning 2! She is very special and EVERYBODY loves and adores her!!!! She had two parties. The first one was at the Beach with some LPA friends. The second one was at Mama Lombardi's Restaurant with the immediate family.
Beach Party
Mama Lombard's
Happy 2nd birthday beautiful girl!! Looks like 2 fun parties! Way to go raising all that cash! How perfect!!
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ReplyDeleteFantastic pics! Love your fundraiser and celebration in honor of Dwarfism awareness month! Looks like a huge success! You inspire me to do more!
ReplyDeleteAwww happy birthday to Lyla! What great parties!
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I've been waiting for a post with fun pics! Happy bday to Lyla! Stay safe with the hurricane. Thinking if you.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Lyla!! She is so beautiful and of course has the cutest outfits. Great job on raising so much money!! I have been working hard for dwarfism awareness month too-- I was able to get SC to declare Oct Dwarfism Awareness Month. Every little bit helps!!
ReplyDeleteFirst off...I hope you guys are staying safe in the storm! Thinking of you! What an amazing job you did with all your work for Dwarfism Awareness...fantastic! Loved seeing Lyla's birthday pics....she is a true little princess! Beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for a beautiful blog! Our 3-yr-old granddaughter was born with achondroplasia also, & she is a precious child!
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