Tuesday 17 April 2012

Spirit Wheel Walk Run

Every year the Spina Bifida Association of Ontario runs a fundraiser called Spirit Wheel Walk Run to raise money for awareness initiatives.  This is especially important because we believe every woman of child bearing age should know to take a multivitamin containing Folic Acid.  Folic acid has been proven to help reduce the risk of neural tube defects (NTD's) by more than 70% if taken before pregnancy.

Spina Bifida has touched our lives.  Our 12 year old daughter Rylie was born with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus.   We've had amazing people in our lives to help us along the way and to try to give back, we have always started with the Spina Bifida Association of Ontario! This year we are raising money by holding a garage sale which we called Rylie Raises Awareness with all proceeds going to SBHAO. We will also have a BBQ and a sucker tree for prizes that will be ran by Rylie herself! We've asked our family and friends to donate items they no longer need or even just provide us with a case of pop/water, etc for us to sell.  Everyone has stuff around the house and we figured we might raise more money selling items then just asking for a straight donation!  The response has been amazing!  The sale isn't until June so let the collecting begin!

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