Here’s your chance to own a custom hand-painted Fenton GlassArt Ruby Basket (see below) and help people with CdLS. This brand new, artist-signed piece has been donated for auction on Ebay by Vicki Fisher in honor of her daughter Marci, who has CdLS. It even features a CdLS cube on the bottom. To view it [...]
If you’re buying holiday gifts for a child with CdLS, there are free resources for picking out the right toys. An excellent web site that identifies and rates toys for children with special needs is AblePlay.
The site scores toys in four disability categories: physical, cognitive, sensory and communicative. A review of each product and information [...]
The holiday shopping frenzy kicks off Friday. If you prefer a cozy chair in front of your computer to navigating your way through a crowded mall, then consider shopping through iGive this holiday season (and throughout the year).
It’s a win-win deal. You get to shop in the comfort of your home, and the Foundation receives [...]
Team CdLS ran, and survived, the Chicago Marathon October 22. All 15 members completed the race. Bill Weidman of Lynnefield, MA, came in first among the group, crossing the finish line in 3:01:15. You can view a slideshow of the team at http://www.flickr.com/photos/64094128@N00/show/.
The runners raised more than $32,000, to date, for the CdLS Foundation. They also raised a whole lot of awareness [...]
The CdLS Foundation has been nominated for a third consecutive year to take part in Miracle Day, an enormous fundraising event hosted by CIBC World Markets (a bank/financial firm) on the first Wednesday of December each year.
Miracle Day is powered by the contribution of trading commissions on this special day (December 6th this year). Those contributions are then given [...]
