Sophie's Run @ Lake Waukomis 2015
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Sophie’s Run @ Lake Waukomis will be held May 9th, 2015 to honor the life of Sophie Edwards, a citizen of Lake Waukomis and student of the Park Hill School District, who passed away April 29, 2010 .
Sophie’s Run benefits children in the Park Hill School District to assist them in obtaining technology for communication. We have provided 13 children with personal communication devices since our May 2014 race. Please help us reach our goal and provide children with the means to communicate.
We had searched for a communication device that Sophie could access all her life. It was a challenge given that her limbs were affected by tone from spasticity and her body was challenged by the energy metabolism disorder that was the basis of her health issues. Sophie communicated with us through her eyes and in 2008, we found an eye gaze computer that Sophie could operate. It took months to locate the sources to fund the $17,000 device only to have it delivered 1 week to the day after Sophie's funeral. We contributed $5000 worth of equipment in 2012 & 2013 to Park Hill School District's Assistive Technology Library and the therapists and educators continue to inform us that it was a gift that keeps on giving each day in the classrooms and beyond.
Our goal through the Sophie’s Run @ Lake Waukomis Foundation, is to never see a child have to wait to communicate. Your tax-deductible donation / registration will bring the gift of voice to many children in our community.
Sincerely,
Jim & Theresa Edwards (Sophie's Parents)
& The Board of Sophie's Run @ Lake Waukomis
Sophie’s Run benefits children in the Park Hill School District to assist them in obtaining technology for communication. We have provided 13 children with personal communication devices since our May 2014 race. Please help us reach our goal and provide children with the means to communicate.
We had searched for a communication device that Sophie could access all her life. It was a challenge given that her limbs were affected by tone from spasticity and her body was challenged by the energy metabolism disorder that was the basis of her health issues. Sophie communicated with us through her eyes and in 2008, we found an eye gaze computer that Sophie could operate. It took months to locate the sources to fund the $17,000 device only to have it delivered 1 week to the day after Sophie's funeral. We contributed $5000 worth of equipment in 2012 & 2013 to Park Hill School District's Assistive Technology Library and the therapists and educators continue to inform us that it was a gift that keeps on giving each day in the classrooms and beyond.
Our goal through the Sophie’s Run @ Lake Waukomis Foundation, is to never see a child have to wait to communicate. Your tax-deductible donation / registration will bring the gift of voice to many children in our community.
Sincerely,
Jim & Theresa Edwards (Sophie's Parents)
& The Board of Sophie's Run @ Lake Waukomis
Organizer
Theresa Edwards
Organizer
Kansas City, MO
