New Limbs for Kids & a Soccer Dream
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Help my daughter follow her dreams & give children new limbs and life.
In 2015, my 11-year old daughter Peyton raised money for the Shriner's Hospital for Children. She put her own money with it and we were able to give $800 dollars to help children fighting bone disease, spinal injuries, burns and other diseases that require prosthesis and care at the Tampa Florida hospital. We toured the hospital and she saw how her dollars helped create new prosthesis to become legs, arms and hands for children.
In 2016, she decided to sponsor a Compassion International Child and we chose a 6 year old girl from Thailand. We continue to sponsor her 15 months later and consider her one of our family members. For Peyton, the choice to choose her was easy. Our sponsor child had been born with polio and needed braces just to stand.
See, my daughter is an athlete. But when she was born, her leg was bent and twisted at such an angle we didn't know if she'd ever walk, much less play soccer. At six months of age, we discovered she also had torticollis, stemming from being stuck under my rib cage in utero, making one side of her neck muscles much shorter than the other side. This caused her head to always stay tilted onto one shoulder.
But there's good news!
Because of prayer, painful months of therapy and fine doctors at great Florida hospitals, Peyton was able to recover completely and now plays soccer competitively. Her birthday is March 1 and she turns 13.
Peyton been selected to play on a select squad of girls from America to travel to the United Kingdom to train and play with other highly skilled athletes who are part of Next Gen USA.
Next Gen USA's mission is to inspire, educate and empower promising young players to reach their full potential on and off the field.
I want this for my daughter. I want her to embrace the opportunity to play in the UK.
But I also want her to inspire other children; children who may have suffered from birth defects, burns or other traumatic injuries.
All children should be able to live their lives to their highest potential. By providing monetary support for artificial limbs and medical treatment, we can all help more children live life to their fullest.
So here's what we are trying to do.
I need to raise money so Peyton can go on this trip. It is expensive to travel from Florida to London to play games over there. Just getting her passport cost $180. The trip itself is a deal at $2,300 dollars plus airfare, so we're talking about $4,500 for 9 days... but that includes hotels, games, meals, transportation and professional coaching and training. But $4,500 is a lot of money for us to come up with in such a short time.
But, like most parents, I don't want her to lose the opportunity to go on a once-in- a-lifetime experience because we don't have the money.
So I said yes...
But only if she could help raise the funds. So she's babysitting, dog-walking, cleaning bathrooms, and washing cars...whatever she can do to earn cash.
But the deal is, she has to give half of whatever she earns to a charity. She again chose the children at the Shriner's Hospital.
So we are asking selfishly for donations.
Peyton's Congratulatory letter is attached to show this is the real deal. The trip is scheduled for April 8th- 15th. When the fundraiser ends, we'll make a trip to the Shriner's Hospital for Children in Tampa and as before, we'll show a video of Peyton taking the check personally to the hospital and handing to their administrator.
By encouraging my daughter to follow her dreams and not taking her gifts or health for granted, I feel all of us can be a part of the bigger picture. Showing compassion and love to all.
Thank you for considering my daughter and the Shriner's Children's hospital as a worthy cause to support.
My Daughter, Peyton Fitzherbert when she was born. You can see her foot and leg is twisted at an unnatural angle. Born March 1, 2004.
This is me holding Peyton wearing one of her neck braces as she strengthens her neck muscles which were abnormal at birth due to Torticollis.
This is her letter from NEXT GENUSA
Peyton is always striving to be the best. Training with world cup players, going to the U.S women's national games, and daily training and practices.
This is Peyton training with a World Cup player Melissa 3 years ago.
Peyton with some of the Next Gen USA players when they met the U19 Women's national team.(Second from bottom left). Jan 2017
Back when she started playing at age 6...
To Now:
She's always training. Daily practicing to get better. Her dream is to be a professional soccer player oneday.
Help my daughter follow her dreams & give children new limbs and life.
Thank you for considering us.
Please check out the Shriner's hospital for Children at http://www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org/locations/tampa as well as Next Gen USA's mission at http://www.nextgenusa.org/fast-facts-about-ngusa/
We will post photos, tweets, and videos from the training and games in London as well as our visit to the Shriner's Children hospital when we donate on behalf of all our generous sponsors.
Thank you,
The Fitzherbert family
In 2015, my 11-year old daughter Peyton raised money for the Shriner's Hospital for Children. She put her own money with it and we were able to give $800 dollars to help children fighting bone disease, spinal injuries, burns and other diseases that require prosthesis and care at the Tampa Florida hospital. We toured the hospital and she saw how her dollars helped create new prosthesis to become legs, arms and hands for children.
In 2016, she decided to sponsor a Compassion International Child and we chose a 6 year old girl from Thailand. We continue to sponsor her 15 months later and consider her one of our family members. For Peyton, the choice to choose her was easy. Our sponsor child had been born with polio and needed braces just to stand.
See, my daughter is an athlete. But when she was born, her leg was bent and twisted at such an angle we didn't know if she'd ever walk, much less play soccer. At six months of age, we discovered she also had torticollis, stemming from being stuck under my rib cage in utero, making one side of her neck muscles much shorter than the other side. This caused her head to always stay tilted onto one shoulder.
But there's good news!
Because of prayer, painful months of therapy and fine doctors at great Florida hospitals, Peyton was able to recover completely and now plays soccer competitively. Her birthday is March 1 and she turns 13.
Peyton been selected to play on a select squad of girls from America to travel to the United Kingdom to train and play with other highly skilled athletes who are part of Next Gen USA.
Next Gen USA's mission is to inspire, educate and empower promising young players to reach their full potential on and off the field.
I want this for my daughter. I want her to embrace the opportunity to play in the UK.
But I also want her to inspire other children; children who may have suffered from birth defects, burns or other traumatic injuries.
All children should be able to live their lives to their highest potential. By providing monetary support for artificial limbs and medical treatment, we can all help more children live life to their fullest.
So here's what we are trying to do.
I need to raise money so Peyton can go on this trip. It is expensive to travel from Florida to London to play games over there. Just getting her passport cost $180. The trip itself is a deal at $2,300 dollars plus airfare, so we're talking about $4,500 for 9 days... but that includes hotels, games, meals, transportation and professional coaching and training. But $4,500 is a lot of money for us to come up with in such a short time.
But, like most parents, I don't want her to lose the opportunity to go on a once-in- a-lifetime experience because we don't have the money.
So I said yes...
But only if she could help raise the funds. So she's babysitting, dog-walking, cleaning bathrooms, and washing cars...whatever she can do to earn cash.
But the deal is, she has to give half of whatever she earns to a charity. She again chose the children at the Shriner's Hospital.
So we are asking selfishly for donations.
Peyton's Congratulatory letter is attached to show this is the real deal. The trip is scheduled for April 8th- 15th. When the fundraiser ends, we'll make a trip to the Shriner's Hospital for Children in Tampa and as before, we'll show a video of Peyton taking the check personally to the hospital and handing to their administrator.
By encouraging my daughter to follow her dreams and not taking her gifts or health for granted, I feel all of us can be a part of the bigger picture. Showing compassion and love to all.
Thank you for considering my daughter and the Shriner's Children's hospital as a worthy cause to support.
My Daughter, Peyton Fitzherbert when she was born. You can see her foot and leg is twisted at an unnatural angle. Born March 1, 2004.
This is me holding Peyton wearing one of her neck braces as she strengthens her neck muscles which were abnormal at birth due to Torticollis.
This is her letter from NEXT GENUSA
Peyton is always striving to be the best. Training with world cup players, going to the U.S women's national games, and daily training and practices.
This is Peyton training with a World Cup player Melissa 3 years ago.
Peyton with some of the Next Gen USA players when they met the U19 Women's national team.(Second from bottom left). Jan 2017
Back when she started playing at age 6...
To Now:
She's always training. Daily practicing to get better. Her dream is to be a professional soccer player oneday.
Help my daughter follow her dreams & give children new limbs and life.
Thank you for considering us.
Please check out the Shriner's hospital for Children at http://www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org/locations/tampa as well as Next Gen USA's mission at http://www.nextgenusa.org/fast-facts-about-ngusa/
We will post photos, tweets, and videos from the training and games in London as well as our visit to the Shriner's Children hospital when we donate on behalf of all our generous sponsors.
Thank you,
The Fitzherbert family
Organizer
Tammy Fitzherbert
Organizer
Palm City, FL
