Post by Jennifer G Hello again! The feedback from last nights post was that you want an update on Charlie -Keep Charlie Moving and most of you think a quick fundraiser to surprise Pete and Holly is a great idea! Yay :). Before we get started I want to ask that you keep the ideas coming. Tell me what you would like to hear about this week. I will read every comment and will do my very best to keep it at one post a day. This is going to be a lengthy post so incase you dont read all the way to the bottom please scroll down and make a small donation to support our 2015 makeovers! If you cannot donate right now, just keep checking back to cheer us on! gofundme/makeovers2015 Charlie Charlie Charlie! If you have not met him, you need to. He is an energetic, hysterical, happy joy to be around kinda kid! We just love him! Sunshine on a Ranney Day remodeled their basement into a teen suite/game room for Charlie along with a handicap bathroom so he could get ready by himself. Check out our website to see all of the pics. sunshineonaranneyday Charlies story: To those of you that don’t know Charlie yet, let me introduce him to you… Charlie is 16 years old and is a Sophomore at Lambert High School in Forsyth County Georgia. Charlie has been selected two years in a row to the Homecoming Court and has been in the school musical two years in a row as well. His love for musical theater is only surpassed by his love for his family and for animals of all kinds – especially his best friend golden retriever Miley. He loves playing Xbox with his brother, picking on his sister and singing every chance he gets. Charlie has been treated as a member of the Lambert Football team – not because of his ability to play on the field – but because of the love that the boys on the Lambert football team have for Charlie. You see, as many of you know, Charlie has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. It is a fatal degenerative muscular disease that has now limited him to a power chair full-time and will continue to progress. But that hasn’t stopped Charlie from being every bit a boy as those without this terrible disease. The football team named him honorary captain for a home game this last season and he got to go out on the field to call the coin toss. The boys on the team gave Charlie a #15 team sweatshirt and have made him as much a part of the team as if he was one of them. The only thing that is limiting Charlie from being just like everyone else, is the fact that every day, he is losing more and more of his mobility. But there is a bright spot to all of this. Through the generosity of several groups of kids at Charlie’s school, Charlie will be going to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus Ohio to see one of the best doctors in the country. He is a leading neurologist and Director of Gene Therapy, so if anyone will be able to guide us in Charlie’s care, it will be him. Charlie would love to be able to go to Georgia Tech when he graduates – it’s his favorite school – and if his tenacity to make it through life with Duchenne is any indication, I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s where he ends up going. If not, I’m sure he wouldn’t turn down a chance to be on a Broadway stage, or be a teacher in a dance studio – as you know, that’s his favorite thing to do! Charlie has friends because of Sunshine On A Ranney Day, that he hasn’t even met yet. There is not a single person that meets Charlie that doesn’t fall in love with his smile and his personality. His love for life, friends and family are what keep him going and keep a smile on his face in spite of the adversity he faces each day. So that’s Charlie in a nut shell. Thank you for your support of Charlie and our family and we couldn’t be where we are today if it weren’t for all of you.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 16:17:32 +0000
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