To all the fine gentlemen who make up Louder Than Words, along with the wives who stand by them, and any support staff who help keep their businesses running like the precision firearms they produce, we can't thank you enough for selecting Kara's HoPE to be the beneficiary of your artistic talents this year.
Holoprosencephally is a congenital defect that inhibits proper division of an infant's brain during the first few weeks of pregnancy. HPE is almost always life limiting, and often terminal. Doctor's can not predict if parents will be with their child for minutes, hours or days, however, many children live and interact as members of their family for years. There is no real warning sign, no genetic testing to predict the condition, and there is no cure. Statistical data is still lacking because many parents elect the easy path and will not carry an HPE child to full term. For those parents who take the hard path, we hope to assist them with the unexpected financial needs which will always come up, but are especially challenging for parents who have no idea what the future holds for their child.
Sometimes the assistance we provide may seem mundane, like making up the financial shortfall when deductibles and co-pay charges begin to mount. Sometimes, families find themselves needing vehicle reparis or help with transportation expenses in order to travel to distant teaching and research hospitals. Sadly, we sometimes find ourselves providing for final expenses when a child passes. Whatever we do for a family, rest assured, it is generally unexpected, and it is always greatly appreciated.
The unique approach of raffling a firearm in order to raise funds is one way in which we hope to demonstrate to the general public, that the firearms community has their hearts and priorities in the proper place. One of our other goals is also to show that guns can certainly serve many useful purposes in a free society. With the help of organizations such as LTW, our mission has been made easier. Because of your support, and because of the following you have already, the task of spreading the word, and spreading our mission of HoPE, is not nearly as daunting.
The link to the Kara's HoPE/ LTW # 10 2013 Fundraising Raffle can be found here:
http://karashope.weebly.com/ltw--10-contest.htmlOur simple request is this: If you are in a position to contribute financially, please feel free to do so, but if finances dictate that you are unable to enter, please consider sharing our organization, our mission, and our fundraising link, among your social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter. You are more than welcome to e-Mail anyone in your address books as well. We would sincerely appreciate it, as would the families we asssit.
In closing, Our daughter, Kara, was with us for 49 brief, but wonderful days. In that time, we were blessed by an outpouring of kindness from both friends and strangers. In some small way, we hope to pass on that same kindness and support to others who find themselves facing the unimaginable. We can't thank LTW and all of our participants enough for partnering with us to carry out this mission.
Thank You All!
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