Zach with his buddies at school !!
RECENT NEWS!!
* The Benefit Race for the Progeria Research Foundation at J & M Motosports in Columbia, KY this past Saturday was a huge success and a lot of fun! Biff, Cathy and Hannah helped organize the Race and raised over $3,000 for the Progeria Research Foundation. We want to thank Jimmy and Lisa, the owners of the track for donating all the proceeds from the race to PRF! That was incredible. We also want to shout out to all our new friends that we met, it was a lot of fun and Zach liked watching the races. We also want to thank Tim & Saskia for their fundraising as well. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLED! YOU GUYS ARE MIRACLE MAKERS!
* The 2nd Annual Zach Pickard Pelican Run held in Brownstown, Indiana on May 9th was a HUGE success! There were 183 walkers/runners and Brownstown raised over $24,000 for the Progeria Reserach Foundation. We appreciate the efforts of everyone at Brownstown for making this such a fun day for Zach. You guys are Miracle Makers and we love you !!
* Check out Zach at www.wlky.com. They did a story about Zach in April at the Louisville Bowl-a-Thon.
* TEAM ZACH ATTACK raised over $17,000 for the OnePossible campaign, the Progeria Research Foundation's first-ever, national fundraiser to help fund the drug trial currently underway in Boston. Thank you so much to all of our team leaders who created fundraising pages.
About Zach: When Zach was 11 months old he was diagnosed with a rare, fatal genetic syndrome called progeria. Zach was 2 years old in January 2009. Progeria causes accelerated aging in children. Progeria is very rare...there are only 14 children with progeria in the United States and 48 in the whole world! Children with progeria are born looking normal, but within the first two years begin to have low weight, prominent veins especially on the head, loss of hair, and eventually arthritis and heart disease. Despite having progeria, Zach is a very happy boy! He loves to play with his BIG TRUCKS and cars and he loves to go to school. Since Zach's diagnosis, our family and friends have been raising money for the Progeria Research Foundation. They are the only organization in the world that is committed to finding a treatment and possibly a cure for progeria. They are currently doing a two-year drug trial with great hopes that the medication will help all the children with progeria. We hope that Zach will soon be able to receive treatment and will have a much healthier life thanks to PRF! YOU CAN HELP! Join the "Zach Attack" against progeria and visit the Progeria Research Foundation's website at the link below or read more about some of the local fundraisers we are doing. Thanks for visiting my site.
"Together, we WILL find the cure."
To make a donation, click on the Progeria Research Foundation link below or mail checks to: Progeria Research Foundation, P.O. Box 910676, Lexington, KY 40591
