Fund started for disabled boy's pumpkin patch
SACO, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The family of a disabled boy whose pumpkin patch was destroyed has set a date for its pumpkin sale and set up a fund for donations.
5-year old Andrew Berry's family was planning to grow pumpkins and sell them to raise money for Andrew's adaptive equipment and for charity. Andrew has cerebal palsy and epilepsy. People hearing this story have stepped up to help, and now Andrew's family wants to give all the donations and money raised from the pumpkin sale to charities that benefit those with epilepsy and cerebal palsy.
The family has set up an account at TD Bank to handle donations. The account name is "Andrew's Pumpkins."
The Berry family also will be selling pumpkins at the Saco Pathfinders Clubhouse on Heath Road in Saco, on October 15 and 16 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The family wants to give money to the Walk for Epilepsy in Saco, a charity that helps those with Cerebal Palsy, and the Morrison Center in Scarborough.
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About 20 years ago, I met a very old woman who was very much alive. There was none of the "age is just a number" nonsense. She knew she was old and she treasured every extra day that she lived. At the time, I seemed to be her spiritual opposite. Unfortunately, I believed I was old . Whereas she was grateful, I was preoccupied with "not dying."
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First, everyone dies. Regardless of religious, geographic, political, age or other differences, humans share death. We all die. While death is often traumatic, it is also universal.
Secondly, everyone dies once. Just once. When those of us with epilepsy read statistics about higher mortality rates for people with epilepsy , we might believe we that we die more often than other people. We are not more likely to die than other people. We die once, just like everyone else.
Third, not everyone grows old; some people die young. People with epilepsy probably die younger than other people, but we are not the only folks who die suddenly or young. Having epilepsy also does not inoculate us from losing a child, spouse, friend or parent to some other illness or accident. My father died suddenly.
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