Wedding Celebration

by Ashlee P., Saskatchewan, Canada

My parents and I really enjoyed the First Canadian VHL Conference in Whistler, British Columbia, in June. As always we learnt new valuable information and met a lot of nice people.

I had mentioned to everyone that I was getting married on July 10, 2004, and was glad I could attend the conference with all the plans going on. We had a wonderful day, the weather was great, 26° C. (79° F.) and everything went well.

As we were talking about fundraisers during the conference, I decided that I could pass a boot [basket[ around during the wedding to raise money for VHL. At the wedding, I explained a little about VHL and passed the basket around. I had also placed a few pamphlets on the tables so people could read more about VHL. At the end of the night we had raised $679.03. A few days later I received a letter from my friend Anneliese and she had donated $20 toward my VHL fund. That brought our total up to $699.03. Mark and I have decided to donate an additional $300.97 to bring us to a grand total of $1000.00. We would like this money to go towards research.

Thanks to everyone who donated to our fund and I hope everyone is healthy and happy.

As printed in the VHL Family Forum 12:2, August/September 2004. For permission to reprint, please contact VHL Family Alliance, editor@vhl.org. Further information is available from the VHL Family Alliance, info@vhl.org.

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