The Story of Kate's Kart |
Baby
Kate was born
on June 26, 2006. Shortly after her birth, she was diagnosed with
Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Atresia associated with the 22q
chromosomal deletion. Kate was a trooper, enduring 4 open heart
surgeries, 5 heart catheterizations, and over 150 days in the
hospital. On January 15, 2008, her heart gave out and she passed from
her mother's arms into
her Heavenly Father's arms at the age of 18 months.
One
of Kate's favorite things to do was look at books and
have others read to her. Kate's Kart, Inc. is a not-for-profit
organization founded by Kate's family to supply free
books to other hospitalized children for their
enjoyment.
Our
goal is to encourage the children and their families on
an ongoing basis. We are constantly in need of
donations, including new books, book store gift cards
and monetary contributions to help supplement the purchase of books.
Click here for information on
making a donation. |
WE DID IT!
We actually filled a U-Haul with books and donations for
Kate's Kart!
Shannon McClure and Jenny
Teders, both of Fort Wayne, were contestants on
"Dirk & Jnet's Little Give", a
knockoff of Oprah's Big
Give, sponsored by local radio station,
WAJI Majic 95.1 FM.
Contestants were each
given $100 and 10 days to see how far they could stretch
their money to do some good in and around Fort Wayne.
Shannon and Jenny selected Kate's Kart as their
charity-of-choice.
On Saturday,
May 3, 2008, Shannon and Jenny organized an event to
"Fill the U-HAUL"
with books and donations for Kate's Kart. Shannon, a
graphic designer for Fort Wayne Community Schools, and
Jenny, owner of
Bisque It
Pottery Painting Studio, contacted everyone they knew to
help spread the word.
Click here to see how they did!
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The
Kate's Kart logo tree was designed by Seth Layman,
Kate's 4-year-old brother (April 2008).