Update: Garage Sale Date Change

The Gabrielle's Gift garage sale is now scheduled for Saturday, October 25, 8am - 1pm.

The location for garage sale remains the same:

3251 Shingler Terrace
Deltona, Florida

If you have items you'd like to donate to the garage sale, please call Janet (386-789-4782) and she'll arrange to get them from you.

Garage Sale for Gabrielle's Gift

Janet will be having a garage sale at her house on Saturday, November 1st, from 8am-1pm. All proceeds will go to Gabrielle's Gift.

If you have items you'd like to donate to the garage sale, please call Janet (386-789-4782) and she'll arrange to get them from you.

Location for garage sale:

3251 Shingler Terrace
Deltona, Florida

NPC on Good Morning America

Good Morning America had a story about NPC this morning. You can see the segment or read the story here: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4763953

P.O. Box for Gabrielle

We've been contacted by a lot of people that would like to send cards and well wishes to Gabrielle, so her family has set up a P.O. Box for Gabrielle.

If you'd like to send something to the LaVerde family, send it to:

Post Office Box 391231
Deltona, Florida 32739-1231

Update from Gabrielle's Gift

The past few weeks have been exciting and busy!

The garage sale at Gabrielle's school was a huge success. Janet Cason, President of Gabrielle's Gift, talked a reporter at the garage sale, and this article was written, and will hopefully be published in some papers: http://www.mytopiacafe.com/sub_detail.html?sub_id=5917

Chris Hempel, a mom of twin girls who have Niemann-Pick Type C, has recently posted a video on her family's website about their daughter's brain scans - the first of their kind in kids with NPC. The video can be found here: http://addiandcassi.com/videos

Lastly, we are amazed at the outpouring of generosity from our community. It seems as if most people that hear the story of Gabrielle's Gift (and Gabrielle) want to help. If you're interested in helping, we could use volunteers to:

1. Make bracelets
2. Help with a mail campaign
3. Build a website (our goal is to move away from a blog within the next 12 months)

If you're able to help with any of these (or have other ideas), send an email to gabriellesgift@yahoo.com

Garage Sale for Gabrielle

DELTONA LAKES ELEMENTARY IS HAVING A GARAGE/BAKE SALE
A FUNDRAISER FOR GABRIELLE LAVERDE

WHEN: SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2008
TIME: 8:00AM – 2:00PM
WHERE: DELTONA LAKES ELEMENTARY
2022 ADELIA BLVD., DELTONA
For more information call (386) 575-4115 ext. 41800 or 41806

Fox 35 Orlando Story on Gabrielle

Last week the local Fox station in Orlando broadcast a segment about Gabrielle. 

edited on 10/18/08:  the news story is no longer at its original URL.  If anyone has another link that I can post, please let me know.

How to help

There are a number of ways you can help:

1. Gabrielle's Gift now has bracelets available to purchase. We are also accepting donations Click here to purchase a bracelet or make a donation.
   
2. Spread the word! Tell people about this devastating disease and our organization
3. If you'd like to make a donation directly to the LaVerde family you can contribute to a trust set up for Gabrielle.

Bracelets Available

We now have a limited number of bracelets for available! With each $10 donation we are offering a child or adult bracelet.

Donations will go to support research for Niemann-Pick, and provide financial support to families affected by the Niemann-Pick Disease.

Trust Account for Gabrielle LaVerde

Danielle & Joe have set up a trust account for Gabrielle. If you'd like to contribute to the trust account, send a check to:

SunTrust Bank
Attn: Jessica
2602 Enterprise Road
Orange City, FL 32763

Checks can be made out in any of the following ways:

NP Support Fund
NP Support Trust
Gabrielle LaVerde Trust
Gabrielle LaVerde Fund
Danielle LaVerde, Trustee