02/03/04 - JIM & JILL KELLY ANNOUNCE 7TH ANNUAL HUNTER’S DAY OF HOPE FOR CHILDREN CELEBRATION FEBRUARY 14TH, 2004

Chestnut Ridge Park, Orchard Park, NY - Come celebrate all children with music, dance, food, and fun at the 7th Annual Hunter's Day of Hope for Children on February 14th, 2004. Admission, entertainment, and food, provided by Hunter’s Hope, are free to everyone.

This annual event, hosted by the Hunter’s Hope Foundation, gives families an opportunity to enjoy the winter weather together while also fulfilling one of the Hunter’s Hope mission goals: to remind parents how important it is to make their children a priority in their lives and to give them more time and love. The evening’s activities of singing, dancing, magic, and fun will start at 4pm and last until 7pm. A candle lighting ceremony will take place at 7:00pm as a prayer is said for all children.

This year’s entertainment will include a magician, clowns, Rince Na Tiarna Irish Dancers, children’s choruses, a sing a-long, horse-drawn wagon rides and much more. Outside, weather permitting, there will be winter weather activities available such as sledding and tobogganing.

Lighting up the hill: Starting at 4pm, Hunter’s Hope will be lighting luminary candles at the bottom of the Chestnut Ridge Park Hill. The Foundation, which is accepting a $5 or more donation per luminary, hopes to spell out “Hunter’s Day of Hope 2004” with candles. Each luminary will be placed in honor or memory of a loved one. “Last year was our first year lighting the luminaries and it was quite a sight to see. This year, we hope to make that hill even brighter with hope,” said Jim Kelly, President of Hunter’s Hope. For more information or to order a luminary, go to www.huntershope.org or call 716-667-1200

The Hunter’s Hope Foundation was established in 1997 by Pro Football Hall of Fame member and former Buffalo Bills Quarterback, Jim Kelly, and his wife, Jill, after their infant son, Hunter was diagnosed with Krabbe Leukodystrophy, an inherited, fatal, nervous system disease. The Foundation is the Kelly’s life long commitment to increase public awareness of leukodystrophies as well as to increase the likelihood of early detection and treatment. Their ultimate goal is to raise money to fund research efforts to identify new treatments, therapies, and a cure for Krabbe and other leukodystrophies. To date the Foundation has awarded over $3.5 million to leukodystrophy and other neurological disease related research.

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