02/01/05 - JIM & JILL KELLY ANNOUNCE 8TH ANNUAL HUNTER’S DAY OF HOPE FOR CHILDREN CELEBRATION FEBRUARY 14TH, 2005

Orchard Park, NY - Come celebrate all children with music, dance, food, and fun at the 8th Annual Hunter's Day of Hope for Children on February 14th, 2005. Admission, entertainment, and food is 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 5pm and last until 8pm. A candle lighting ceremony will take place at 8:00pm as a prayer is said for all children.

This year’s family entertainment will include Nickel City Reptiles & Exotics, a magician, clowns, Rince Na Tiarna Irish Dancers, a children’s chorus, a sing a-long, and much more. Outside, weather permitting; there will be winter weather activities available such as sledding and tobogganing.

Lighting up the Park: Starting at 5pm, Hunter’s Hope will be lighting luminary candles around Chestnut Ridge Park. The Foundation, which is accepting a $5 or more donation will be lining the walkways of the Ridge with light. Each luminary will be placed in honor or memory of a loved one. 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. The Foundation’s 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 $3.8 million to leukodystrophy and other neurological disease related research.

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