02/10/05 - CHANGE OF LOCATION FOR HUNTER’S DAY OF HOPE AND FAMILY CELEBRATION

8th Annual Hunter’s Day of Hope for Children moved to the Buffalo Bills Field House

Orchard Park, NY - Due to the recent closings of Erie County Parks, the Hunter’s Hope Foundation has relocated its annual February 14th festivities from Chestnut Ridge Park to the Buffalo Bills Field House located at One Buffalo Bills Drive, next to Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park.

Hunter’s Day of Hope for Children, which offers free admission, entertainment and food to everyone, has been held at Chestnut Ridge Park for the past 5 years. Former Buffalo Bill and President of Hunter’s Hope, Jim Kelly, is excited and optimistic about the venue change. “The Field House is familiar to me and I know it will be the perfect place for Hunter’s Day of Hope for Children.”

The event will still take place on Monday, February 14th from 5pm - 8pm. 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. For further information, please call the Foundation at 716-667-1200 or visit www.huntershope.org

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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