02/04/03 - 6TH ANNUAL HUNTER'S DAY OF HOPE FOR CHILDREN

Chestnut Ridge Park, Orchard Park, NY - Come celebrate all children with music, dance, food, and fun at the 6th Annual Hunter's Day of Hope for Children on February 14th, 2003. Admission, entertainment, and food 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. Since the 14th lands on a Friday this year, the evening's activities of singing, dancing, crafts, and fun will start at 5pm and last until 9pm. A candle lighting ceremony will take place at 8:30pm as a prayer is said for all children.

This year's entertainment will include a magician, a juggler, Rince Na Tiarna Irish Dancers, children's choruses, a sing a-long and much more. Clowns, crafts, and face painting are just a few of the children's activities available. Outside, there will be winter weather activities available such as sledding and tobogganing.

New This Year: Starting at 5pm, Hunter's Hope will light luminary candles at the bottom of the Chestnut Ridge Park hill. The Foundation, who will be accepting a $5 or more donation per luminary up until the 14th, hopes to spell out "Hunter's Day of Hope" with candles. Each luminary is made out in honor or memory of a loved one. These dedications will be on display at the event for all to read. "We have taken orders for over 400 candles. That hill will be shining bright with Hope on February 14th," 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.

Hunter's Hope was established in 1997 by Jim and Jill Kelly after their son, Hunter, was diagnosed with Krabbe Leukodystrophy. The Hunter's Hope Foundation is the Kelly's life long commitment to increase public awareness of Krabbe Disease and other leukodystrophies as well as to increase the likelihood of early detection and treatment. The ultimate goal is to raise money to fund research efforts to identify new treatments, therapies, and a cure for Krabbe Disease. To date Hunter's Hope has awarded approximately $3.5 million to leukodystrophy and other neurological disease related research.

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