A Walk to Benefit The Local Lockport Care Net Pregnancy Center and Raise Awareness for Babies Born with CHD

Date: Sunday July 10th, 2011

Time: 5:00 Registration 5;30 Walk Begins

Place: Royalton Ravine, Gasport Rd, Gasport NY 14067

Registration: Memorial Pavillion #4 (Front Pavillion)

Miracle Walk For Life

Please join us ... come with your family, your team or alone for a fun walk through the Royalton Ravine Park, Gasport to benefit the Lockport Care Net Pregnancy Center and to raise awareness for little hearts born with CHD. Rain or Shine! Prizes! Music! Snacks and Fun for Everyone!

This year we are sponsoring a fundraiser walk to benefit the local Lockport Care Net Pregnancy Center --- Assisting Moms and Babies 2 years and under - right here in the Lockport area!  We are so blessed to have Care Net as an outreach to those in need! 

How can you help?  Help us by spreading the word and join us Sunday night, July 10th  alone or with a team (family, friends, small groups, co-workers, families that have been affected by CHD) to walk the royalton Ravine Park, located on Gasport Rd, Gasport.  Pledges for your walk can be a one time pledge for the entire walk.  Walk as much or as little as you can. (Walking to the refreshment area counts!)  Afterwards, enjoy fellowship, live music and refreshments ... oh... and the prizes!

Our Goal is to raise funds for blessing closet and learning for life programs.  

Fundraising Goals:

Crib Level:              $150
Pack n Play Level:  $100
Stroller Level:         $75
High Chair Level:   $50

The Center is always in need of baby items too.  You can drop off donations at registration table the day of walk.  

Items in need:

Diapers Size 3 4 5
Baby Shampoo
Baby Bath
Diaper Ointment
Teething Items

Binkies
For Moms - Toothpaste
Shower Gels/Shampoos
For Men - Deodorants
Shower Gels/ Shampoos
New Clothing  newborn to 24 months

*  donations for lightly used clothing  (New Born to 24 months) is also appreciated for blessing closet.

Walk Donations Needed:

• Prize Donations for Walk - gift certificates, baskets,  (In Memory of a loved one affected by CHD & Heart Disease or A great way to promote your business!)
• Donations for Children Walking  - small prize toys
• Refreshments -  Cookies .... Donate your Baking Talents!  Just drop at Ravine That Day or to Linda or Care Net
• Workers -  We Need Volunteers Too!  So if you dont want to walk ... join the mission team!  
• Bottled Water For Walkers

If you are able to help with any of these donations, please email or call Linda at Linda_Kay@marykay.com or 716-946-0590.

Pledges/Donations:

Pledges are a One time pledge for event.  Make Checks payable to LCPC, Cancelled check is the receipt.  Collect all pledges and bring to registration table. 

Mail In Pledges Can Be Sent Directly to Care Net at Address Below.  Please include Tys Miracle Walk on left corner of check.



Thank you in advance for making this
fundraiser a success! 

 The following are short excerpts from The Heart of the Matter pilot. They are currently in production of this documentary which is scheduled for completion by Fall 2011.

http://www.congenitalheartdocumentary.com/CHD_Website/Videos.html

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About Lockport Care Net Pregnancy Center

NEW LOCATION:   WE'VE  EXPANDED!

229 East Avenue
Lockport, NY 14094-3825
(716) 434-0251

Open Tue,Thu 10am-8pm; Fri 10am-2pm

http://www.lockportcarenet.com/

  Lockport's CareNet Pregnancy Center offers free pregnancy tests, accurate information, confidential support, and community referrals from compassionate, trained peer counselors.

All our services are free of charge.   We have been serving the Lockport Community for 25 years.

Few women faced with an unplanned pregnancy are told of the marvelous development of the life growing within them, even at the early stages.  The feet pictured below are at only 11 weeks along!

Don't make a quick decision.  This is an important time in your life.  You deserve the care and support of our trained peer counselors to help you  explore your options.  We can help you find resources to create positive solutions in a gentle, caring setting. 

Free Services Offered:

Free Pregnancy Tests
   

Confidential peer counseling

Community referrals for:
financial aid, medical needs, pre-natal and child birth classes,
teen parenting classes and mom’s groups

Adoption referrals

Material aid for our clients
maternity clothing, infant clothing up to 24 months, gently used items such as  car seats, strollers, monitors etc. and  new mom’s baskets or bags with items you will need for your baby

Learning for Life Program

Allows you to earn a new item, such as a crib and matress, pack and play,  strollers or high chair seat while you learn about your pregnancy, delivery and what happens next!

   

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About CHD (Congenital Heart Defects)

What is a congenital heart defect?

Congenital means it is present at birth. Heart defects begin in the early stages of pregnancy when the baby's heart is forming.


What does CHD stand for?
It's the abbreviation for congenital heart defect.

What is the number one birth defect?

Congenital heart defects.

How many babies are born with CHD?

Approximately 40,000 babies are born each year in the United States with a CHD. That equates to 1 out of 125 babies born with a heart defect.

It is the #1 birth defect with more occurrences than Spina Bifida, Down syndrome or hearing loss yet many are not aware of this condition.

How many kinds of CHD are there?

There are approximately 35 different types of congenital heart defects.

How are congenital heart defects treated?

Today, most heart defects can be corrected or helped with surgery, medicine, or devices, such as artificial valves and pacemakers. In the last 25 years, advances in treatment of heart defects have enabled half a million U.S. children with significant heart defects to survive into adulthood.

Need help in deciding where to go?   Here's an article that will help.   Looking for CHD Resources or an explanation of your heart child's CHD?

• CHD Resources
• CHD Facts
• CHD Explanations 
• CHD Causes 
• CHD Research 
• Make-A-Wish 
• Adult CHD 
• Medical Publications  
• HLHS Information 
• Humanitarian Organizations
• Preparing Your Heart Child for Surgery

           Thank you www.LittleHearts.org

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About the Royalton Ravine Park:

Gasport Rd. Gasport, NY 14067 - MAP

The Royalton Ravine Park is located on Gasport Road in the Town of Royalton. It is a perfect setting for a family picnic or anyone wishing to get back to nature. The park offers four shelters available for rentals, a fishing pond, a baseball field and restrooms within its 146 acres. There are several miles of nature trails that wind along both sides of the ravine that runs through the park. You will find a wooden suspension footbridge, a waterfall and historic homestead ruins as you travel along the trails as well as many varieties of flora and fauna.

The park is open from Memorial Day weekend through September and daily from 7AM to 9PM.  Each of the shelters is equipped with electricity and fees are $40.00 per shelter.  Reservations can be made by calling the Parks Division of the Niagara County Department of Public Works at (716) 439-7950.


                  Cross That Appeared Above Tys Memorial
                           Pavillion During Construction!

                                  



HISTORY

The historic ruins mentioned above are a little known part of national history.  The ruins of the homestead that lie within Royalton Ravine Park are where Belva Lockwood was born; the first woman ever admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court and the first woman to ever run for President of the United States. Ms. Lockwood was born in Royalton in 1830.  She attended Genesee College, which later merged with Syracuse University, and upon graduation, at age 27, she was appointed principal of the former Lockport Union School District.
Later on, at age 38, she attended what is now known as George Washington University Law  School.  Upon the completion of her course studies, she and the other women were not permitted to participate in the graduation ceremonies and were denied their diplomas.  Ms. Lockwood appealed to President Ulysses S. Grant by letter and within one month’s time, she received a diploma signed by the President and was admitted to the Washington D.C. Supreme Court Bar.  Five years later, after much hard work, Belva Lockwood was the first woman to practice law before the United States Supreme Court and be admitted to the bar of the United States Court of Claims.
Ms. Lockwood believed wholeheartedly in equal rights and shared political opinions and kept company with well known Women’s Rights activists like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.  Belva Lockwood is officially recognized by the Smithsonian as the first woman to ever run for President. In 1884 and 1888, Ms. Lockwood was nominated for the Office of President of the United States by the Equal Rights Party and chose Marietta Stow as her running mate.  She was, of course, unsuccessful and suffered much criticism during her campaigns from both men and women.  In her later years, Ms. Lockwood’s specialty in equal rights claims against the government led her to pursue and win the largest payment awarded to a Native American Tribe for land taken by the U.S. Government.
Belva Lockwood also pursued a career in international law and diplomacy.  In the late 1880’s she was actively involved in the Universal Peace Union and attended International Peace Congresses in Paris, London, and Milan as well as one in Rome at the age of 81.  She served as secretary of the Washington office of the International Peace Bureau, which she helped to establish in Switzerland.  In 1896, Ms. Lockwood was appointed by the U.S. Government as delegate to the Congress of Charities and Corrections held in Geneva, Switzerland and at the age of 83, she went to Budapest, Hungary as dean of twenty ambassadors to the Women’s Convention.  She also served on the nominating committee for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Belva Lockwood was honored in a historic “Women of Distinction” exhibit in the Legislative Office Building in Albany and her portrait hangs in the National Gallery in Washington, D.C.


Read about the face lift coming to Royalton Ravine Park.