SKIP THE COOKING AND DINE OUT FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER BY VISITING A LOCAL RESTAURANT. YOU’RE HELPING LOCAL PARENTS WHO HAVE LIFE THREATENING ILLNESSES STILL BE THERE FOR THEIR CHILDREN, EVEN IF THEY ARE NO LONGER PHYSICALLY THERE. SURROUNDED BY PICTURES OF LOCAL FAMILIES. FELICIA GERHART TALKS ABOUT HERS. I HAVE TWO GIRLS, KAYLEE, WHO IS SIX TEEN, AND THEN SOFIA, WHO IS SEVEN, AND SOME OF THE BIG EVENTS IN HER DAUGHTER’S FUTURES, I WOULD SAY DRIVER’S LICENSE AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL. FELICIA HAS POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE. SHE NEEDS A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT. THEY’RE DECLINING AND I AM DOING DIALYSIS. SHE’S COME TO THE OFFICE OF THE GREENVILLE BASED NONPROFIT LET THERE BE MOM TO MEET WITH FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KIPRA ANDERSON, BECAUSE FELICIA WANTS TO BE PART OF HER CHILDREN’S MILE STONE MOMENTS. IT’S VERY COMFORTING THING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU’RE NOT THERE, THAT THEY STILL HAVE A PIECE OF YOU TO HOLD ON TO. LET THERE BE MOM WORKS WITH LOCAL MOMS AND DADS TO LEAVE PRESENTS THAT ARE PERSONAL, IMPORTANT LESSONS THAT YOU’VE LEARNED IN YOUR LIFE AND INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR FAITH. SOME MAY NOT BE OPEN FOR YEARS. IS THERE ARE EARRINGS FOR A DAUGHTER TO WEAR ON HER WEDDING DAY? MADE OUT OF HER FATHER’S WEDDING RING, A KEY CHAIN WITH A MOTHER’S HANDWRITING TO CELEBRATE A NEW DRIVER’S LICENSE, A BIG BLANKET MADE OF A PARENT’S T SHIRTS, A PARENT’S THUMBPRINT IS TURNED INTO A KEEPSAKE FOR THEIR FAMILY. IN THE PAST 17 YEARS. LET THERE BE MOM HAS SERVED 182 FAMILIES IN THE UPSTATE, LEAVING GIFTS FOR 438 CHILDREN. THESE SERVICES ARE FREE. WE ARE DOING BETWEEN 12 AND 15 GIFTS PER CHILD SPENDING ABOUT $3,000 ON EACH CHILD, KIPRA SAYS. LET THERE BE MOM RELIES ON COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NONPROFITS BIGGEST FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR CALLED DINE OUT FOR MOM. 20% OF PROCEEDS FROM BREAKFAST LUNCH, DINNER CARRYOUT EVEN THE PURCHASE OF GIFT CARDS FROM 147 LOCAL RESTAURANTS GOES DIRECTLY TO LET THERE BE MOM HELPING LOCAL FAMILIES. OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD DINE OUT FOR MOM TO SUPPORT OUT THE MOMS AND DADS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE GOING THROUGH AND BATTLING THESE LIFE THREATENING ILLNESSES. THIS MEETING WILL HELP FELICIA DECIDE WHAT TO LEAVE FOR HER CHILDREN. THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, YOUR LIFE LIVES ON THROUGH YOUR KIDS DINING OUT HELPS TO GIVE KIDS A SPECIAL MEMORY OF MOM OR DAD TO TREASURE FOREVER. AND DINE OUT FOR MOM IS TOMORROW, OCTOBER 26. 20% OF PROCEEDS FROM 147 LOCAL RESTAURANTS GOES DIRECTLY TO LET THERE BE MOM. YOU CAN FIND THE LIST OF PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS ON THE LET THERE BE MOM WEBSITE AND ALSO ON WYFF 4.COM. AND YOU CAN ALSO PURCHASE RAFFLE TICKETS. THE GRAND PRIZE FOR THE RAFFLE IS A GIFT CARD FROM EACH OF
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Skip the cooking on Thursday and 'Dine Out' to support SC families
On Thursday, you are invited to skip the cooking and dine out for breakfast, lunch, or dinner to support South Carolina families. By visiting a local restaurant in the Upstate, you're helping local moms and dads who have a life-threatening illness still be there for their children, even if they are no longer physically there. The 17th annual Dine Out For Mom is Thursday, Oct. 26. Twenty percent of proceeds from breakfast, lunch and dinner, takeout, catering and the purchase of gift cards at 147 local restaurants will go directly to the Greenville-based nonprofit, Let There Be Mom. People can also buy raffle tickets on the Let There Be Mom website. The grand prize of the raffle is a gift card to each participating restaurant.Founder and Executive Director of Let There Be Mom Kipra Anderson said the goal is to help parents diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses set up a legacy for their children. That includes leaving children gifts for life's milestones, like high school graduation, their wedding, and the birth of their first child, so the parents can still be there, even if they are no longer physically there. Anderson said the services Let There Be Mom provides to local families are free."We're doing between 12-15 gifts per child, spending about $3,000 on each child," Anderson said.Anderson said in the past 17 years, Let There Be Mom has served 182 families in the Upstate, leaving gifts for 438 children.To learn which restaurants are participating in Dine Out For Mom, go here.
On Thursday, you are invited to skip the cooking and dine out for breakfast, lunch, or dinner to support South Carolina families. By visiting a local restaurant in the Upstate, you're helping local moms and dads who have a life-threatening illness still be there for their children, even if they are no longer physically there.
The 17th annual Dine Out For Mom is Thursday, Oct. 26. Twenty percent of proceeds from breakfast, lunch and dinner, takeout, catering and the purchase of gift cards at 147 local restaurants will go directly to the Greenville-based nonprofit, Let There Be Mom. People can also buy raffle tickets on the Let There Be Mom website. The grand prize of the raffle is a gift card to each participating restaurant.
Founder and Executive Director of Let There Be Mom Kipra Anderson said the goal is to help parents diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses set up a legacy for their children. That includes leaving children gifts for life's milestones, like high school graduation, their wedding, and the birth of their first child, so the parents can still be there, even if they are no longer physically there. Anderson said the services Let There Be Mom provides to local families are free.
"We're doing between 12-15 gifts per child, spending about $3,000 on each child," Anderson said.
Anderson said in the past 17 years, Let There Be Mom has served 182 families in the Upstate, leaving gifts for 438 children.
To learn which restaurants are participating in Dine Out For Mom, go here.
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