My name is Lizzie, I'm 10 years old and in the 4th grade.
I like origami and drawing, and littlest pet shop. I love Hello Kitty too.
I have 3 sisters and 2 brothers. My little sister Becca gets her finger poked sometimes to make sure her sugar level is ok. My mommy has some friends whose kids are sick with diabetes, and I wanted to do something to help, so my mommy and I came up with the Cranes 4 a Cure. I want to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. My sister is lucky, she doesn't have diabetes, but a lot of kids do, and it isn't fair. Anyone can get juvenile diabetes, you don't have to have a family history. I think they need to find a cure fast so the kids who have it can be needle free, I don't like needles.

So I guess you want to know what Cranes 4 a Cure is.
It is said that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish. Sometimes relatives or friends fold the cranes for someone who has an illness in hopes for recovery or a long life.

My goal is to raise $1,000.00. For every dollar I raise, I am going to make an origami crane and put the name of the person who sent me that dollar on the wing. Then I am going to string all the cranes together and give it to the juvenile diabetes foundation with all the money I raise. Then my wish will be to find a cure. Please help me help those kids with this bad disease. My mommy says she will take a picture of every crane I make and post it here for everyone to see. For more information, please email my mommy, her name is Jenny. A dollar isn't a lot, but it can make a difference. I hope to get some pictures of kids you can help soon.
Thank you.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Cranes 87-90


Cranes 87-88 are John and Diego

Cranes 89 and 90 are Mary and Dona.

This is Lizzie's mom (Jenny). I want to apologize for lack of posts from Lizzie this past week. We've had the flu run through every kid...Lizzie included. Everyone is well again thankfully, but it was one heck of a week.
I wanted to thank each one of you for helping Lizzie get this far. Phillip (her dad) and I are very proud of her. For those of you local, make sure you check out Angels In Our Midst, Monday evening on channel 3. For those of you who aren't, I will keep you informed on when the link will go live and you can see the news clip from when Lizzie was interviewed at her school.
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