To our family and friends




Most of you are aware of our daughter, Avery, who suffers from a chronic skin condition that affects her daily life. She has been through numerous doctors and treatments and we have yet to find any relief for her. She lives day and night with intense itching and pain which has resulted into open wounds over 95% of her body. The only treatment that we have found to have any affect is to soak her in the tub and apply ointments and wet wraps all over her body 2-3 times daily. If you have ever had an opened cut or scraped knee and taken a shower, you can relate to the sting and burn that is associated with it. So, having this all over her body, one can only imagine the amount of pain she goes through every time she is subjected to water(attached are pictures of her and her daily treatments). After months of extreme flare-ups and multiple skin infections, we found a treatment center out of state that we feel will be able to help.



Recently, my sister Cathy posted a video on YouTube of her cute twins in the Lashes to Riches Contest. The video receiving the most votes by Dec. 21st 2009, wins the prize money. If successful, Cathy graciously offered to use her winnings to help pay for the cost of Avery's treatments.



So, now we are asking for your help - we are hoping that everyone who receives this email will please vote daily and forward it to everyone they know and encourage them to do the same until the end of the contest. We appreciate any time that you will be taking from your busy day to help win this for Avery. You have no idea the difference this could make in her quality of life. We got a late start in the contest, so we need to spread the word fast. To get started simply;



Click on the link below to View.

Click on "Sign in to post a text comment" (if you do not have a YouTube account you will need to take two minutes and create one)

You must leave a short comment for the vote to count - something simple like "that's cute" will work.

Click on "Post Comment"

You must also rate the video by clicking on the stars (click the 5th star)!

Please post a comment and rate the video every day, this will increase our chances of winning.

Forward it to all your email contacts and have them do the same. If you have multiple YouTube accounts (kids/spouse acct.) you can vote with those accounts too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id-z6Bl5AEQ



We are so grateful to our family and friends for your love and support!!



With love,



Connie, Doug, Breylan, Keely and especially Avery