Students from the Neshaminy High School Interact Club have partnered with local businesses and groups to raise funds for a child on Sunshine Foundation’s waiting list.
Money raised will help answer the dream of Aaidyn Butcher, 5, who is diagnosed with level 3 severe autism and developmental delays. Aaidyn dreams of meeting Mickey Mouse and others at Walt Disney World with his family.
His mom said, “Aaidyn dreams to visit Disney World to meet Mickey, Minnie and Rex from Toy Story. This would be his first trip to another state and flying on a plane. Disney will be exciting for him and help stimulate his sensory and motor skills.”
Neshaminy’s Got Talent, the proceeds of which will benefit Aaidyn’s dream, takes place Thursday, April 18, at Neshaminy High School in Langhorne. This annual event features an array of diverse talents, from musical performances and dance routines to comedy skits and artistic expressions.
Other local businesses and groups that are helping to make Aaidyn’s dream come true with NHS Interact Club include Comcast, Jersey Mike’s Subs, Gannon Insurance Agency, Feasterville Business Association, Penn Community Bank, Ungarino Family, and Rotary Clubs of Feasterville and Langhorne.
Interact is an international service-learning organization affiliated with the Rotary, with the goal to help make the world a better place. Interact has projects going on throughout the entire school year, including the annual Neshaminy’s Got Talent to help Sunshine Foundation answer a local child’s dream.
Sunshine Foundation answers dreams to children with lifelong chronic illnesses and conditions from income-limited families, such as: spina bifida, cerebral palsy, level 3 severe autism, Down syndrome, hydrocephalus, severe epilepsy, Sickle Cell Disease, blindness, deafness and many others.
Sunshine Foundation, America’s Top-Rated wish-granting charity according to Charity Navigator and Charity Watch, provides a Dream Come True for children that may be turned away from other wish-granting organizations that require a life-threatening or critical diagnosis. It has spread sunshine into the lives of more than 42,500 children throughout the United States since 1976. For more information or to refer a child, visit sunshinefoundation.org.
