Welcome to The Daisy Foundation
Dural Arteriovenous Malformation Awareness in children.
NEWS FLASH! THIS JUST IN!
The Honourable Mayor Rob Ford of the City of Toronto has declared JUNE 2011 DAVM AWARENESS MONTH!!!
The Honourable Mayor Susan Fennell of the City of Brampton has declared JUNE 2011 DAVM AWARENESS MONTH!!!
This foundation was started to help parents understand what a DAVM is and offer these Angels any support we are able to.
When a 9yr old little angel was first diagnosed with a DAVM her mother was devastated. The Dr.'s had limited information they could tell them and not even a single pamphlet on what a Dural AVM was.
After being deemed inoperable here in Canada the search was on through the U.S. to see if there was anyone that could help this angel. That's when the Mayo Clinic in MN was discovered. Unfortunately with traveling over the boarder comes a large price tag.
With endless fundraising events & donations by amazing people, which we are all hoping to one day meet to thank in person, we were starting to feel like we would never have enough.
After countless hours of research and discussions my husband and I decided to start filling out the papers to open a foundation on DAVM's in children. The decision to do this was not only get the awareness out there about this rare condition but to also try to raise enough money to cover the consultation fee faster.
This is when we met the person we call our savior. Dom (the owner of The Rockpile) approached us with his daughter's foundation that he had opened years earlier in hopes of helping families whom had lost a child or had a child in need of aid.
With a lot of work and determination we have been at it night and day trying to find out as much information as possible to help the families of these broken angels understand just what it is that there precious children are going through and what can be done to help them.
We will never stop until we can educate as many people as possible so that more awareness can be brought to this rare condition.
To make online donations please click on the button! Thank you so very much for all your support!