Dear friends and supporters of the Erika Van Giesen Foundation,

Erika’s Dream 3 in the fall of 2008 was a huge success thanks to our amazing sponsors and fantastic supporters.  We were again able to underwrite the Katie’s Clinic for Rett Syndrome at the Children’s Hospital Oakland.  This multi-disciplinary clinic serves the needs of girls from the entire western United States including Utah, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, California and now the Phillipines.

The clinic, now in its 6th year, receives a major part of its funding from the Erika’s Dream event.  This vital source of support allows Katie’s Clinic to provide clinic days when both the newly diagnosed as well as those with older Rett girls can seek medical advise as well as family support.

This vital link is quite literally the glue that holds the nearly 500 families in the west together.  It provides the lifeline of friendship and understanding in those devastating hours after the tragic diagnosis as well as the medical care and counseling to keep the families going in their fight.

Thank you,

The Van Giesen Family and Katie Hamilton