![]() Sometimes families can have more than one child with it.”ĭenise said they are brainstorming fundraising ideas to grow the organization into something bigger. “It profoundly affects families, tremendously. “We love helping the families, but we also get emotionally invested, and sometimes that’s very difficult,” Denise said. It was an emotional decision to start the foundation, and it continues to be a struggle. It just depends on what their needs are.” We’ve sent a family on a trip before for the weekend. We help put on birthday parties help put on fun events for the kids. “When there’s a child diagnosed that we know about, we will go and help that family in any way we can. that we would take our money and basically help the families of kids with (DMD),” Denise said. “When (Andy’s) youngest sister graduated, we decided. ![]() The organization now focuses on providing specific needs for families. You as a parent just learn to deal with that news.”ĭenise said the foundation funded scholarships for several years at Milton High, but no longer does. “The prognosis is death, always,” Denise said. According to his mother, Denise McDonald, Andy - who everyone referred to as Andy Mac - was diagnosed with the illness when he was 4 years old. His family formed the foundation shortly after his death.ĭMD is a rare, terminal form of muscular dystrophy that mostly affects males. The Andy Mac Foundation was named for Andy McDonald, who had DMD and died in November 2008. MILTON - One local organization is helping youths diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy in memory of a Milton High graduate.
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