Art Auction & Party to benefit Kohl Angelo - Saturday June 23rd @ Geralyn's Art Studio Maplewood

Geralyn's Art Studio will host a Charity Art Auction & Party on Saturday June 23th 2012  – 103 Baker Street to benefit a local 12 year old -  "Kohl Angelo".

You   may   already   be   aware   of Kohl's story and if so you will understand why the art auction is being organized.  If you havent heard of him then read on…
Kohl lives in  Maplewood   and  was   diagnosed   with   DIPG*   in   November  2011. 

The  Angelo  family's  world  was  turned  upside  down  and  inside  out  as  they  pressed   forward   to   understand   the   disease   and   find   the   best   possible   course   of   treatment   for   Kohl,   an   A   student,  a  thriving  soccer  player,  brother  to  Austin  and  Branden,  and  only  12 years  old.      To  that  end,  Kohl  and  his  mother  Kelly  went  to  St.  Jude  Children's  Research  Hospital  in  Memphis,   Tennessee  for  eight  weeks,  where  he  took  the  last  place  in  a  trial  program  for  children  with  DIPG.   His   father   Peter   came   to   visit   as   much   as   possible   as   did   his   brothers,   grandparents,   aunt,   and   friends.   Kohl   endured   the   pain   and   discomfort   of   radiation,   chemotherapy,   and   suffered   through   weeks  of  additional  distress  due  to  kidney  stones.     

The  good  news:  The  tumor  has  shrunk  almost  60%.  Kohl  is  back  in  Maplewood,  doing  things  a  boy   should   be   doing.      He's   begun   a   new   course   of   treatment   at   NYU   Cancer   Institute.   As   an   added   measure,   Kohl's   new   "normal"   involves   a   comprehensive   program   to   strengthen   his   immune   system,   under   the   guidance   of   a   biophysicist   focused   on   beating   DIPG.   She's   succeeding.   Two   children  under  her  watchful  eye  have  been  ␣cancer  free␣  for  more  than  three  years.    This  is  nothing   short  of  a  miracle,  and  the  Angelo's  are  doing  everything  they  can  to  make  their  Triplet,  the  Trifecta   of  Success.      The   bad   news:         Most   of   Kohl's   current   treatment   to   tackle   the   remaining   40%   of   the   tumor   and   keeping  it  from  advancing  is  not  covered  by  insurance,  and  this  illness  has  taken  a  financial  toll.  The   Angelo's   are   grateful   for   all   that   they   have   received   by   our   wonderful   community.  
Unfortunately,   they   still   need   our   love,   support,   prayers   and   financial   assistance.   Thousands,   likely   tens   of   thousands  of  dollars  will  be  required  to  keep  Kohl  on  this  current  track  of  treatment.

I hope you can join us on Saturday for a fun evening and an auction for some wonderful pieces of art.. Donations for this event have been made by:

• Rick Parker
• Erin Rogers Pickering
• Karen Fuchs
• Lisa Pressman
• Tara O'Leary
• Howard Stein
• Phyllis Carlin
• Geralyn Robinson
• Patricia Quirk
• Sarah Petruziello
• Elizabeth Carol Winchester
• Ruth Southwick
• Suzanne Henning
• Susan Napack
• Cathleen McCoy Bristol
• Alison Golder
• Sheila Beatty
• Helen Harvey
• And more……

I am also asking that you promote this auction on June 23th, it will be a fun, creative and a very artsy event…. Please make your calendars and join us.

*DIPG: Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma is a malignant brain tumor that arise from glial cells in the brainstem. Survival rates are less than 10%

Geralyn