Dear Loveland Magazine Readers,
Brain Awareness Week, March 13 to 19, is a nationwide effort to promote awareness of the brain and brain research. Many charitable organizations promote this week in an effort to help raise awareness of brain disorders and the research needed to help those with these disorders.
[quote_left]My son Olam is 10 years old and has a malformed disorders of the corpus callosum.[/quote_left]My son Olam is 10 years old and has a malformed disorders of the corpus callosum. For him it leads to delayed and motor skills, lack of speech and a seizure disorder. However, he is very social and everyone in the Loveland School District loves Olam.
The National Organization for Disorders of the Corpus Callosum (NODCC) is the national leader in gathering and disseminating information regarding disorders of the corpus callosum. The corpus callosum is a part of the brain that connects the left and right hemispheres. About 1 in 2000 people are born with a malformed or missing corpus callosum. This leads to many delays in physical and mental milestones.
Olam would like to celebrate Brain Awareness Week with a fundraiser at Scene 75 on Wednesday March 15 from 5 – 8 pm. Scene 75 is offering $20 in arcade credit, (2) attraction tickets and a ticket for laser tag on a future visit, all for only $25. Of that price $6 will get donated to the NODCC.
We have created a FaceBook event for the fundraiser at https://www.facebook.com/events/609457772578799/
More information on the NODCC can be found at www.nodcc.org. The NODCC has produced a short video explaining a disorder of the corpus callosum. The video is below.
