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St. Anne’s raises $4K
Auburn-area native raises PH awareness
An inspiration
Tristan Mero lived just a few days short of nine months due
to his bout with Pulmonary Hypertension, but he has since
inspired many to take up the cause that took his life, such
as his aunts Angelika and Andrea Sturzenegger.
With Pulmonary Hypertension
(PH) Awareness Month wrapping
up, a community native has
made her way back to the area to
help raise the illness’s profile,
and hopefully some money, for a
cause that’s awfully close to her
heart.
Angelika Sturzenegger, originally
from the Auburn area, has been
canvassing local businesses and
speaking to service groups and
churches about the cause and has
found plenty of people willing to
listen.
Her nephew Tristan Mero first
introduced her to the illness as on
Dec. 6, 2011 he was born with PH.
On Sept. 4, 2012, after a lengthy
battle with numerous complications
due to the illness, Tristan went
into cardiac arrest and died two
days short of turning nine months
old.
Soon after, Sturzenegger took up
her nephew’s cause and has had a
very successful month. She and her
sister, Andrea Sturzenegger, have
been working hard all month to
spread the word and collect
donations.
At the time of publication, the
girls had raised nearly $2,200, over
double their original goal of $1,000.
Their personal page can be viewed
at http://phacanada.akaraisin.com/
personalpledges/b8e15976026149ed
800949891c52ad92
In an interview with The Citizen,
Angelika said that one of the greatest
challenges associated with the
illness is lack of awareness. There is
no cure for PH.
At the time of this writing,
Sturzenegger said she had just
finished canvassing the Listowel
area and that she would be doing the
same in the Blyth and Auburn areas
this week.
Sturzenegger is currently
attending nursing school at
McMaster University, where she has
spoken to her fellow nursingstudents on the subject several times.She is the daughter of Trudy andHans Sturzenegger, who live on
Blyth Road.
Those looking to donate to the
girls’ cause can look her up at thewebsite quoted above, e-mail her atsturzenegger.angelika@gmail.com or give her a call at 519-
362-7381.
By Rachel Robinson
St. Anne’s continues to be a very
active and exciting place. Our ‘Me
to We’ group hosted a wonderful
Christmas concert and dinner
raising over $4,000 for an
agricultural school in rural Kenya.
Our God Squad begins their
Advent Campaign this week and
all period four classes are keen to
help by donating used coats for
our aboriginal brothers and
sisters in Kasheshewan, bringing
in baby clothes for Room to
Grow or by donating
Christmas items for teenagers. It’s
beginning to look at lot like
THE EDITOR,
The signs of Christmas are
everywhere, silver bells, pageants,
carollers, shopping and wrapping of
gifts, baking and other festivities.
However, for some families who
have experienced illness, grief and
the death of a loved one, this is a
very painful time of year. It may
leave them with sadness, pain,
exhaustion, anger and dread. The
empty chair at the table, the person
missing at the Christmas tree, the
family gatherings all remind us of
the losses we have experienced.
The grief journey is unique to
each person. We urge you to be kind
to yourself and do what is right for
you this year – that may mean not
cooking the large turkey dinner or
buying as many gifts or feeling
obligated to visit when you don’t
have energy. We also encourage you
to spend time with people who will
be able to support you and care for
you and allow you to just ‘be’.
Huron Hospice Volunteer Service
wants to help make this season a
little more ‘bearable’ for the month
of December. We have placed a
Memorial Tree in the Wingham
Hospital – Terrace Room and one at
the Seaforth Hospital for anyone to
come and place a memento in
memory of your loved one. You can
bring your own, or use one that is
provided. We invite you to come and
sit with the memories of your loved
one and perhaps write a thought or
memory in the Memory Book.
Our hope is that this Christmas
season will be a time of
remembering your loved ones.
Sincerely,
Huron Hospice Volunteer Service
Board of Directors, staff,
volunteers, Shirley Dinsmore and
Kathy Procter.
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