Save the date! Our annual Family Picnic will be held at Phelps Grove Park on Saturday, May 3rd, from 11:30am - 2:30pm. We will have lots of food and a live bluegrass band! Plus, we have AMAZING raffle prizes! Come join the fun!

We were inspired by the new hit tv show, “Oprah’s Big Give”, which airs on Sunday nights at 7pm on KSPR Springfield 33. It is a great show where contestants compete to help change lives around the country. They hold fund raisers and reach out to everyday Americans to make their lives better.

So, we are having a Big Give viewing party on the night of the final episode (Sunday, April 20th, 6:30pm, at Logan’s Roadhouse in Springfield). Please join us for dinner and fun! Invite your friends, family, co-workers, therapists, teachers, etc! We are asking each family to donate $10. The cost of dinner is on your own, but the fun is free! Help support DSGO!

We are currently talking to some area businesses about getting corporate donations as well and we hope to have some media coverage. You might be on TV! Plus, we have registered this event online at oprah.com and they are picking some parties to feature on the Oprah show. Wouldn’t that be great???

Mark your calendars and email Elena to RSVP (Please let me know how many are coming, so that we can save you a good viewing spot!).

Come and join the BIG GIVE!!!

(p.s. if you’d like to help out or RSVP for this event, please contact me by April 15th: elena@thaemlitz.com)

It came up at the March board meeting that there is some interest in Targeted Nutritional Intervention, Nutriven-D and Dr. Leichtman. My son Joseph, now 8, has used Nutrivene-D and has seen Dr. Leichtman. I have also heard him speak about the metabolic differences in individuals with DS. I can answer some of your questions or refer you to sources where you can get more information.