Kenzie's Helping Hands

Just one year ago I attended my first Lucky Fin Project Weekend. This event is an opportunity for families who have someone with a hand or upper limb difference to get together to share, network, and celebrate with others like them. To be honest, my family had only discovered the Lucky Fin Project organization about a month before their annual Weekend last year. We were really unsure of what to expect, but the experience ended up changing our lives. It was so incredible to meet so many awesome people from all different places who do the most awesome things. So much has happened since then! I owe everything I do to this event. This year was no different. Around 500 people attended the Weekend this year, which holds the record for the highest attendance yet! As I mentioned in my post “Me too,” it’s the most amazing feeling to know you’re not alone and there are people in the world just like yourself. It also made me so proud to know my class raised $5,000 for Lucky Fin this year! ...

I believe the most comforting words spoken are “me too.” These words are filled with compassion and empathy. They give a sense of acknowledgement to one’s struggle– that they have been on the same road as you before, and they understand. This is why my classmates and I’s initial awareness campaign for the  Lucky Fin Project  was so utterly important to me. I didn’t discover this community of limb differenced people until I was fifteen years old, and I’ll tell you, I would’ve loved to have had the Lucky Fin Weekend experience under my belt many years before. I think it’s really important that limb different children are acquainted with older limb different individuals so they can be the one to say, “Me too.” Back in April, my classmates and I used $1,500 of the $5,000 we raised for the Lucky Fin Project to fund  Damien’s  fare to  Lucky Fin Weekend . This weekend is an opportunity for families who have someone with a limb difference to get together to sh...