T Shirts for Faith are now available for $20.

Front design to the left. Back reads:

Keep Your Friends by Your Side and

Faith in your Heart

Colors are: pink shirts with white printing or grey shirts with navy blue printing. All sizes are available.

T Shirts courtesy of Uncle Charles DeFranza and Ascot Printing. Design courtesy of Carol Bataglia and Anca Studios.

Contact August Leming or Maureen Leming to order.

Please Note: Faith's hospital case worker has recommended that the Morelli Family change the legal name of Faith's Fund to The Morelli Special Needs Trust Fund. The reason for this change is to ensure that Faith is able to remain a beneficiary of Medicaid. Were she to have significant funds in her name, she could lose this critical medical benefit. The nature of the non profit already requires the family to use the funds only and specifically for Faith's care. This will not change. However, we would like the family to be able to continue receiving Medicaid and to only use monies raised to close the remaining financial gaps and costs incurred through Faith's medical treatment and rehabilitation.

Faith is doing very well at home with her family. She goes to the hospital several times a week for therapy for hours a t a time, and on the off days, she does therapy with her teachers at home. She works so hard! She is standing on her own for short periods of time and takes more steps everyday. She is even eating well - three meals a day of semi-solid food.

The doctors say her trache is in good shape, no swelling of which to speak. She will return to Ohio in August for a check up. If all goes well, from then on she will be able to work exclusively with doctors in Philadelphia - a much easier commute for the whole family! She will be seeing a neuro-opthamologist at the end of the month for an important assessment of her vision. Please keep her in your prayers!

Everyone is looking forward to a great golf outing on August 25th! Thank you Modern Electric for sponsoring our event. Players are still needed! For more information, please e-mail aleming@sourcenj.com or mleming@hunschool.org.

Change of plans ... Faith is home to stay! From now on, faith will continue therapy on an out-patient basis. The family could not be happier. It is quite a challenge to meet her needs as well as transport her back and forth daily from home, but it is certainly worth it to have her sleeping in her own bed again.

faith is eating some things again, like macaroni and cheese and in general is making slow but important progress every day.