2013 Beneficiary - Riley Perna

We are pleased to announce our first beneficiary for the 2013 Allyson Rioux Memorial Foundation.

(Riley pictured with her parents, Greg and Jennifer Perna)

Riley June Perna was born prematurely weighing 1 pound 8 ounces on January 7, 2009 at Yale Children’s Hospital. She remained there for 9 months after her birth. Riley has several medical conditions which include Cerebral Palsy, Bilateral Hearing Loss, Cortical Vision Loss, Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Congenital Hypotonia, Subglotic Stenosis and G-Tube Dependence.

Riley cannot sit independently, crawl, walk, talk, close her mouth, suck or swallow. Despite her disabilities, she attends school, with a nurse, at St. Vincent’s Special Needs School in Trumbull, Connecticut. There she receives Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech & Language and Vision Therapies.

Parents, Greg and Jennifer, have privately funded alternative therapies such as Hyberbaric Therapy, Cranial Sacral Therapy, Medic Physical Therapy and Oral Motor Therapy. Some of these therapies are partially covered insurance. However, most are not and are extremely expensive.

Within the last year they have seen a significant change in Riley due to the combination of intense standard and alternative therapies she receives. Through therapy, their hope for Riley is that she will strengthen her core so she can sit up, walk, swallow and eventually have her tracheostomy removed.

We hope you will join us on Thursday, May 9, 2013 for the 25th Anniversary Golf Outing at Sterling Farms Golf Course in Stamford and Celebration Dinner at the Italian Center.

Our Golf and Dinner pamphlets will be will be going out in the mail in late March - but Celebration Dinner tickets can be purchased at anytime using our PayPal button to the left.

Click on the links at the top of the page to get more info about the Golf Outing and Celebration Dinner.

With your attendance and support, we look forward to assisting the Perna Family.

Thank you!

The Allyson Rioux Memorial Foundation