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Kevin with Mom

Kevin with Mom

The Kevin Eadie Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit charitable foundation established in honor of Kevin Eadie (filed & pending Federal IRS 501c-3 approval). The Foundation's mission is to fund Niemann-Pick Type C (NP-C) research, and to provide assistance with Kevin's medical needs and other children afflicted with NP-C. Kevin's Foundation operates under the Federal guidelines of a non-profit organization (Tax ID #26-0493932). Donations are used to support our Foundation's mission.    

 

Latest News And Events
July 26,2008

Piloting the search for a Cure Game Day Magazine Article

Click on the link below to view a moving video clip of Kevin Eadie's trip around the bases at War Memorial Stadium last Saturday night as players, coaches, and 3,000 Pilots fans cheered him on. 

Pay close attention as Kevin "rounds" first and approaches home plate.  He lifts his leg to acknowledge to everyone that he knows exactly what is going on!

Video of Kevin Eadie Night with The Peninsula Pilots

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Who is Kevin Eadie?
Kevin is a beautiful little boy who LOVES LIFE, loves God, loves his family, and loves baseball. He has an infectious fun-loving personality. He is a very courageous and positive little lad who touches the hearts of so many people. It has been said by many people that he is an angel. Just a few years ago, Kevin was able to run, play little league baseball , and chatter endlessly with ease. Kevin has been the Batboy for the Peninsula Pilots since 2002; loving every minute and touching many fan's lives.  Today, he struggles, and his voice is silent.
 The past 3 years have been very difficult for Kevin. He has been in and out of the Children's Hospital totaling 22+ times with the hospitalizations totaling 6 months over the last 24.  Kevin has lost his ability to talk, swallow, eat, and have control over his movements. He has endured many seizures, painful medical procedures, and several surgeries. In addition to his neurological progression of NP-C, Kevin has battled and overcome a rare lung disease called B.O.O.P. All of it combined has been an overwhelmingly emotional, physical, and financial struggle on Kevin and his Mom.  Kevin's spirit, my personal faith, and the support from my family and friends lift some of the weight of this heavy emotional load giving me tremendous physical strength to help Kevin and be his MOM; however, the physical and financial strains are all consuming.

Kevin has ALWAYS loved life and he is such a fighter. Even through everything, his losses, pain, and suffering, Kevin is still SO lovable and he exemplifies the courage of a true Champion (as acknowledged by Baseball Great, Hank Aaron).   Kevin no longer dreams of being a "Major League" baseball player; however, his dreams are Major League. He dreams of being able to walk, talk again, and he dreams of growing up without suffering. His mother hopes and dreams that he will escape further painful symptoms and he will live a full life into adulthood. Kevin's dreams and life will continue to fade without funding the research to find a cure, and his care and medical equipment to ease his suffering will diminish. Other children worldwide who are afflicted with NP-C are struggling daily to survive the ravages of this disease while helpless parents hope each day a cure will be found soon. 

 

 

 Kevin & Mom in Tahiti on trip granted by the

Make-A-Wish Foundation.