When I was in college in Georgia, I worked as the assistant director for a summer camp for students with special needs. My first summer was the summer after this student's brother, Mario, died.
You may have heard of the movie "Darius Goes West". The cast/crew were in Dallas this week promoting the movie and were featured on the news and on the radio. My wife heard Darius on Kidd Kraddik and asked me if I heard it. Anyways, he was one of my kids at the camp. He grew up and made a movie to raise awareness about Duchenne muscular dystrophy. It is the #1 genetic killer of children in the world and is 100% fatal. Mario died 3 months shy of his high school graduation. Darius graduated from high school in 2007. You can preview it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2yoOlicmww&eurl
The reason I wanted to share this with you is because it shows the difference (once again) that 1 person can make. Also, my wife and I just finished watching it, and I am so proud of him and all that he has accomplished I couldn't help but share it with everyone.
Darius and the crew are again traveling the country raising awareness of muscular dystrophy. They have a goal to sell 1 million DVD's by this summer. They cost $20. $17 goes directly to research, and $3 goes toward making more DVD's. http://www.dariusgoeswest.org/
I am in no way affiliated with them, I just am trying to help them spread the word.
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