Dolan Fund to host awards dinner

LOWER GWYNEDD— As a big thank you to anyone involved in helping accomplish its goals for the year, the Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund is throwing a big party and everyone is invited. The Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund will host the 38th annual Celebration Awards and Recognition Dinner Sept. 17 at 6 p.m. at the William Penn Inn, 1017 Dekalb Pike, Gwynedd. Dinner tickets are $60 per person and can be purchased online at http:// kadmf.org/awardsdinner2014.cfm.

The honorees at this years’s ceremony include: Patrick Stanton, Sloane Moving and Storage, Business Partnership Award; SEI, Corporate Award; Fred and Jo Ann Serota, Director’s Award; Wissahickon Fire Company, Fellowship Award; Drueding Foundation, Foundation Award; Stephen and Dolores Smith and Family, President’s Award; Gwynedd Mercy Academy, School Initiative Award; Rachel Carmody, Volunteer Achievement Award; Trish and Charlie Stewart, Barberella Salon, Volunteer Leadership Award.

Organizers say the event allows them to honor and thank the people who have helped the charity make a positive difference in the lives of families in crisis.

“It’s more of a way to thank everyone who’s helped us get to where we are,”said Jane Bugg, KADMF marketing coordinator. “And achieve what we’ve achieved.”

Over the past 38 years, she said, KADMFhas had an impact on over 24,000 families of children who are seriously ill, injured or disabled. According to its website, the organization, founded in 1976 by Peggy Dolan, after the death of her daughter Kelly Anne, provides financial assistance for needs not covered by insurance, respite programs, and non-cash items to families in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Approximately two-thirds of the assistance given is done in the Philadelphia area.