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Kortney loved to draw and most often drew floppy-eared dogs with big sneakers. In third grade the dog drawings changed to pictures of girls shopping in the mall. In March of 2006, about a month before she turned for the worse, Kortney's friend Collette came over. Together they drew pictures and Collette taught Kortney how to draw a rose. Kortney's picture of the rose was even more detailed than the one you see in our logo.
At the time when I found the rose picture a professional designer was in the process of creating a logo for the foundation. While her rose was much more professional and sophisticated, I had such an emotional attachment to Kortney's rose that I had to go with my gut feeling. Kortney's rose showed a lot of artistic promise since she was only in third grade.
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Kortney Rose had an unparalleled zest for life. She loved playing with friends and animals (stuffed or real) and enjoyed school at Wolf Hill Elementary in Oceanport, NJ where she was in third grade. Kortney loved basketball and played soccer, but her biggest thrills were at amusement parks and water slides. She was a daredevil with little fear and a spitfire who knew how to get her way. Her smile and laugh would brighten any room she entered or place she visited. She loved to play on her swing set and was always on the move to her next play date. Kortney Rose Gillette was a vivacious nine-year-old girl with a winning smile and a contagious spirit for life. Four months after a diagnosis of brainstem glioma, Kortney passed away from the disease on April 27, 2006.
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The Kortney Rose Foundation (KRF) makes $100,000 donation to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) on 12/11/08.
All of KRF's 2007 ($75,000) and 2008 ($100,000) donation dollars have been earmarked to be used in CHOP's Large-Scale Genomics Project that will hunt genes behind common childhood diseases. Our money will be used specifically by the pediatric neuro-oncology researchers to hunt down the genes behind brain tumors with the goals of using the gene knowledge to guide therapy, devise new tests and treatments.
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On Tuesday December 4, 2007, I shared with my fifth-grade students your email about raising $75,000.00 for the Kortney Rose Foundation in 2007. I asked Kortney's classmates to share about what she was like, as I really didn't know her. Over four periods of classes and lots of smiles, these are many of the typical remarks made about Kortney:
- funny
- loved animals
- loved "Hello Kitty"
- always happy
- very spunky
- very fun to be around
- always wore pink and purple
- loved dogs
- loved Bratz dolls
- nice
- if someone was hurt, she would help them
- she held her pencil funny (lots of discussion about that)
- on the hyper side
- she shared
- she consoled someone who was upset
- loved recess
- liked math
- loved the word "ew"
- if there was someone new, she would reach out to them
What a legacy Kortney has left in her nine years. It was heartwarming to listen to her peers describe her.
Best to you all,
Mrs. Kornek
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