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The Lindsay Foundation hosts golf tournament, needs help
By JENNIFER SUMMER
Lindsay McMillan loved Billy Ray Cyrus and even met him a few times.
Though she lost her battle with Noonan’s Syndrome in 1999, her memory and legacy live on through the Lindsay Foundation.
“We started the foundation first to give me the opportunity to grasp on to the memory of Lindsay, but once we realized how much we were helping other children who have disabilities and are struggling, our whole mission changed,” Lindsay’s mother, Laurie McMillan-Henry, said.
The volunteer nonprofit group was formed to help families around the community and country who need assistance with resources to provide medical treatments, therapies and rehabilitative equipment that improve the quality of life.
“With Lindsay, it was never a burden having her; the burden was all of the battles and working for a living - it can be difficult. Not being able to provide everything for her, no parent should have to go through the fight we did,” McMillan-Henry said. “The dream is for other parents to not have to fight as hard as I did to get help and get assistance.”
The Lindsay Foundation does not cover insurance co-pays, as they want the parents to be responsible in some way for helping their child, but they help families afford wheelchairs, wheelchair lifts and other necessities that are not covered by insurance.
In addition to supplies, they help cover the cost of therapy for the child, including aquatic - which was Lindsay’s favorite - hippotherapy with horses and other forms that help special needs children.
“There are a few insurance companies that cover these therapies but still some that do not and we want to help the families out. This therapy was great for my daughter and I want to help other children enjoy what Lindsay could,” McMillan-Henry said.
The Lindsay Foundation accepts children with all kinds of disabilities as long as they are under 18 and the proper paperwork is filled out, though if the child has a disability that another foundation helps to support, the foundation will send the family there first. If that specific group denies the family, the Lindsay Foundation will then step forward to help the family.
“The children we help do not have to be born with special needs. The first child we helped with the Lindsay Foundation was injured in an automobile accident and we helped him get the therapy he needed. We help children who suffer a catastrophic illnesses or accident,” McMillan-Henry said.
Besides providing services to families, the Lindsay Foundation serves as a support group for families who are dealing with these problems and provides an ear to listen because they understand where the family is coming from.
“We help families deal with the troubles they are going to face. Many of them hit brick walls and do not have anyone to speak with and we provide them with that outlet,” Helen McMillan, Lindsay’s grandmother and the Lindsay Foundation’s public relations director, said.
One of the first fundraisers the Lindsay Foundation held was a barbecue and craft show in Cleveland in 2000 and it helped the group raise money they could give the families.
The foundation will be hosting its ninth annual Lindsay Foundation golf tournament at Oakhurst Golf Club Oct. 3 and invites anyone who wants to join.
Helen McMillan continued the tradition of the golf tournament after the first year and the foundation was established.
“I was not about to let this thing die,” McMillan said.
“We are desperately in need of people to volunteer with the Lindsay Foundation and we still need golfers to sign up for the tournament,” McMillan-Henry said.
“Because of Hurricane Ike, we have had several golfers pull out and we really need people to join us so we will be able to have enough money. The money that we get goes to the children to help them and their family.”
Those who are not golfers can join the foundation for dinner and a silent auction complete with door prizes that evening after the tournament.
The golf tournament is open to anyone who wants to join to raise money for a good cause and improve the quality of life for “Lindsay’s kids.”
The Lindsay Foundation Ninth Annual Golf Tournament
WHEN: Friday, Oct. 3, 2-8 p.m.
WHERE: Oakhurst Golf Club, 20700 Mills Branch, Porter
HOW MUCH: $99 per person for Observer readers; dinner and silent auction only, $15 per person
INFO: 281-399-2937, www.lindsayfoundation.org or helpforachild@lindsayfoundation.org
Though she lost her battle with Noonan’s Syndrome in 1999, her memory and legacy live on through the Lindsay Foundation.
“We started the foundation first to give me the opportunity to grasp on to the memory of Lindsay, but once we realized how much we were helping other children who have disabilities and are struggling, our whole mission changed,” Lindsay’s mother, Laurie McMillan-Henry, said.
The volunteer nonprofit group was formed to help families around the community and country who need assistance with resources to provide medical treatments, therapies and rehabilitative equipment that improve the quality of life.
“With Lindsay, it was never a burden having her; the burden was all of the battles and working for a living - it can be difficult. Not being able to provide everything for her, no parent should have to go through the fight we did,” McMillan-Henry said. “The dream is for other parents to not have to fight as hard as I did to get help and get assistance.”
The Lindsay Foundation does not cover insurance co-pays, as they want the parents to be responsible in some way for helping their child, but they help families afford wheelchairs, wheelchair lifts and other necessities that are not covered by insurance.
In addition to supplies, they help cover the cost of therapy for the child, including aquatic - which was Lindsay’s favorite - hippotherapy with horses and other forms that help special needs children.
“There are a few insurance companies that cover these therapies but still some that do not and we want to help the families out. This therapy was great for my daughter and I want to help other children enjoy what Lindsay could,” McMillan-Henry said.
The Lindsay Foundation accepts children with all kinds of disabilities as long as they are under 18 and the proper paperwork is filled out, though if the child has a disability that another foundation helps to support, the foundation will send the family there first. If that specific group denies the family, the Lindsay Foundation will then step forward to help the family.
“The children we help do not have to be born with special needs. The first child we helped with the Lindsay Foundation was injured in an automobile accident and we helped him get the therapy he needed. We help children who suffer a catastrophic illnesses or accident,” McMillan-Henry said.
Besides providing services to families, the Lindsay Foundation serves as a support group for families who are dealing with these problems and provides an ear to listen because they understand where the family is coming from.
“We help families deal with the troubles they are going to face. Many of them hit brick walls and do not have anyone to speak with and we provide them with that outlet,” Helen McMillan, Lindsay’s grandmother and the Lindsay Foundation’s public relations director, said.
One of the first fundraisers the Lindsay Foundation held was a barbecue and craft show in Cleveland in 2000 and it helped the group raise money they could give the families.
The foundation will be hosting its ninth annual Lindsay Foundation golf tournament at Oakhurst Golf Club Oct. 3 and invites anyone who wants to join.
Helen McMillan continued the tradition of the golf tournament after the first year and the foundation was established.
“I was not about to let this thing die,” McMillan said.
“We are desperately in need of people to volunteer with the Lindsay Foundation and we still need golfers to sign up for the tournament,” McMillan-Henry said.
“Because of Hurricane Ike, we have had several golfers pull out and we really need people to join us so we will be able to have enough money. The money that we get goes to the children to help them and their family.”
Those who are not golfers can join the foundation for dinner and a silent auction complete with door prizes that evening after the tournament.
The golf tournament is open to anyone who wants to join to raise money for a good cause and improve the quality of life for “Lindsay’s kids.”
The Lindsay Foundation Ninth Annual Golf Tournament
WHEN: Friday, Oct. 3, 2-8 p.m.
WHERE: Oakhurst Golf Club, 20700 Mills Branch, Porter
HOW MUCH: $99 per person for Observer readers; dinner and silent auction only, $15 per person
INFO: 281-399-2937, www.lindsayfoundation.org or helpforachild@lindsayfoundation.org
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