To close out a memorable and historic PWS Awareness Month, PWSA | USA is partnering with Kendra Scott for one final awareness celebration! The jewelry company will host a PWS Awareness Month Giveback event on Saturday, May 27, 2023, from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. EST to support PWSA | USA's advocacy, family support, and research programs. The giveback will take place for online purchases AND at four participating store locations:
- Gainesville, FL (2851 SW 35th Dr., Suite 30 Gainesville , FL 32608)
- Jacksonville, FL (4812 River City Drive, Suit 107, Jacksonville, FL 32246)
- Tampa, FL (1511 West Swann Avenue, Tampa, FL 33606)
- Savannah, GA (311 W Broughton Street, Savannah, GA 31401)
Between 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. EST, Kendra Scott will give back 20% of their proceeds to PWSA | USA from in-store and online purchases! All stores will also be featuring a special Gold Elisa necklace with their Orange Mother of Pearl stone (in honor of the color orange being an awareness color for PWS), and teams will be encouraged to wear the color orange to show support as well.
To participate in the giveback when making an online purchase, please input the code GIVEBACK-EFBOX at checkout. Please also mention this code at check-out while making your in-store purchase.
We want to give a big thank you to Kendra Scott for being a partner in hope during this important time for our community, to Courtney Austin, a PWS sibling and Gainesville Kenda Scott Store Manager, for organizing this collaboration, and to everyone who participates in this exciting event!
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Jennifer Bolander has been serving as a Special Education Specialist for PWSA (USA) since October of 2015. She is a graduate of John Carroll University and lives in Ohio with her husband Brad and daughters Kate (17), and Sophia (13) who was born with PWS.
Perry A. Zirkel has written more than 1,500 publications on various aspects of school law, with an emphasis on legal issues in special education. He writes a regular column for NAESP’s Principal magazine and NASP’s Communiqué newsletter, and he did so previously for Phi Delta Kappan and Teaching Exceptional Children.
Evan has worked with the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA) since 2007 primarily as a Crisis Intervention and Family Support Counselor. Evans works with parents and schools to foster strong collaborative relationships and appropriate educational environments for students with PWS.
Dr. Amy McTighe is the PWS Program Manager and Inpatient Teacher at the Center for Prader-Willi Syndrome at the Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh. She graduated from Duquesne University receiving her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Education with a focus on elementary education, special education, and language arts.
Staci Zimmerman works for Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of Colorado as an Individualized Education Program (IEP) consultant. Staci collaborates with the PWS multi-disciplinary clinic at the Children’s Hospital in Denver supporting families and school districts around the United States with their child’s Individual Educational Plan.
Founded in 2001, SDLC is a non-profit legal services organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the legal rights of people with disabilities throughout the South. It partners with the Southern Poverty Law Center, Protection and Advocacy (P&A) programs, Legal Services Corporations (LSC) and disability organizations on major, systemic disability rights issues involving the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the federal Medicaid Act. Recently in November 2014, Jim retired.