UCP Fundraiser & Weekend Fun :)
Posted on 06. Jul, 2010 by Katy Fetters in Random
Hi all!
I hope your Independence Day was just as fantastic and memorable as mine was! 
The festivities continued on until late last night, what a crazy weekend. The parade was super fun, a beautiful tradition that involved the whole community. I took this pic from atop of the pier…and keep in mind, this is just one small strip of the miles long of shoreline in HB You can imagine just how many people were really here over the weekend. I love my hometown
Huntington Beach shoreline, south side of the pier.
Here is also a pic of me and my sisters and mother dearest
<3
So yep, in a nutshell that’s by weekend..beach, friends, family, fireworks, and food! I hope you guys enjoyed yourself as much as I did.
On another topic….my dad is thinking about doing a fundraider (in September-ish) for UCP (possibly UCP-OC) through our gym, and have clients of The Training Spot support the cause of raising money for this organization. Without him having to tell me, I know that my dad h0lds a special place in his heart for others like myself with CP as he recalls the past with me. He and my mother have been my number one supporters from the moment I was born.  I would love to help my parents succeed in this fundraiser in honor of not only their undying love and support toward me, but in honor of all the peoples lives who are affected by Cerebral Palsy. If you have a sister, a mother, a son or daughter with CP, I am sure you know this feeling, this want to help others. I would love to get word out…if any of you have any ideas that we can incorporate for this event we are so very open to ideas! I would like to promote this fundraiser on TCP as well, as I feel touched that my dad would like to get others in our community involved in the community with disabilities. It will be a very personal experience for me, as many clients of our gym know who I am and know that I don’t let my CP stop me from reaching or surpassing my goals in life. I see my CP as not a physical disablity, but more like a challenge. Everything may take more work, but I am never one to limit myself. I feel a loss of pride when I give up, or give into the help of others who underestimate my physical abilities. So I would like to take this opportunity to say that I would be so grateful if any of you TCP readers would either like to participate in this upcoming fundraiser, or know other ways to publisize this event. More to come hopefully, in the next few weeks…Just thought I’d throw a few words out there on this potential fundraiser!
Enjoy your week, hope you are well.
-Katy
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Courtney
08. Jul, 2010
Katy,
I would call my Indepence Day fantastic or memorable but it was way better than last year’s that’s for sure. I didn’t go the lake or anything to watch fireworks n’ didn’t plan to, instead I ended up watching three different neighbors pop them out in the middle of the street like hoodlums. It was quite a show.
Both pictures are awesome, thanks for posting them! Although, I’m curious to know how your doin’ the sandals? Do they not slip off? The picture of you, your sisters and your mother has a real sense of normality, which is awesome. Do you feel different though?
Hmm, I like the idea of UCP fundraiser, that would be awesome. At the moment, I can’t think of any helpful ideas but I’ll be sure to keep thinking.
Katy, stay awesome!
Katy Fetters
09. Jul, 2010
Hey Courtney!
Thats a really good question, because at times I do feel very different. I have someone who looks identical to me, so in the physical sense, it is my CP that separates us. I try to not let it get to me too much, but it’s only natural that it does at times. My family and friends make me feel super normal, and I really have no reason not to feel normal. I have a great life and a beautiful family who support me 
Do you feel ‘normal’ ?
Thanks.
Fireworks are always awesome, except they ae illegal here :/ I bet they were cool to watch up close though!
Hmm yeah, sandals are difficult for me. I usually wear ones with ankle straps so they dont fall off, or I wear this brand called rainbows that are manageable enough for me to walk in. I always hate having to worry about shoes, but I have found some super cute ones that work for me!
Yeah I hope to be able to really get this fundraiser going!
You rock girlie
meg
10. Jul, 2010
shoess…..how i hate them. no heels, no sandals, just running sneakers and for nice occasions, flat shoes that my orthodics will fit in.i didnt really celebrate this year, just listened to the fireworks and the nieghbors celebrating. hmm, im interested but i live across the country from you and my town strongly dislikes disabled people.
Courtney
10. Jul, 2010
Katy,
Oh, that sucks! Yes, it was an awesome experience!
I haven’t worn sandals since I was 7, haha, how terrible does that sound? I go barefoot
But I couldn’t if I wanted to because of my brace
I get what your sayin’, your family sounds super awesome Katy! Kudos to them! Ha, in a lot yes but in so many other ways no. When you have CP, you have to focus on so many other things instead of what you should be focusing on especially childhood/teenage years…enduring a therapy session when I could be out at the movies somewhere or those doctors appointments in the middle of the school day etc. Normal is really whatever you want it to be
My family is great (with the exclusion of my older brother)
You rock more!
lol
kfetts
15. Jul, 2010
Meg-
Yeah shoes can be so annoying sometimes, I prefer barefoot anyday if I could. I wish I could wear heels but they just dont work for me. Why would your town have anything against diabled people?
Courtney-
Haha nice! Yeah I wish I could go barefoot everyday, but I like to keep my feet some what clean and the ground it just too hot sometimes! :p Aww do you wear a brace everyday?
Yeah I heart my family :p I see what you are saying..you have to deal with other stuff that kids our age never could wrap their heads around. Yeah, who really is to define normal? :p
meg
16. Jul, 2010
i dont know really. i live in a very sports orentaited town as well as being known as academically challenging. the LD kids were all regulated to the same classes so i had classes with the same kids for 6 years and the teachers mostly just didnt care. if i wanted to try a harder class i was not allowed because they didnt think i could do the work and i remember being assaulted atleast twice and was forbideen to come to class a few times. A kid i knew in preK had spinabifada and his Rents sued for wrongful life because the doctor didnt disclose that he had it in a ultrasound. they made it clear they they never wanted him and several other kids that i went to therapy with had parents that had the same attitude. i guess it is because we are “different”
Courtney
16. Jul, 2010
Haha, I mean, inside not outside, unless I’m just sitting on my front porch or something. I thought sand was suposed to exfoliate your feet or something? lol
Ah, not everyday, (THANK GOODNESS) lol but only when I’m going out somewhere, I get a lot of staring sometimes. Do you wear one at all Kasty?
Yeah, it’s like, as much as you try to explain they’ll never understand. Some people make fun instead of trying to understand, it’ll never be a win/win situation. Normal people define it with the exclusion of what’s different.
Have you ever heard of My Left Foot, Katy?
Katy Fetters
20. Jul, 2010
Meg-
Wow, Im shocked to hear such treatment! I’m sorry you have to be around such negative energy. :/ I hope that now that youre in college, youre in a better, more tolerant enviornment. Im reading Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult, it’s about a family who is suing for wrongful birth because the daughter has a severe bone disease. It’s interesting because its written from several different point of views.
Courtney-
Haha oh yeah, well any chance I get not to wear shoes, I wont :p Haha, I’ve heard that sand its really good for your feet, and it does feel super nice, but I’m not aware of it being an exfoliant. :p It gets your feet really dirty thats for sure haha.
Yeah I used to have to wear a brace when I was a little one, but I was too little to take notice of other’s judgment luckily. I really should wear a brace 24/7 to help me correct my step, but I just don’t like all the attention. It is hard enough getting stares when I walk, I dont want people defining my handicap with a brace. Yeah, normality is just up to the eyes and mind of the beholder really.
I have never heard of it, no.