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SHORE JANUARY 2013
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Allied Kitchen & Bath in Fort Lauderdale will host Fusioin Fashion, a benefit for the Starlight Children’s Foundation, 6-9 p.m. Jan. 17.
SHINE ON
Starlight Children’s Foundation benefit uplifts kids battling illness BY ELIZABETH RAHE The crowd went wild at the Starlight Children’s Foundation Halloween party when 9-year-old Nakkhari Holmes sang and danced to Call Me Maybe. They were cheering not only her performance, but also her recovery from five surgeries for osteomyelitis that had left her unable to walk, much less dance. Nakkhari also undergoes monthly transfusions for her sickle-cell disease, a condition that also affects her 5-year-old sister, Imani. For the Holmes family, the Starlight Children’s Foundation provides much-needed distractions from medical treatments, including trips to Zoo Miami, Miami Seaquarium, Disney On Ice and more. “The girls can’t wait for the next thing to come up,” says their mom, Natalie Holmes of North Lauderdale. Through family activities, educational offerings, in-hospital programs and a social media site, the foundation helps seriously
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