Beneficiary Application

The purpose of the Cranberry CUP is to conduct organized events whereas all facets of the community contribute to raising money for a worthy cause. The organization promotes volunteerism, community spirit, and goodwill toward a person or family in need.

Camryn Surman, age 2

Eric and Laura Surman have lived in the Blue Ridge Estates neighborhood of Cranberry Township since 2004. They are the parents of Aiden (9), Gavin (5), an insulin-dependent diabetic, and Camryn (2.) Laura is a registered nurse and Eric is a self-employed contractor. Eric is very active in the CTAA as a little league coach.

On July 20, 2009, little Camryn suffered a hypoxic brain injury after an accident at home. That morning, Laura found Camryn in respiratory and cardiac arrest and immediately began CPR while 911 was called.

After being Life-Flighted to Children's Hopstial, Camryn was placed into a hyothermic state for 72 hours and subsequently spent a week in a medically induced coma. MRIs revealed severe brain injury to her basal ganglia, pons, and thalamus. After six weeks in the pediatric ICU, Camryn was sent to the Children's Institute for a short time. Now being cared for at home, she remains in a moderate coma state.

Camryn requires 24-hour care and monitoring. She makes no purposeful movement, is non-verbal, breathes through a tracheotomy and requires ventilator support at night.

Please join us as our community rallies around the 2010 Inspirational Family to show support; to lift their spirits; to relieve some of their burdens; and, to bring some normalcy back to their family. With the help of the Cranberry CUP, the Surman’s will receive immediate financial assistance so that they can focus on providing the aggressive therapy Camryn needs to achieve and maintain a better quality of life.

In addition to our designated Inspirational Family, the Cranberry CUP helps other local families all year around. We will be offering two $1000 annual scholarships: one in the name of Megan O'Shea Durst for work with children with disabilities and another for volunteerism and community service - watch for details coming soon. Your participation, volunteerism, and contributions will make a tremendous difference in many lives.

For more information about our event, to volunteer, or to make a contribution, please contact the Cranberry CUP. Contributions can be made out to the Cranberry CUP and mailed to the address below.

Cranberry CUP
PO Box 1614
Cranberry Twp., PA 16066
softball@zoominternet.net
www.cranberrycup.org

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Cathy Cortazzo
PO Box 1614
Cranberry Township, PA 16066
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