One day in the mail I received an article from a local newspaper in a Los Angeles suburb that my aunt sent me; it was an article about a new support group a few miles away from her, surprisingly for people with Moebius syndrome. This was in the early 1990s before the Moebius Syndrome Foundation was formed. We connected with the small group of parents, children, and adults, and joined them at get-togethers in the Los Angeles area, and have been involved in the Foundation since then.

My aunt, Loretta, had always supported the Moebius Syndrome Foundation with annual donations. She looked forward to reading the newsletters and the conference programs, and often wore MSF conference t-shirts to her line dancing and tai chi classes. My aunt included the Foundation in her estate plans, and her legacy gift to the Foundation was received in the spring.  It has been earmarked for research to further the understanding cause of Moebius syndrome, definitely the definition of a generous legacy gift.

— submitted by Marcia Abbott, MSF Board Emeritus

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