Our sister, Yvonne Elaine 'Sweetie-Pie' Kretschmer was a generous loving person with the most amazing infectious laugh. She had progressive deafness that became profound and her vision had increasing challenges as well. Despite these and other challenges, when she passed away in 2020 at only 43 years old, she was a happy person who spread a lot of joy.

Yvonne was very compassionate and she tried to help anyone in distress. She generously contributed time and effort to several charities and was a very active participant of our Alzheimer Walk team. We hope to follow her example with this new walk team for DeafBlind.

Just imagine being deaf and blind. Imagine how much support you would need to communicate, to function in society, to even meet your basic needs. DeafBlind not only supports basic needs, housing and personal support, but they also work hard to provide enriched lives with activities, communication and community integration.

In Yvonnes memory we have been helping to support her peers through DeafBlind Foundation of Ontario. We are impressed with how they have been handling our donations and how dedicated they are to improving the lives of their clients. We hope you will join us to support this worthy cause. Any donation is very appreciated, at $20 a tax receipt will be available.

If you want to learn about DeafBlind Foundation of Ontario you can check their site at: https://deafblindontario.com/foundation/

The main event is happening in Ottawa, but we will be walking in London, exploring Westminster Pond trails May 23. This cause is dear to our hearts, so sincere thank yous for any donation.

Trix, Dave and Yvonne in spirit