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Teen Holds Fundraiser Birthday Party
Deanna Warman asks partygoers to donate to Lyme disease research.
Most 13-year-olds can't wait to tear into their birthday gifts. Deanna Warman isn't the typical 13-year-old.
The Freehold resident has requested friends attending her 13th birthday party at the Freehold First Aid and Rescue Squad building on Friday donate the money they would put toward a gift to the University of New Haven's Lyme Research Program.
According to Deanna's mother, Roseanne Warman, the teen came up with the idea for a fundraiser birthday party after watching her older sister, Alyssa, cope with Lyme disease.
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"Deanna has felt helpless watching her sister suffer and thought the party would be a good idea to hopefully help Alyssa and others affected by this horrible disease," Roseanne Warman wrote Freehold Patch.
Deanna chose to have the party at the Freehold First Aid and Rescue Squad because Alyssa and her twin, Jenna, both volunteered as emergency medical technician cadets, Roseanne said.
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For information on the University of New Haven's Lyme Research Program or to make a donation, visit the school's Web site.
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