Dodgeball Tournament To Benefit Special Spaces & Room Makeover for Bolingbrook Girl, Kendall Atkins

BOLINGBROOK, Ill. - Aug. 13, 2013 - PRLog -- Special Spaces Chicagoland, a non-profit organization that creates dream bedrooms for children with life-threatening medical conditions, will be holding a Light Up The Night Glow Dodgeball Tournament on Saturday, August 24, 2013 from 6:00 pm until 10:00 pm. The tournament will be held at Supreme Courts Basketball, 888 S. Frontenac Street, in Aurora Illinois. All proceeds of the tournament will go towards a room makeover for Bolingbrook resident, 4 year-old Kendall Atkinson who suffers from mitochondrial disease. 

 

For more information or to register your team, visit www.supremecourtsbasketball.com.  Cost is $125 per team.  Refreshments and raffle tickets for an autographed sports item will be sold at the event.

 

The Special Spaces Chicagoland chapter was founded in 2012 by Naperville resident Kelly Knox. The chapter has completed over a half dozen room makeovers this year. The organization’s goal is to create dream bedrooms for children with life-threatening medical illnesses. The focus is answering one question:  Where does a child go when battling a serious illness to find peace and comfort?  A bedroom of course.  According to Knox, “A bedroom to most kids is a personal space—a place that represents his or her unique personality. For a child with a critical illness who spends a lot of time at home in his or her room, that room should be a very special space.  A place of comfort and refuge.  A place that inspires and gives hope.”

 

The Chicagoland chapter has several other sick children waiting for room makeovers. Follow the progress on Facebook at “Special Spaces Chicagoland (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Special-Spaces-Chicagoland...)”.  For details about this special organization go to  http://www.specialspaces.org (http://specialspaces.org/).  For more information on how you can volunteer or make a donation, please contact kellyk@specialspaces.org. 

 

Special Spaces National was founded in July 2004 on the precedent that children battling life-threatening illnesses need their own special space. This is a place of hope, inspiration and a special space to find peace and comfort. A Special Spaces, a 501 C (3) non-profit, has created hundreds of bedrooms across the country. It is the vision of our organization to have a Special Spaces Director everywhere there is a child in need.