Kendall Burrows Foundation Footloose Gala / Padonia Park Club
Last night at Padonia Park Club in Timonium, MD, the Kendall Burrows Foundation held their 4th annual Footloose Gala to celebrate and raise money to benefit their Foundation, Johns Hopkins Children's center, and their mission to support children like Kendall. Kendall Burrows was diagnosed at age three and suffered from a rare autoimmune disease known as Evan’s syndrome, which is when the body makes antibodies that destroy red blood cells, platelets, and white blood cells. Patients with Evan’s contract thrombocytopenia and Coombs’ positive hemolytic anemia and have no other known underlying etiology. The specific cause for Evan’s syndrome is unknown and there have been no genetic links identified although her mother Deborah also has Evan’s. Throughout her lifetime, Kendall was in and out of remission with Evan’s. When in remission, she was a happy, normal little girl that enjoyed a plethora of [...]