Everest to End Duchenne - Annis Family

Natalie Annis is organizing this fundraiser to benefit Hope for Gus.

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My name is Natalie Annis and Duchenne muscular dystrophy has been a part of my life for years.

My best friend’s son, Gus Dreher, was diagnosed with the disease in 2010. The cover photo shows my sons with both of the Dreher boys on a family trip to Mexico, a few years after Gus' diagnosis. Back then, you could hardly tell that Gus had a progressive muscle-wasting illness, but now he is 14, and just got a power wheelchair and is participating in a clinical trial - the disease is progressing.

In 2017, my daughter Shae and I joined the Hope for Gus Foundation for their Everest to End Duchenne fundraiser and trekked to Mount Everest Base Camp with a team. Funds raised from that trip resulted in a $100,000 donation to research to help end this terrible disease.

This November I am taking my 16 yr old son, Zane, back to Mount Everest and we are thrilled to again help raise money for research that leads to a cure for this life-limiting disease.