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If follow me on twitter you know I’ve been searching the best of Napa wineries over the weekend looking for new inspirations and discoveries in wine (and food!) to bring home and maybe incorporate not only into our venues like Rockit and Sunda, but also for future possible wine concepts. As you can tell from my tweetpics, nature and natural elements out here are highly visible and appreciated….which probably lead to my surprise of being complimented quite a bit about the stone I wear around my neck. Having watched everyone who asked about it almost tear up in appreciation over the story behind it, I thought I would share it with you….

Sydney (pic above) and I just met her at her make-a-wish event, an event where kids with life threatening illnesses are granted their wish. In sydney’s case, her wish was to see her necklaces hit a fashion runway, so we made it happen at one of my spots, and she gave me the super cool gift that I wear around my neck!
As a young girl, Sydney used to collect rocks found along the shores of Lake Michigan and would make necklaces out of them. she actually always knew that she would use the money earned from selling those necklaces for something important, unfortunately she was right.
In September of 2007, Sydney was diagnosed with an extremely rare blood disease called Langerhan’s Cell Histicytosis (LCH). Although LCH is not a form of cancer, it is treated with the same harsh medicines and methods as cancer. While recovering at Children’s Memorial, she had the bright idea to use the sales from her rock necklaces, that she called sydrocks, to help raise money and awareness for her disease. Three years later, SydRocks has raised almost $100,000 for medical research for the Histocytosis Association of America.
I am so absolutely impressed by sydney and am such a fan, that I am asking all to go to www.sydrocks.com for more info on this incredible little lady’s story, and to get your own necklace from her like mine… because syd rocks!

All started when I met this 12 year old girl named Sydney (pic above) at her make-a-wish event, an event where kids with life threatening illnesses are granted their wish. In sydney’s case, her wish was to see her necklaces hit a fashion runway, so we made it happen at one of my spots, and she gave me the super cool gift that I wear around my neck!

As a young girl, Sydney used to collect rocks found along the shores of Lake Michigan and would make necklaces out of them. she actually always knew that she would use the money earned from selling those necklaces for something important, unfortunately she was right.

In September of 2007, Sydney was diagnosed with an extremely rare blood disease called Langerhan’s Cell Histicytosis (LCH). Although LCH is not a form of cancer, it is treated with the same harsh medicines and methods as cancer. While recovering at Children’s Memorial, she had the bright idea to use the sales from her rock necklaces, that she called sydrocks, to help raise money and awareness for her disease. Three years later, SydRocks has raised almost $100,000 for medical research for the Histocytosis Association of America.

I am so absolutely impressed by sydney and am such a fan, that I am asking all to go to www.sydrocks.com for more info on this incredible little lady’s story, and to get your own necklace from her like mine… because syd rocks!

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