Get ready to help a fabulous young woman with a very serious problem. The Kingfish Foundation is holding a fundraiser for Cheryl Holliday on Saturday, Sept. 6, from 4 to 10 p.m. at the Lusby American Legion, 11820 H.G. Trumann Highway in Lusby.

Holliday, 28, grew up in Calvert and Prince Georges counties and, due to a long

 

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list of debilitating symptoms and misdiagnosis, has been unable to work since 2007.  Finally, in January 2008, she learned she had chronic Lyme disease. 

Lyme disease can be quite problematic if not diagnosed quickly, causing painful physical and neurological complications.  The cure this is an extended duration of heavy-duty I.V. antibiotics as well as dozens of prescription and over the counter medicine to help with all of the side effects.

The health insurance Holliday purchased through her job at Home Team Pest Defense covered only one month of the medications she needs.  Despite the fact that Holliday has paid for health insurance for years, after one month, the company refused to pay for any of her treatment.  At thousands of dollars each month, Holliday is strapped trying to afford her medication.   She is greatly discouraged as what she needs is available but out of her reach. 

Holliday’s friends and family have decided it is time to help her and, along with the Kingfish Foundation, have organized the fundraiser. Checks can be written to the Cheryl Holiday Foundation, P.O. Box 923, Lusby, MD 20657. For more information, contact Patrick Rowland at (443) 223-9883. A tax-identification number can be provided.

Holliday has an associate degree in business administration from the College of Southern Maryland and a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Maryland University College.  She hopes to pursue a long-term career in property management and house flipping.  She hopes to be a Habitat for Humanity volunteer and be active in fighting Lyme disease for others. 

Kingfish Foundation was founded to honor the late Zane Bradley King and to raise awareness about sudden cardiac arrest and to provide scholarships to children who have lost parents to this condition.