Festival Of Hope In Memory Of Grafton Educator This Weekend

GRAFTON, MA—When a Grafton middle-schooler was given the assignment to come up with a hypothetical community event for class, she came up with an event that is really going to take place.

Rosie Warfield's vision comes to life this weekend in the form of the first Festival for Hope in memory of Grafton school guidance counselor Julie Flynn, who passed away earlier this year from Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome, reports the Community Advocate.

Warfield and her mom Maggie spearheaded the Festival for Hope, which takes place on Saturday, June 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m at the Grafton High School (note, the location for this changed from Grafton Common).

The event features a raffle, live music, vendors and food. Get more information, including ways to donate, here. The goal of the festival is to raise awareness of the disease that killed Flynn.

She was first diagnosed at 13 with the disease, and lost an eye to it. Around 10,000 in the United States are affected by the genetic condition.

Read the full story from the Community Advocate.