Holmdel's Bell Works Tower Lit Pink Friday For Toddler Who Died

HOLMDEL, NJ — This Friday night, the iconic 60-foot water tower at Bell Works in Holmdel will be lit up in pink in honor of Vienna Savino.

Vienna is the little girl who lived in Holmdel and died suddenly, for no apparent reason, just shy of her third birthday in 2017.

Vienna's birthday is Jan. 19 and her parents say they mourn her death every day. Pink was her favorite color, says her mother.

This is the second consecutive year the Bell Works water tower will be lit in pink for Vienna.

Also, starting at 6 p.m. Friday OasisVRX, the virtual reality business inside Bell Works, will give away "Vienna roses" and other giveaways to visitors. Also, any donation will be entered into a drawing that will be held at 8 p.m. that same night to receive a gift from a Bell Works business.

And if you mention Vienna at the Bell Works outpost of popular Freehold ice cream shop Jersey Freeze this weekend, they will donate a portion of their ice cream profits to Team Vienna.

On Saturday, Vienna’s mom and big sister will donate their hair to non-profit Children with Hair Loss, at 12:45 p.m. at Salon Concrete, also at Bell Works.

On Nov. 12, 2017 Vienna died suddenly while watching TV with her siblings at their Holmdel home. A babysitter was with the children that night and she told Vienna's parents the toddler girl seemed drowsy and just fell asleep on the pillows while watching TV.

To this day, her parents, both physicians, Drs. Denise Wunderler and Michael Savino, say they have no idea what caused her to die. Her death was categorized as Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC). It is similar to SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), but occurs in children ages 1 - 18.

Read the story of Vienna's death and learn more about Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood: Holmdel Family Raises Awareness Of SUDC After Toddler Girl Dies

All donations received during January will be donated for SUDC genetic research at Robert’s Program at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Robert’s Program is one of three different research studies in which Vienna and her family are enrolled in hopes of uncovering the cause of Vienna’s death, thus preventing this from happening to other families.

“We miss Vienna so much, and can’t believe this will be the fifth birthday we will celebrate without her. Child loss is a devastating journey that continues for life. We are thankful for all the support and love shown to us by the community,” said Vienna's mother, Denise.

"A healthy child goes to sleep and doesn't wake up. It defies all reason. How can this ever happen to anybody and how can this happen to us?" Denise told Patch when we previously wrote about this heartbreaking story. "But Vienna is always with us. And this is a way to get her story out to the world."

For more information or to donate to help find a cause of SUDC, please visit: https://vienna.team/

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