Posted on 04/19/2015 1:22:25 PM PDT by BBell
Hundreds attend mentally disabled girl's tenth birthday after Facebook appeal when none of her class
Mackenzie Moretter, of Shakopee, Minnesota, celebrated her tenth birthday on Saturday
When none of her classmates could come to her party, Mackenzie's mother posted on Facebook groups, inviting strangers to the celebrations
More than 700 people joined a Facebook event for the birthday party
Hundreds of people flocked to a park in Shakopee on Saturday
They brought Mackenzie gifts and food and she made new friends
Mackenzie was diagnosed with Sotos Syndrome when she was a year old
The disorder delayed her development and makes it hard to socialize
Strangers from around Minnesota flocked to a ten-year-old girl's birthday party, after several of her classmates didn't respond to their invitations, in hopes of giving her a celebration she'll never forget.
Mackenzie Moretter, who has a rare genetic disorder called Sotos Syndrome that has delayed her development, which makes it hard for her to socialize, told her parents she wanted a 'big-girl party' for her tenth birthday.
This meant inviting friends, but after her parents sent invitations to Mackenzie's classmates and heard no response, her mother Jenny Moretter took a different approach.
Jenny Moretter went on Facebook and posted in a few local groups asking families with girls around Mackenzie's age to stop by their Shakopee home on Saturday - and the response was overwhelming.
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Was there free beer?
I will agree with you on that. And don't get me started about youth sports these day. And you have the "mothers" dressing their little girls up like street walkers.
From what I’ve read about THIS story, not one invitee responded to say she’d attend the party. What are the odds that all of them had other plans already?
Girls at that age can be very cruel. And they’re very insecure. If ONE, just one ‘big gal on campus’ had said she’d go, then the others would have fallen in line, but obviously that didn’t happen. Seeing how this all turned out, I wonder how those invitees and their families feel now.
One doesn’t have to pass along a birthday invite in the classroom. What happened to calling the child’s friend’s parents???
No, but I heard that the wine they served at the end of the party was a much better vintage than the stuff they started out with!
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