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Well, Sy recently was able to achieve his biggest dream ever!

Last month, we received a phone call inviting our family to the South Lake Kiwanis meeting to hear more about Sy’s story and EE. They also mentioned that there would be a special guest that wanted to hang out with our son.

When we arrived, Sy got to meet his bowling hero, NORM DUKE! Sy has spent countless hours in front of the computer watching PBA World Champion, Mr. Duke, bowl perfect games and carefully watching his techniques. After watching, Sy always gets out his favorite foam bowling set and pretends to be Mr. Duke.

Norm had a chance to speak at the meeting and brought Silas up front for a few surprises. Sy received autographed pictures, stickers, an autographed bowling towel & t-shirts, Norm’s autographed jersey from last season’s PBA tour (that he wears all the time), and a recently released Norm Duke bowling instructional DVD (that has fantastic tips by the way). It was unreal!

After the meeting, Norm gave us another surprise and asked Sy to come to the bowling alley and bowl a few games! It was so much fun to watch this boy who has had food taken away get to indulge in his favorite sport with his favorite bowler. What a day!

Thank you to Gary Tolley (who orchestrated this event), the South Lake Kiwanis, ADvantageous Media Partners (who documented the whole thing), and Norm Duke for sharing your time and love with our Sy Sy!