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9th annual Nicholas Giving Tree Project 2022- Holiday Care Packages for Children with Batten Disease This will be our 9th year hosting the Nicholas Giving Tree Project- Holiday care packages for children with Batten Disease in the US.  In the past we have mailed out between 50-75 holiday care packages. We hope this

Thank you to our sponsors for this race. Congress Asset Management of Boston, Superior Plumbing of MA, Russell's Garden Center, Paul and MaryAnn McLaughlin Family Foundation, Merrifield Garden and Design, Castlemeghan Concepts, Tuna Landscaping, Stop and Shop of Wayland, Wegmens of Natick, Karma Coffee of Sudbury, Cooks Automotive of Wayland,

BDSRA Batten Disease Family Support Conference 2018 Nashville Tennessee. Thank you to our donors, sponsors, volunteers at our events, OPTN supporters, volunteers at the BDSRA in the affected kids room, our friends and our family who supported us to make this affected kids room a success each year. I believe

Egg Hunt Festival- On Saturday March 31, 2018, OPTN hosted their tenth Egg Hunt Fundraiser. It drew in more than 1,100 guests who enjoyed the fun festivities at the NH Sportsplex in Bedford, NH. Over 10,000 candy filled colored eggs covered an entire indoors sports field. Kids enjoyed this festive

Egg Hunt Festival- On Saturday April 15, OPTN hosted their ninth Egg Hunt Fundraiser. It drew in more than 1,100 guests who enjoyed the fun festivities at the NH Sportsplex in Bedford, NH. Over 10,000 candy filled colored eggs covered an entire indoors sports field. Kids enjoyed this festive morning

John Tanner Pumpkin Shuffle 5 K Run/Walk- Saturday October 14, 2017, Russell’s Garden Center, Wayland, Massachusetts -This was OPTN’s 5th year hosting this run in a memory of John and his dedication to Nicholas and OPTN. This year we were honored to have Erika Tarantal, reporter at WCVB Channel 5

2017 Nicholas Giving Tree-  December 11, 2017- Over 40 families located in New England and though out the US donated items and various gift cards for our annual Nicholas Giving Tree holiday care packages. These packages  were sent to 28 families, throughout the US, with children suffering from various types of Batten disease. While it does not cure the disease,