Community Comes Out To Support Team Zoey
Team Zoey Carnival helps Verona child with rare, fatal disease.
Under blue skies and warm weather Saturday, Verona residents came out in full force to raise funds at a carnival to support a Verona child suffering from a rare, fatal disease. The carnival, held at the Calvary Lutheran Church of Verona, helped raise funds for 2½-year-old Zoey Penny, a local child fighting Progeria, a little-known disease that causes rapid aging at about seven to 10 times the normal rate in children. The Team Zoey Carnival was organized to help Penny, who received the diagnosis at the age of five months. Her family has been working to find a cure since that time. The family formed Team Zoey and has held about 30 events to support the Progeria Research Foundation, which seeks to develop treatments and find a cure for the …
