[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n November 2011, Amberlyn Fett, 22, lost her lifelong battle with Cystic Fibrosis.
However, her legacy of caring and giving and the charity she created lives on.
Fett, who spent many Christmases in the hospital for treatment, saw firsthand children who had no one there and no present to open. For this reason, Fett founded Amber’s Angels during her freshman year at Dripping Springs High School. Since it’s beginning, and again this year, age appropriate Christmas gift bags will be provided to children of all ages hospitalized at Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin.
Gift bags will also be taken to the pediatric unit at The University of Texas Health and Science Center in San Antonio. It was there Fett’s life was saved and extended by a little over two years after receiving her double-lung transplant. Before her passing it was Fett’s wish to “Pay It Forward” by honoring these hospitals and the children who are there.
Each year through donations, and with help from hard working family members and volunteers, the non-profit 501(c)(3) is able to continue providing gift bags to hospitalized children. Over the years their efforts have touched the lives of hundreds, if not thousands, of children.
