Grand Opening of Hide & Seek Boutique Brings Community Together for a Cause

Long Beach, CA, April 17, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Hide & Seek Foundation, the leading national non-profit organization devoted to Lysosomal Disease research and education, is opening the doors to a second-hand furniture store in beautiful Belmont Shore. With 100 percent of the proceeds going to benefit research through Hide & Seek Foundation, the organization hopes that their selection of quality used home furnishings at affordable prices will raise disease awareness while helping to beautify the community.

"Everyone deserves a beautiful home environment," Hide and Seek Boutique founder Stephanie Lyn says. "The condition of my home environment was crucial for my sanity when dealing with my son’s diagnosis and when setting up and dealing with the creation of the Hide & Seek Foundation. I just want to spread that idea throughout the community while educating the public about the illness."

Now the foundation co-founder, together with a committed group of volunteers have taken this simple concept and turned it into a reality. Selling beautiful furniture at a great rate, the 700 square foot Hide & Seek Boutique's doors to the public will open April 15. The “Mini-Grand-Opening” will be beautifully staged with artwork by local artists, complimentary juice and snacks and acoustic music performed by local musicians.

When: April 15, 2009
Where: 203 Covina Ave., Long Beach, CA 90803
Time: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Lysosomal Disease affects as many as one out of every 5,000 babies born in the US each year. This largely-overlooked condition is caused by a cellular mutation that renders a vital cell protein ineffective. That protein then disrupts the functioning of the cell's "recycling center," causing the cells to store products destined for breakdown. The effects of this fatal disease vary according to the particular protein affected, but include: developmental delays, seizures, mental retardation, dementia, deafness, blindness, bone and skeletal deformities as well as liver, spleen, lung and heart problems.

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