Photo by Alison Conklin
For the fourth consecutive year, we are excited to have Laughing At My Nightmare (LAMN) as the beneficiary for our Best Of the Lehigh Valley Celebration. President of LAMN, Shane Burcaw, founded the nonprofit with his cousin, Sarah Yunusov, to give people a laugh, all while benefiting muscular dystrophy, a disease that Burcaw tackles with a positive attitude and some humor every day.
Within the past few years, LAMN has greatly impacted people living with this muscle debilitating disease by taking donations and using them to provide equipment grants totaling over $60,000. Recently, LAMN provided an outdoor elevator for a family in Pennsylvania in order to allow their daughter easy access into her home. Over the years they have also donated beds, computers, ramps and much more.
You can donate to Laughing At My Nightmare when you purchase a ticket for the Best of the Lehigh Valley Celebration. Then at the event, you will have the opportunity to meet Burcaw and get a laugh in person!
If you’re like us and can’t get enough of Burcaw, we have a few options for you. You can check out his memoir Laughing At My Nightmare available now, and stay tuned for his children’s picture book Not So Different available November 7 and the sequel to his first memoir in late 2018. Finally, check out his Q&A session in our Best of the Lehigh Valley edition of the magazine available July 1.
