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HP fundraiser raises money for French boy diagnosed with INAD

Fletcher Walner, 3, of Highland Park, joins the crowd on the bounce house during the “Bisous for Leo” fundraiser, Sept. 22 at Hi-five in Northbrook Court. (Photos by Nicole Carrow/22nd Century Media)
Event organizers Elizabeth Berry (left to right), Greer Herman and Stephanie Goldstein, all of Highland Park, speak to the crowd at the fundraiser.
Erin Yarnall, Editor
4:45 pm CDT September 23, 2019

Most Highland Park residents will never meet Léo Vauclare, a 3-year-old boy living in Paris, France with his family. But they still felt compelled to support him.

When Léo was two, he was diagnosed with infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD), which has been described as Parkinson’s mixed with Alzheimer’s, but for kids.

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