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  • PHF Featured Story: Glen Ridge High School Junior Goes to Congress

    September 29, 2011 by  
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    High School Teenager Collette Umar talks about her experience on Capitol Hill for the Hydrocephalus Awareness Day event

    Read the full story: Last Friday, September 23, Glen Ridge High School student Colette Umar delivered a speech in Washington, DC at the first Congressional Adult and Pediatric Hydrocephalus Caucus.

    The caucus, was co-chaired by Congressman Leonard Lance and Congressman Tim Walz along with the Pediatric Hydrocephalus Foundation. It was held in the Cannon building and was attended by members of Congress, aides, medical experts, foundation personnel and families affected by hydrocephalus.

      Collette and her father Erich Umar.