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Shell gas station in Pomona raised $11,000 for the Foundation for Prader Willi
Research through the national program called "Giving Pump."
News
12 reported in August that customers who filled up
at the purple pump at the
Old Route 202 gas station had three cents of every gallon donated toward treatment.
Dominique
Valenti, who works at Shell, has a 13-month-old daughter named Catalina
who was born with Prader-Willi syndrome – a rare genetic disorder.
Only 1 in
15,000 to 20,000 children are born with the condition. It causes a
variety of issues from intellectual disability to poor growth and physical
development. While there's no cure, there are some
treatments that can help.
Valenti
asked News 12 to thank viewers who donated on her behalf.