Today we celebrate Gregory's birthday - January 14, 2003.

Please donate in his memory. Every gift will be put to use immediately to support our mission to provide Kisses of Opportunity in the form of domestic violence educational resources as well as educational scholarships to low-income students throughout the U.S.

Our goal is to celebrate the memory of Amy Perez and her children, Molly and Gregory and reflect her generosity of spirit, her commitment to academic excellence, and her enduring legacy as a mother and tutor. In particular, we attempt to reflect Amy’s unique way of praising her students’ success by tossing them a chocolate candy from the bowl that sat on the desk where she tutored.

GREGORY

Kind and sweet and just 8 years old

Our little boy Gregory had a heart of gold.

Described as a "perfect" person by his best friend

That was surely true until his very tragic end.

Gregory was taken from us at the hands of his dad

How that can happen leaves us bewildered and so sad.

He had such a sharp mind, knowing the stats and the facts

Of all the baseball players who came up to bat.

Gregory was a star on the field he could sure hit that ball

So far and so hard for someone that small.

We miss our seeing our dear Gregory and going to his games

His memory will live on in our good deeds in his name.