About Us

Our Mission Statement:

To be fully present as we help, support and use our voices for those living with Huntington's Disease (HD - Adult)

and Juvenile Huntington's Disease (JHD - Children), through education, awareness and resources.

Our hope is that through grants, fundraising, staying current on clinical trials and treatments, and annual events, we can help families who are currently living with this awful disease.  

 

The Wishing Tree For HD was founded by Crystal Collinsworth in October 2022. Crystal and her family have suffered repeatedly from Huntington's Disease beginning in the year 2000 when Crystal's paternal grandmother was diagnosed with Huntington's Disease. Her father was diagnosed in July 2007 at USF Hospital in Tampa, Florida. Two years later in 2009, her grandmother died from complications of HD. In June 2013, Crystal's life would be forever changed when she lost her father to suicide due to Huntington's Disease. The trauma continued when she was diagnosed with HD in May 2017 at UC Neurology in Cincinnati, Ohio. She has since made it her mission to do everything she can to be an advocate for Huntington's Disease, Juvenile Huntington's Disease and Suicide Prevention. WE HAVE TO FIND A CURE!

 

In loving memory of James Michael Collinsworth & Myrtle Louise Collinsworth