Photo of Hallee Sorenson on her 18th birthday eating cake alone.                   Credit: Rebecca Lyn/Facebook

Birthdays are supposed to be fun.  A special day and celebration filled with phone calls ringing birthday wishes, gifts with pretty bows, cake and ice cream, as well as people to share your special day with.  This was not the usual birthday fanfare for Hallee Sorenson, who has autism, and was turning 18 last year. None of the friends she invited to her birthday party at the bowling alley  showed up.

A cousin of Hallee’s, Rebecca Lyn, posted a message on social media about Hallee’s story. She put out a plea to help make Hallee’s 19th birthday a little bit happier this year by asking for people to send her birthday wishes online or birthday cards. Rebecca Lyn’s message has not only reached local TV stations and newspapers, her message has reached people all over the world.

See Rebecca’s social media message here.

I’ve  just addressed a card for  Hallee Sorenson and it is ready to pop in the mail on Monday morning, in time for her 19th birthday on July 2nd.  I hope that the subscribers of my blog and others who stumble upon this post go to this page that has been set up for Hallee, and wish her a happy 19th birthday. There are already hundreds of messages pouring in as well as birthday cards and gifts.

Please help make Hallee’s 19th birthday happier this year by sending her a message  on social media or a birthday card by postal mail.  (Hallee’s address below.)

 Hallee Sorenson

34 Wellesley Way

Bangor, Maine 04401

Bangor Daily News Article: Why the world wants this Bangor girl’s birthday to be happy
http://bangordailynews.com/2016/06/10/news/bangor/why-the-world-wants-this-bangor-girls-birthday-to-be-happy/