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Troudale salon hosts shave any thon fundraiser to support young boy along with leukemia
Friends, young football players, fathers and grandfathers arrived durante masse at Troutdale's Creative Border Salon Wednesday evening to help shave their heads meant for Joe MacDonald, a 9 yr Gresham boy who was diagnosed with a hard-to-find form of leukemia less than a thirty days ago.
Joe's fourth grade twelve months at Fairview Elementary School was interrupted suddenly on April Per day when doctors diagnosed the pup with Burkitt's leukemia, a many forms of cancer affecting fewer than 300 folks throughout the country every year. He started treatment soon after.
The family possesses spent $1,700 in 3 weeks on co pays, drugs and gas to and from a healthcare facility, costs that will continue for at least another six months of Joe's treatment.
"We are here supporting May well and supporting friends," said Ce n va être très populaire 42 Neil Green while his or her son Parker, 11, who usually plays with Joe, satellite in the hairstylist's chair awaiting his or her buzz cut.
Julie Baggs, loved ones friend of the MacDonalds, helped organize the shave a thon and it's planning future fundraisers for any cause. Saturday, June Fifteen, at Weston Kia on Southeast 223rd Avenue and Stark Block.
Donations will be accepted at case.
Joe is a huge football lover. His favorite team will be the Green Bay Packers. He got to play in only two games with his YMCA a flag football team before he / she fell ill.
Baggs' son, Carter, is a close friend of Joe's. Their shared passion for football has gotten the two families closer within the last few years.
needs him inside your now, Baggs said. don't get to view each other very much.
Carter along with a number of his teammates huddled around May well, who had just Ai fini fiscali e ha pagato imposte sul beneficio La situazione è questa 33 returned from a visit to the hospital when he reached the salon.
Joe can be scheduled to start his second round of chemotherapy now.
His father, Ross, was happy to have the extra support.
"This is extremely good," he said. "More than we will have imagined."
Later on is known for his playful, extrovert personality and ability Daniel Snapp to make lighting of a tough situation.
Wristbands, T shirts and a Facebook page made to support Joe throughout his treatment tout his motto: Hit. Never leave. Tackle it Joe! (virtually all football cependant references).
Shirts appear in green and gold, Packers' colours.
With a little brother and a minor sister at home, his pops, a Multnomah County sheriff's deputy, and new mother, who stays at home, usually are juggling workloads to keep their family jointly, taking turns staying with Joe at the hospital and the children at home.
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