Seeing The Good In So Many People

Kylie Edwards. Credit: Band Together 4 Kyle

My cousin Kylie is a 3 year old little girl.  She was recently diagnosed with Burkitts Lymphoma. On August 24th, there was a benefit held for Kylie at Paws Pet Resort and Spa in Cheshire. Our whole family was there to help out. There was a pasta dinner, live music, a raffle,  bouncy house, and a magician there to entertain guests. Many of the guests won great prizes from the raffle. Guests bought tickets to this event, and many people who could not attend, donated in the mail. About 250 people came to the fundraiser and about 16,000  dollars was raised in total at this event to help Kylie’s family with some of her medical expenses. Joe and Robin Whitright are the owners of Paws. They were very generous to let us have this fundraiser at the place where they work. They helped a lot with setting up, cleaning up, and planning for the fundraiser.

I think that having this fundraiser was a great way to raise money for Kylie, in a fun and entertaining way. Considering the amount of money that was made during this event, I would call it a success. Was Kylie’s family happy with the way the fundraiser went? Yes they were. Her whole family thought that many of the guests were entertained and had a great time at this event. Kylie’s family now has more money and support to pay for her medical expenses or anything else Kylie needs. For me, it was wonderful to see so many people help out someone they didn’t even know.

~Laura Thomas

 

 

 

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