玛吉·米勒和Sidney钻石从未谋面,但两个女孩共用一个强大的债券:祖父母,全部来自休斯顿,谁忍受癌症。
玛吉的爷爷,罗兰·张伯伦,死亡胰腺癌之前她出生。西德尼的爷爷,阿兰·金,死亡脑癌当她3岁的时候。她的祖母卡罗尔·戈尔德(Carol Gold)是MD安德森(MD Anderson)医生乳腺癌病人。
为了帮助防止其他孩子失去亲人的癌症,两个女孩是如何通过在MD安德森帮助基金癌症研究反扑,他们所知道的最好的方式。乐动体育LDsports中国
“我的祖父死于癌症,我没能见到他,”玛吉,9,休斯顿说。“我结合我的津贴和金钱,我从一个柠檬水摊子和销售画像我画提高。”
然后她亲手将筹得的47.46美元送给了MD Anderson的总裁,罗纳德·a·德平厚,医学博士在他的办公室。
“我们非常自豪玛吉的,”她的母亲卡丽·米勒,MD安德森的先遣队,社区和商界领袖谁推动该机构的使命,以消除癌症的志愿者领导委员会的成员说。“我们希望她的捐赠激励其他孩子想他们可以筹集资金,以支持MD安德森的方式。”
西德尼的母亲,来自沃斯堡的朱莉·戴蒙德(Julie Diamond)回忆起她的父亲和女儿一起度过的时光。
“父亲喜欢在中央公园采取西德尼上散步的时候,我们住在纽约,”朱莉说,‘他是个很快乐,随遇而安的那种人。’
现在,十几年失去她的祖父癌症后,悉尼延续了家族的对抗疾病。
“因为我的父母,我们家和MD安德森有一种特殊的联系,”朱莉说。“西德尼也有同感。”
为了纪念她的祖父母,西德尼把她在成年礼上收到的400美元捐给了MD安德森。
“这让我感觉很好捐赠给MD安德森,说:”从沃斯堡的13岁。“我希望我们的钱帮助照顾我的祖母和其他病人了。”
西德尼捐款的一半将通过艾伦·戈尔德脑癌研究纪念基金来支持脑癌研究。乐动体育LDsports中国另一半将通过MD Anderson 's支持乳腺癌研究乐动体育LDsports中国登月计划。
“能有这样真诚的孩子想对人类状况的影响,并看到他们设定一个很好的例子,给予 - 无论多少 - 事,这就是生活的全部,” DePinho说。
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