Embodiments of Love!
Love if
expressed, finds the feet of Almighty;
Here is a beautiful example:
Residents of St.
George are planning to pull out all the stops to bring Christmas in October to
a terminally ill local boy.
Christmas decorations across the community are going up well
ahead of the season and an impromptu village Santa Claus parade is being
organized for Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. to bring early holiday cheer to Evan Leversage.
The seven-year-old boy has been battling brain cancer most of
his short life, according to Shelly Wellwood, who is a cousin of the boy's mom
and who spearheaded the event.
Evan`s mother, Nicole Wellwood, 31, is a single mother of three
young boys - Evan, and his brothers, Logan, 9, and Tyson, 5.
"All the support and the love -- it's been
overwhelming," Nicole said on Sunday.
"We never expected this to grow as big as it did."
Diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour at the age of two,
Evan, for the past five years, has undergone rounds of extensive and lengthy
chemotherapy and radiation treatments, his mother said.
Recently, the family was told that the tumour had grown. Nicole
said doctors informed her that they could give no assurance of Evan's survival.
In September, doctors told Evan they have no more medicine to
cure him, Nicole said.
Doctors recommended that if Christmas was important to Evan, the
family should move the celebration forward to October, Nicole said.
Without Nicole's knowledge, her cousin Shelly began a Facebook
campaign - Christmas in St. George - originally intending to encourage local
residents to turn on their Christmas lights so Evan could see them on the way
home from a planned 90-person dinner in Paris to be held Monday night. But the
community campaign quickly snowballed into plans for a full-fledged mini-parade
on Oct. 24, said Shelly, who lives in Cambridge.
On the weekend it was announced via Facebook that the parade had
reached its limit of 25 floats.
The list of parade participants includes dancers, cadets, a fire
truck, a Lions Club float, horses, a DeLorean car, some family and local
business floats and, of course, Santa.
"I think this gives us all an idea how awesome this parade
will be, how supportive St. George and the surrounding community are, but most
of all how many amazing people want Evan and his brothers to have a wonderful
night," Shelly said.
Facebook posters have inquired about donating presents to Evan
and it was suggested that his brothers should not feel left out of the
celebration, Shelly said.
Wish lists for all the boys have been posted on the Facebook
site. Should gifts prove excessive, they will be donated to McMaster Children's
Hospital, she said.
A Gofundme page was created on Oct. 17 asking for cash donations
to help Nicole and her family.
"Nikki is in survival mode and is working hard to make the
most of the present and immediate future with Evan and his brothers," the
page intro states.
"These funds will go directly toward helping Nikki with
food and living expenses for her and the boys over the next few months, and
possibly starting an RESP for both Logan and Tyson to help with their future
education," the site says.
As of late Sunday afternoon, the Gofundme page called One Last
Christmas had reached $755 of a requested amount of $1,500.
Nicole and her boys, who have Stratford-area roots, came to St.
George about three years ago to join her mother who had also moved to the
village.
"I'm very thankful to the St. George community. It's truly
a blessing to be here," Nicole said.
धन्यवाद:
See you in the next episode
With lots of love
श्वस्ति , मङ्गलं भूयात्
राजगोपालः
rajagopal
24.10.2015
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