Jayci Glover, a 13-year-old from Kanab, Utah, is trying to live the best life she can. The teenager, who has a rare form of terminal lymphoma, was granted a wish from the Make-A-Wish Foundation. But as Yahoo News reports, the girl with the big heart didn’t want a trip to Disneyland or the chance to meet a celebrity. Instead, Jayci asked the foundation to make a donation to her high school.
Thanks to Jayci, Kanab High School was presented with a check for $7,500 that will go towards a new scoreboard for the gym. According to the report, the boys basketball team wore shirts that read “Fight Like Jayci” and each boy gave her a rose and a hug or kiss for her generosity.
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As you can see in the touching video from KSL above, earlier this month Jayci was given a hero’s welcome after leaving the hospital in Salt Lake City. Hundreds of people lined up with posters and cheered for the brave girl, who has endured countless rounds of chemotherapy and radiation. Doctors feared that she wouldn’t survive the five hour drive back to her home town but she’s now comfortably resting and spending time with friends and family.
Jayci’s mother, Heather, recently wrote on the family’s fundraising site that while the disease has been taking over her daughter’s body at a rapid pace, Jayci has remained positive and strong. “She never let cancer into her spirit. Jayci has cancer, cancer does not now and never will have Jayci,” she wrote. “We are the luckiest parents in the world to get to call her our daughter. She has taught us so much and we are so proud of her.” This generous girl can teach the rest of us all a little something, too.
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Not Even Brain Cancer Could Stop This 10-Year-Old From Caring About the Homeless
A fourth grader with a rare form of brain cancer had one wish: he wanted to make the world a nicer place for others. As ABC News reports, 10-year-old Keegan Keppner has Glioma, a cancer that affects the brain and spine. He also has Hyrdocephalus, a condition that causes spinal fluid to collect near his brain. To make matters worse, his parents are struggling with unemployment. Despite his problems, the Eugene, Ore. boy still wanted to make sure the local homeless don’t go hungry. As you can see in the video above, Keegan and his stepfather Steven Macgray brought a home-cooked batch of rice and beans to feed 18 homeless residents who were being evicted from their tent community, Whoville. Apparently, feeding the homeless was on the boy’s bucket list. “It’s sad to see them suffer,” Keegan, who is currently in remission, told ABC News. “There are a lot of nice people down there.”
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