DYERSBURG, Tenn. — ‘Placing up factors, pulling down most cancers!’ That’s the theme of a particular upcoming occasion.
A profit softball sport for Ma’kyleanna Wilkes is about for Saturday, July 27.
The occasion begins at 9 a.m. on the Dyersburg Exercise Middle, 12-year-old Ma’kyleanna Wilkes was recognized with most cancers in April and had surgical procedure in Might.
Occasion organizer, Nichole McKinney, and a gaggle of women within the neighborhood have been placing fundraisers collectively to assist the household of 5 out.
They’ve had a bake sale, a carwash and bought t-shirts.
McKinney shares that the neighborhood has actually stepped up nevertheless it doesn’t cease there.
“We’ve had different communities, surrounding counties with those that have donated and given. When a household is in want, come collectively since you by no means know when it may very well be you or somebody in your loved ones that stands in the identical spot,” mentioned McKinney.
All the cash raised from the occasion can be given to Wilkes so she will buy groceries earlier than faculty begins again.
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