Local non-profit The Maddy Wagon is the recipient of $5,000 from AJ Team Realty’s 100th Home Sale contest.
The Maddy Wagon’s mission is to help families with children that are battling pediatric cancer.
AJ Team Realty was offering the money as part of a contest where the charity with the most votes would receive the funds after the company sold their 100th home of the year.
Read our earlier story here.
“We’re excited about Maddy Wagon winning the contest because they’re doing so much for families in our community,” stated AJ Team CEO Allen Johnson in a release.
The Maddy Wagon was started in 2012 by the friends of Edwin and Brandi Garrett to “raise funds to cover the medical costs for the Garrett’s daughter, Madison, who was diagnosed with Stage IV Childhood Cancer when she was just three years old,” stated a release.
More on Maddy’s story, from a release:
“[Maddy] had cancer in her shoulders, her hips, her legs, her lower spine, her bones and bone marrow and an abdominal tumor the size of a small melon, which was initially inoperable as it was wrapped around major organs and arteries … her right kidney [also] pressed down on her right leg. She could not walk.” Mrs. Garrett shared. “She was given only a 30% chance at survival.”
After enduring countless hospitalizations, nine cycles of chemotherapy, MIBG radiation therapy, oncology radiation therapy, numerous surgeries including the resection of the tumor, a stem cell transplant, and lastly antibody therapy, 8-year-old Maddy is now cancer free.
“With her victory won, our goal through this non-profit organization expanded to help Maddy’s fellow fighters as much as possible in their courageous battles with childhood cancer, and provide them with smiles along the way! Although Maddy is healed, there are thousands of
other children who are not. We must raise childhood cancer awareness and funds for cures, as well as assist other deserving families currently battling childhood cancer!” said Mrs. Garrett. “We sincerely thank AJ Realty Team for helping us give the most support possible to Raise Childhood Cancer Awareness, Raise Funds for Cures and Support Families in the Fight!”
According to the Children’s Cancer Research Fund website, each day, 42 families in the United States receive the news that their child or teen has cancer and every week 38 kids pass away from cancer. The Maddy Wagon is one of the many local and national groups working to provide support to families in need.
