With everyone's help, Joel was able to raise over $300! We call that showing Max Strength! Way to go, Joel! We are so very proud...and Max is so very grateful.
When fifth-grader Joel James learned that his new baby cousin Max had been diagnosed with a serious genetic disease called spinal muscular atrophy, he told his parents he was going to keep giving Max lots of love. When they told him that SMA would not affect Max's cognitive development, Joel started brainstorming ways to help Max learn. "There is a lot of good technology and smart people in the world who would come up with a way to help Max as he gets older," he predicted. Earlier this summer, Joel announced to his family members that he wanted to hold a yard sale and give all the profits toward helping Max in his fight against SMA. Yesterday the big day finally arrived. Friends, neighbors, and co-workers...so many people came out to purchase gently used toys for a good cause.
With everyone's help, Joel was able to raise over $300! We call that showing Max Strength! Way to go, Joel! We are so very proud...and Max is so very grateful.
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Bobbi James
8/10/2014 10:20:57 pm
Thank you for this beautiful acknowledgement of Joel's efforts. I am so proud of his generousity, and my heart aches for the love Joel shows for his baby cousin. It's a wonderful thing, especially for a child for whom empathy and selflessness does not come easily. Max is a special child in so many ways, and his presence in our lives has enrich it innumerably
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Aniki
8/11/2014 12:06:30 am
What a wonderful family God has blessed Max with. I love how Max is teaching us! God truly does work all things for good.
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Leslie
8/11/2014 11:37:14 am
Well done, Joel! You have such a wonderful family and it is so amazing that you worked so hard to support them.
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