Join us at Yelm City Park to color postcards to send to Avery, a soon-to-be 3rd grader at Prairie Elementary who was diagnosed with leukemia for the 4th time in her short 9 years! Blank postcards, stamps, art supplies and stickers will be provided! If you want to bring your own, that's totally fine as well.
More information is below, however, this event is totally FREE so let's send her some love while she's at the Ronald McDonald House receiving treatment in Seattle.
I'm posting this with permission from Jenna Jaque. This is a lot but bear with me.
As some of you know, I'm the Health Room Assistant at Prairie Elementary in Yelm, WA. Avery, a 9-year-old soon-to-be 3rd grader, popped into my Health Room multiple times over the last couple of years. I've gotten to know her mom, Jenna, very well and we now address each other as "Bestie" when I call. :) I'd start every phone call with "Everything is fine" and let her know about whatever ailment Avery was presenting with. The last several months of school, she was up in my Health Room A LOT.
You see, Avery is special. And yeah, all kids are special but this one, she's something else. She lights up a room with her smile and her cute giggle, she's hilarious, her outfits are on point, she's thoughtful, she's strong, and she's a fighter. She had 3 run-ins with cancer in her short little life when I met her, thus resulting in my borderline overbearing phone calls/emails to her mom every day. She beat it 3 times. Now, unfortunately, it's going to turn into 4 times as she was recently diagnosed with leukemia on June 19th, 2025, two days after school got out.
There's not a lot I can do in this situation but what I can do is start a fundraiser. Avery and her family are currently staying at the Ronald McDonald House in Seattle while she receives treatment. If you'd like to help, I'm sure they'd appreciate whatever support you can give.
The GoFundMe link is here:
https://gofund.me/a54a81c1
In addition, I'm going to be making shirts, bracelets and stickers. Anything beyond material costs will go directly to Avery's family. The order form is located here:
https://forms.gle/b22aDjVgYWriupNv6
If you'd like to follow her journey, you can do so here:
https://www.facebook.com/share/16XExtBnhy/
Finally, I am working on organizing an event to color postcards for Avery to send to her while she's at Ronald McDonald House in Seattle. More information on that coming soon. If you'd like to send something to her directly, the address is below:
5130 40th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105
Room 391
If you made it this far, thank you for reading!
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