Tuesday 24 September 2013

Boy Raises $400,000 For Sick Best Friend



WHAT would you do if you found out your best buddy had a rare disease? What would you do if you were six years
old when you found this out? Dylan Siegel’s response was nothing
short of incredible. ABC News reports the young boy, now
seven, wrote a children’s book
entitledChocolate Bar , to raise money
for his sick friend, Jonah. It initially sold 200 copies at his school
for $6000. But before long word had
spread. More books, even T-shirts, bags
and phone cases. Now he’s raised $400,000 and has his
eye on seven figures. Jonah contracted a rare liver disease
called glycogen storage disease. It
causes his blood sugar to drop
dramatically, and can be fatal. Dr David Weinstein, who studies the
disease, is completely blown away. “Boy, have I been shocked,” he told ABC
News. “He’s raised more money for this disease
than all the medical foundations and all
the grants combined. Ever.” Dylan’s father, who initially suggested a
lemonade stand to help raise money but
was quickly told, “don’t patronise me”,
says he’s learned more about what’s
possible from his son than from anyone
else. “Kids can change the world just like any
of us,” he said. “It’s been a blast. It validates a six-year-
old’s vision of what he thought change
could be.”

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