The Cundy’s Harbor Community Hall in Harpswell will host a blood drive on Saturday in honor of 8-year-old Adelynn Moody, who has been battling leukemia for nearly half her life.
The blood drive is on runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cundy’s Harbor Community Hall on Cundy’s Harbor Road in Harpswell. To sign up for an appointment to donate, call 1-800-733-2767 or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter keyword “Adelynn.”
Adelynn was diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in March 2017 when she was 5 years old, joining the roughly 3,000 people under 20 to be diagnosed with that illness each year in the US, according to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Bridget Murphy, Adelynn’s mother, remembers the diagnosis as heartbreaking because “you never think it’ll happen to you” but said there was a silver lining to the news.
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