Elora girl’s memory continues to inspire hope for cancer research
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A large crowd gathered under a bright blue sky to remember a young Elora girl whose positive attitude and zest for life continue to inspire others.
A large crowd gathered under a bright blue sky to remember a young Elora girl whose positive attitude and zest for life continue to inspire others.
Team Addy held their third annual Family Fun Day at Centre Wellington District High School in Fergus on Saturday in memory of Addison Hill, a young girl who battled a rare form of cancer called angiosarcoma.
“You can’t articulate into words the emotions that have filled the day,” mother Jessica Hill told CTV News while she stood in the midst of a temporary carnival and basketball tournament set up in her daughter’s honour. “The community support, the people that I see here, the amount of hugs that I’ve gotten, the amount of volunteers I needed – We say no one fights alone and I can’t do this alone. This is happening. This fundraising is happening because of my community.”
Addy’s smiling face looked out at the celebrations from a collection of murals as families played with inflatable games, took turns spraying a fire house, and reconnected on a beautiful July day.
Cheers erupted from the high school as over 100 teams competed in a 3-on-3 basketball tournament in Addy’s honour.
Addy would have turned 16-years-old earlier this week.
She died at the age of 14.
