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Community rallies to support teen diagnosed with leukemia A number of fundraising efforts have sprung up to help the family of EDSS student Liam Moyer cope with ordeal BY VERONICA REINER vreiner@woolwichobserver.com
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Five KitchenerConestoga hopefuls look to differentiate themselves at last week’s event organized by the chamber of commerce
Largely sticking to their respective party lines, the five candidates running in the Kitchener-Conestoga riding made their one all-candidates stop in Elmira on October 10, giving local voters a chance to get a handle on their options ahead of Monday’s federal election. In the event hosted by the Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce, all five candidates were quizzed on topics that included fiscal responsibility, climate change, affordable housing and transit during the allotted two hours. Progressive Conservative incumbent Harold Albrecht, Liberal candidate Tim Louis, NDP candidate Riani de Wet, Green Party’s Stephanie Goertz, and PPC’s Koltyn Wallar offered their
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Students at St. Boniface CES didn't let a little rain dampen their spirits during Wednesday morning’s Walk to School Day activities. McCoy Rog, Nixen Huber and Jacob Cameron joined the community in a walk up to the school from the Maryhill Heritage Community Centre to promote active living. [VERONICA REINER / THE OBSERVER]
The community is rallying in support of an Elmira family coping with their son’s leukemia diagnosis, raising more than $10,000 in a matter of days. Liam Moyer, a Grade 11 student at EDSS, was recently diagnosed with B-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), a form of cancer that affects white blood cells in the bone marrow. Moyer will be receiving treatment at the Victoria Children’s Hospital in London over the next month. His friends have come together to form Team Liam T-shirt fundraiser to support the Moyer family, including his brother Ben, his sister Alie, and his parents Rob and Peri, with the added costs of gas, food, and accommodations while Liam is undergoing treatment.
“We knew that Liam was going through a rough time, so we wanted to do what we can to help support him and his family,” said Kyler Austin, an organizer of Team Liam. The customized T-Shirts sport Team Liam, a unique logo featuring a ribbon and deer antlers, along with the phrase “Hunting for a Cure.” The phrase is a reference to Liam’s passion for hunting. Each shirt costs $20, with all proceeds raised going directly to the Moyer family. Alternatively, money can be donated directly to the family without any purchase on via the same online site. “Liam is a fantastic kid. He is polite, kind, he loves the outdoors,” said Melanie Austin, an EDSS teacher whose son is best friends with Liam. “He’s bright ... and even when the boys went to go visit him, he’s TREATMENT | 07
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