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The Bluffton Sun
Feb. 14, 2023
Kids fighting cancer separately bring community together
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Bluffton’s young fighters, clockwise from top left: Kailey Morris, Krystal Buck, Daws Skager and Kendall Brody. A community cookbook is being prepared to raise funds for the youngsters’ health care costs.
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Bluffton residents and Lowcountry chefs are sharing their passion to help raise money for a quartet of families tackling unthinkable medical battles. A locals cookbook project has spawned out of a post in the Bluffton Then and Now Facebook group by local historian Paul Tollefson. He posted a link to a classic collection of recipes from the Episcopal Church of the Cross from 1971. The pamphlet-sized book included a deviled crab recipe from Naomi McCracken, a chicken chow mein recipe from the Mingledorff family, a red rice recipe from Margaret Heyward, a chicken loaf masterpiece from Olive Pinckney, and a shrimp pilau recipe from Edith Inglesby among its mix of culinary gems. Members of the What’s Happening in Bluffton Facebook group loved the
cookbook post and raised the possibility of doing a similar project to help a number of kids facing uphill hospital ordeals. Nine-year-old Red Cedar Elementary student Kendall Brodie was diagnosed in early February with Stage 2 neuroblastoma, an extremely rare form of cancer. She is the daughter of Brandy and Beav Brodie, the founder of Bluffton-based Tactical Baby Gear. You may have seen the “Kick Ass Kendall” and “Team Kendall” shirt around town. That’s all to raise Kendall’s spirits and show her the visual love as she endures this battle. River Ridge Academy eighth grader Kailey Morris was diagnosed around the same time with a brain tumor. Kailey is a cheerleader at RRA and the entire school community has rallied to support her and her family. Three-year-old Bluffton Early Child-
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