The Danielle Mitchell Memorial Fund lately obtained a verify from Alan Finch, coordinator of The Can Assortment Crew.

Traditionally, the crew donated to the fund, which then mixed the cash from the crew and the Danielle Mitchell Memorial Poker Run to donate to the Make-A-Want Basis.

The poker run was retired final yr, however the can assortment continues.

Finch introduced a verify for $6,600 to the officers of the fund, Thomas Glenn and Kimberly Mitchell Glenn, which then was donated to Make-A-Want in reminiscence of Danielle Mitchell, an area woman who was a recipient of a want from the group.

As the usual quantity to fund a want is $4,400, that is sufficient to fund one-and-a-half needs, organizers stated.

The donation will fund the want of Sophia, a 6-year-old woman from Oil Metropolis with leukemia who’s engaged on figuring out her want along with her volunteers. She had a current keep within the hospital that delayed setting her want, officers stated.

There’s one other teen whose want is just partially funded. That’s the place the half-wish comes into play. An 8-year-old woman from Warren County has leukemia. She is from an Amish household, so private particulars can’t be shared, however her want for a pony and buggy will now be funded.

Neither of the desires is from Crawford County, which is the place the fund has all the time chosen want youngsters. However there are none proper now, officers stated, which both means there aren’t any critically unwell youngsters right here (that will be superior, they added) or there are children that have to be referred to Make-A-Want.

For youngsters battling crucial diseases, the stress and trauma they expertise could be overwhelming. Emotions of isolation, despair and worry are all too widespread to want households. Many households imagine that the want marked a turning level of their baby’s combat, contributing considerably to bodily, psychological and emotional well being — changing worry with confidence and unhappiness with hope, in response to a current examine. However these life-changing needs can not happen with no referral. To be taught extra, go to want.org/refer-a-child.

The Danielle Mitchell Memorial Fund now has helped to meet the desires of 27 native critically-ill youngsters with donations totaling $97,000.96 over the previous 16 years.

The vast majority of the donated quantities have come from the poker run till this yr. The can assortment began in 2018 and has grown every year. The primary yr the can assortment totaled $303. Then 2019 noticed $504 donated whereas in 2020 the quantity was $1,004. Final yr the can assortment raised $4,400. These quantities mixed the donation of $6,600 this yr has totaled $12,811 in 5 years. Should you stay within the Cambridge Springs space, please contemplate accumulating your aluminum cans. They are often dropped off at 108 N. Primary St. in Cambridge Springs or 24209 State Freeway 408, additionally in Cambridge Springs. For extra data, name (814) 873-1387.