Moose-kateers upcoming fundraiser

by Alice E. Gerard
Grand Island Dispatch, May 2, 2008

On a bright, sunny May 1, Dona Cameron and Maria Fox set up a table outside of M&T Bank at Grand Island Plaza to sell purple ribbons and to publicize Relay For Life Team Moose-kateers’ May 10 chicken barbecue from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Grand Island Rod and Gun Club, 1083 Whitehaven Road.

“We’re selling magnets and angels and barbecue tickets. We’re really trying to get rid of those. We want lots of people to come out to our chicken barbecue,” Cameron said.

“We are going to have a huge basket raffle. I think that we’re supposed to have over 100 baskets. They’re all going to be great,” Fox said.

Cameron said that she was hoping that the chicken barbecue would be a big seller. “We’re hoping to raise a ton of money,” she said. “We really want everyone to come out. It’s a great cause. Everyone’s been touched by cancer. Everybody can help make a difference in research. We need research, not only for new people who are being diagnosed with cancer, but also for people who have cancer that comes back.”

“This has been great. Everyone has been really nice, saying hello and a little bit of chit chatting,” she noted.

Fox added, “Grand Island is a great community for things like this. Everybody is so close. Like she said, everybody’s been touched by cancer in one way or another, so the support on Grand Island is great.”

Cameron, the mother of 3-year-old cancer survivor Ian, said that her son, who loves trains, has been having a great time since he was given a little replica train station in the family’s backyard on April 25 by the Make-a-Wish Foundation.

“He loves it. It’s been really hard to keep him in the house. All he wants to do is to go out there and play all day,” Cameron said.