Fundraisers for Brooke Healey, four-year-old daughter of Madison math teacher and wrestling coach Mr. Healey, have grown over the past weeks tremendously. Unfortunately, Brooke has been diagnosed with inoperable brain tumor, and is currently undergoing radiation treatment every week in New York. The entire town of Madison has come together to help raise money for the cause.
Among the fundraisers is “Bracelets for Brooke” in which students, faculty, and community members can purchase purple bracelets. The phrase “hope, faith, love” engraved in the bracelet encourages the awareness of Brooke’s condition and the treatment of brain tumors. A list of the shops selling these bracelets is listed below.
T-shirts and socks are also available for purchase to raise money. Some of these are worn both by athletes and sports fans at Madison events, such as wrestling matches, to support Coach Healey and his daughter. During lunch, members of PGC have been selling “Bears for Brooke” to cover C-Hall. Students are extremely supportive of Mr. Healey and his daughter and MHS even held a “white out” day to honor Brooke.
The money the fundraisers earn will help cover medical expenses and related costs of treatment. More fundraisers are up and coming, including a dinner and auction on March 16 at the Grand Summit Hotel in Springfield. Tickets are $100 per person.
Through this tragedy, the Healey family still has hope that a miracle can happen.
Everyone in Madison is standing behind the Healey family and doing all that can be done to help this beautiful four-year-old girl.
Bracelets can be bought for $5 in the following places:
Alfred’s Sport Shop
Madison Medical
CJ Deli
D Torr
Hickory Tree Pizza in Chatham
Madison Bowling Alley
Madison Pharmacy
Main Street Subs
Romanelli’s
You can visit the family’s CaringBridge page for updates and to make donations.
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/brookehealey
Sources:
http://madison.patch.com/articles/bracelets-to-help-girl-on-sale-at-madison-shops#photo-13341189
Tori • Mar 21, 2013 at 9:04 am
Update: Updates on Brooke can now be found on http://www.brookehealey.com/