Little kid, big heart

Big hearts can come in pint-sized packages.

Six-year-old Jordan Smith’s brown eyes twinkle when she talks about her letter.

The daughter of Doug and Kim Smith of Hurley dictated the letter to her mother so she can raise money for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Kim is captain of the Magnolia Springs Assembly of God Church team for the East Central Relay and Jordan is currently the top fundraiser with $265.

Jordan sent out about nine printed letters, which she addressed herself. There’s a picture of a smiling Jordan hugging her grandfather, Joe Davis, who died in July. They included self-addressed stamped envelopes to make the giving easier.

Her letter:
“I’m going to walk a really long way on April 24, 2009, in Relay for Life. It’s to get money to fight a yucky bug called cancer. My PawPaw Joe got cancer and now he’s in Heaven. The doctors gave him lots of medicine, but they didn’t have the right one, so I’m going to give them money so they can find the medicine that will make cancer go away. Will you please help me? You can send me a check, like my mommy uses a lot, or you can give money online, kind of like when I use the computer to visit Disney Channel.
Thank you,
Jordan

Jordan’s plea touched her family and checks started coming in.

She loves to see her name on the Relay web site (www.relayforlife.org/hurley).

“Everybody’s name is down,” she said. “Mine is at the top!”

Kim Smith said she’d known people with cancer, but when her father died it touched her personally. “To see it up close, to see how much it changes a person’s life, it’s devastating,” she said.

Other fundraisers:
March 20- “PURSEonal “- Purse Resale, Hurley Methodist Church

March 20- Steppin Out Sleepover@ Studio for Girls K-6th grade.

March 20-21- Plant Sale- Friends of the Fight @Century Bank

March 21- Golf Tournament given by Committee and any teams that would like to help.

March 25- Magnolia Springs Spaghetti Dinner

March 28- Breakfast with the Easter Bunny @ Caswell Springs

April 4- ECHS Team Car Wash @ Advance Auto

April 17-18 – Plant Sale- Friends of the Fight inVancleave @ VHS Front Yard

Ongoing Sales:

Southern Belle T-shirts sold by the Committee

Southern Belle T-shirts sold by M&M Bank

Lipsuckers $1- sold by ECMS/Kissin Cancer Goodbye

Sun/Moon Contest @ ECHS 1st Block Contest

Hope Braclets being sold by ECHS

2008 4A Baseball Campions Picture Raffle- Friends of the Fight-tickets sold @ the link, Sassy’s, Southern Delight, BP Wade, Hurley Chevron

Caswell Springs has 11 Bath and Beauty Baskets, first Aid Kit, Dinner @ Sassy’s, Dinners @ Catfish Point, Cake by Tanya Cumbest and many more Raffles. They also have a Heart Tree for Memory and Honor.

ECLE- Cookbook

Safe Harbor has a I-Pod shuffle and Patriotic Quilt Raffles.

Curves has 2 beautiful Cancer Relay Blankets and a Sisters Gift Basket for Raffle.

Father’s Day Basket Raffle- Lots of really good items.

St Ann’s“Budding Artist Show”- ECLE- Parents buy Art

Cutest Baby Picture Contest- TBA- Full Life