Kaden's Fundraising Event

I posted a couple of days ago about my great nephew who is in need of a kidney transplant. On Monday night, a dinner and auction fundraising event was held on his behalf. In a small community with a population of around 5,000, an incredible $31,000 was raised in one night! A news station out of Salt Lake City (KSL) came to do a story on Kaden and an interview with his parents, Curtis and Krista. Here is the link to the story:

Kaden's News Story

The hospital in Roosevelt, Uintah Basin Medical Center, has a charity foundation which donated $10,000 to Kaden's cause that night. It was an amazing Christmas present for the entire McCormick family as the community came together to rally around them and offer love and support.

If everything goes as planned, the transplant will take place on January 10. Best of luck to the McCormick family, who has been through so much during the past four years, not only with Kaden's illness, but with the unexpected loss of Curtis' mother four years ago, the loss of his stepfather three years ago, and the loss of his grandfather this past summer. We know that these loved ones will be watching over the family through this exciting but difficult time.

(If you watch the news story closely, you will see a shot of me [wearing a purple shirt] with my entire family looking at auction items. My kids were pretty excited to see themselves on the news.)