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12 Year Old Celebrating 10 Years Since Double Organ Transplant to Receive 'Courage Award'

Press Advisory- Cameron Receiving Child Courage Award @ Teed off for Tots

  

Who: Cameron Stackman of Colonie, NY

Illness: Born November 1, 2001 with Gastroschesis; Intestines outside of his body losing all but 2cm of his small intestine due to the intestines being kinked cutting off blood flow. From day one it was own he'd need an intestinal transplant, his nutrition feeds compromised his liver. 

Transplant: Cameron received his transplanted liver and small intestine on February 6, 2003 at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan. The transplant was a complete success.

Courage Award: We are reuniting with Cameron and his family after assisting them through Cameron's transplant. Cameron will receive a “Courage Award” at our 9th annual 'Teed off for Tots' Golf Event for the Outstanding Courage he consistently displays while coping with a lifelong serious illness.

Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator: Joyce Kelly of Guilderland, NY agreed to bring a Hawk and an Owl to this awards presentation to surprise Cameron, a bird lover with an up close and personal look at her beautiful birds.

Where: The Fairways of Halfmoon Golf Course, Mechanicville, NY.

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5 Year Old Surviving House Fire 'Nothing Short Of A Miracle'

5-year-old Sa'fyre Terry, the only child to survive a ferocious house fire in Schenectady, NY during the early morning hours of May 2 that claimed the lives of three of her siblings and her father, remains hospitalized in critical condition with severe burns over 75% of her body.

Elizabeth Dolder, Sa'fyre's Aunt and Guardian has been traveling to Westchester  Medical Center in Valhalla to visit her, and calls the hospital three times a day to check on her condition. She plans to return to the burn center often to be by Sa'fyre's bedside.

Elizabeth reported to us that "Sa'fyre is holding strong. The hospital burn team and doctors say she is amazing, Sa'fyre surviving is nothing short of a miracle.Thank you for your support, Liz"

We are covering travel and related expenses to help ease this enormous financial burden on Sa'fyre's family. 

We wish to thank Times Union reporter Paul Nelson for connecting ACCFCB with Elizabeth Dolder:

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Stubbornness-a-lifeline-for-sole-survivor-4520452.php#ixzz2V5R5OiEy