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| Brandon Stewart |
Alfred G. Waters Middle School student Brandon Stewart passed away in August from a rare disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
But Brandon wasn't forgotten. Special Ed teacher Amy Brown and and members of the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) made sure of it.
Amy Brown: "They've developed a strong bond with him starting right from sixth grade, held birthday parties with him, talked with him a lot."
Brown and the students have dedicated their service work in January to Brandon. It's a month-long chance to build awareness and raise money for a cure.
Brown: "So they decided to come up with their own bracelets that we ordered that say, 'Tackle SMA for Brandon;' they designed T-shirts."
Students are also hosting a school-wide dodgeball tournament. Their goal is to raise at least $2,000.
Brown: "So it's kind of taken, I guess, a mind of it's own, and it's kind of revolving all from the NJHS kids."
She says watching her students strong desire to help has been nothing short of amazing.
Brown: "It's just inspiring to me, just shows that these are really good kids, and regardless of how somebody looks or what disabilities or what abilities they have, they accept them."
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