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Saturday, January 25, 2014
......... to support his friend battling cancer.
When 6-year-old Zac Gossage lost his hair while undergoing chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, he cried to his mom that he didn't want to go to school.
When his teacher at Central
Elementary School in Union, Missouri, told the class about Zac's
illness, his best friend, 7-year-old Vincent Butterfield, went home and
told his dad he wanted to shave his head. In support, Vincent's father
also shaved his head. When asked in an interview why he wanted to
support his friend in that way, Vincent simply stated, "I didn't want
him to feel like the only one without hair."
As if that wasn't enough, Vincent
took things a step further and started selling scarves on Facebook to
raise money for the Gossage family when he learned how expensive Zac's
treatments were. "We had been making these scarves, and he just kind of
said it would be cool if we could make a whole bunch of these and sell
them," Vincent's mom, Karen Butterfield, said. He initially wanted to sell 10 scarves at $10 a piece, but instead, doubled his goal in only five hours and raised $200.
Today, Zac is reportedly doing
well, although he will still be undergoing treatments. He continues to
attend school on most days, except when he has to get a spinal tap.
How does Zac feel about his
friend's gesture? "It made me feel awesome, because I wouldn't be the
only one with no hair," he said.
When asked, "What is friendship?"
by a reporter, Vincent responded, "A beautiful thing." Who are we to
argue with such a wise first-grader?
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