Community assistance needed for Baby Åskar

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Many of you may have seen cash donation jars around various businesses in the last two months for a sweet baby boy named Åskar Kannegaard. These have been placed in these locations in hopes of obtaining much needed funds for heart transplant-related expenses, which as of this week was successfully performed at Phoenix Children’s Hospital.

Baby Åskar was born with a severely underdeveloped heart last year, and even with two major surgeries experienced within the first six months of his life, has been residing at Children’s Hospital since March, awaiting his new heart.

The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) is a non-profit organization that helps manage funds for children and families who will have lifelong medical needs. As such, they have asked the Kannegaard family to raise $25,000 by November of this year. To date the total stands at about $14,000, but if this amount is reached by the fall, the COTA organization will provide an additional $2,500. The end goal is to raise $50,000, however.

We humbly ask our wonderful community to financially support this precious child and his family at this time. If 200 people would consider donating $50 each, we could easily reach that $25,000 goal by the  November deadline. And if 400 people donated that same amount, the larger goal of $50,000 would be reached much sooner. Of course any amount, small or large, will be received most graciously.

Thank you in advance to all of you, neighbors, friends, church fellowships, businesses and all others who can financially contribute to this little one’s well-being at this time. You may donate online at https://cota.org/, referencing baby Åskar’s full name there, on your check, or through cash donations around town.

May God bless you richly for your donations and prayers.

Rev. Dr. Valerie J. De La Torre

Pastor, Divine Grace Church