4-year-old cancer patient surprised with play set

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New acquisition gives Branch a harmless spot to play

A kid was amazed with a play acceptable connected Thursday.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A section 4-year-old lad who has pediatric crab was amazed with a play acceptable Thursday astatine the Point Meadows Winn-Dixie.

Branch and his family, including his younger member Meric, arrived astatine the store connected Baymeadows Road, and the astonishment was revealed erstwhile a semitrailer, which was successful beforehand of the play set, drove away.

“I virtually felt similar I was connected TV wherever they’re similar ‘move that truck!’ It was ace exciting,” said Echo Klitz, Branch’s mother. “My bosom was racing. I mean, it was similar a axenic adrenaline similar you can’t describe.”

Volunteers from Winn-Dixie and Gwaltney constructed the play set, which the household took home. The caller acquisition gives Branch a harmless spot to play.

“Branch has virtually astir apt talked astir this play acceptable each time for the past 6-8 months,” Klitz said. “We were really going to bargain one, and past we came crossed this astonishing foundation.”

Shawn Sloan, with Winn-Dixie, said the household was besides talented $500 successful acquisition cards truthful they tin banal their pantry astatine home.

Thursday’s lawsuit was portion of Gwaltney’s Building On Hope run successful which Gwaltney has donated $50,000 to enactment nonprofit Roc Solid Foundation, which travels the country, gathering volunteers and gathering play sets for pediatric crab patients, who often aren’t capable to play astatine nationalist playgrounds.

“This play set, it allows teams and organizations to travel successful and bash team-building exercises, to physique and amended their organizations,” said Roc Solid Foundation Chief Play Officer Eric Newman. “And successful world what it does is for Roc Solid Foundation, it allows america to supply play to kids warring pediatric cancer.”

Gwaltney’s donation volition supply Roc Solid play sets to 13 families crossed the Southeast for the adjacent 2 months.

“Our concern is much than conscionable moving nutrient and making money,” said Justin Smith, with Gwaltney astatine Smithfield Foods. “Our concern is astir impacting our community.”

The location play sets purpose to springiness children the accidental to play safely and not deliberation astir their diagnosis.