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Fundraiser will help 3-year-old who has cancer

By Times Staff Writer
Published October 26, 2007

LAND O'LAKES

The Tampa law firm of Maney & Gordon is hosting an emergency fundraiser for Jaylin Gourrie, a 3-year-old who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer, in January. She had a football-sized tumor removed from her abdomen in May and has endured several rounds of chemotherapy, as well as a bone marrow transplant. Jaylin's next step is a trip to New York for a series of injections of an experimental drug. Without these injections, doctors have given Jaylin no chance of survival. The fundraising event to help pay for this treatment will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Land O'Lakes Community Center, which has donated the use of the facility for the day. There will be food and drinks, a raffle and a silent auction, for which donations are still needed. To make a donation or to learn more about Jaylin's story, visit http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/joyfuljaylin.

LACOOCHEE

Fall Spooktacular will be Saturday

The Lacoochee Fall Spooktacular will be Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. The event is sponsored by Pasco County Parks and Recreation in partnership with the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, the Boys & Girls Club of Lacoochee and Lacoochee Elementary School. There will be information booths, games, hay rides and a haunted house. The free event will be at Stanley Park, 38724 Mudcat Grant Blvd. For more information, call Andria Hernandez at (352) 524-5600 or Dallas Snyder at (352) 583-2507.

Correction

The Pasco school district attendance zone boundary committee will meet at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the School Board headquarters. A story in Thursday's Pasco Times listed the wrong date.

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