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André Chevigny and his son Tévis accept a donation from Walmart manager John Donnelly and his staff for $2,600 to the Avril Chevigny Fund, which helps local families through crisis when their children are sick. Chevigny started the fund more than 17 years ago after his daughter Avril died of cancer, and hopes the community will support him in raising the public profile of the fund once again to help families in need.
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Caring hearts HELPING: Kids with cancer
Avril Chevigny’s memory lives on in others
Angie Mindus Cariboo Advisor After years of quietly operating a children’s fund, the father of an eight-yearPHONE 250-392-7030 old girl who died from cancer wants to step back into TOLL FREE 1-877-392-7030 the public spotlight to help make sure other kids and Boitanio Mall Williams Lake their families who are fighting the disease realize this
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resource is available. As many in the community will recall, André Chevigny’s daughter Avril inspired a nation more than 17 years ago in her brave fight against cancer, after being diagnosed with lymphoma leukemia at the age of just six years old. In 1995, over 40 RCMP
officers as well as staff from André’s company Pioneer Log Homes shaved their heads in support of the little girl in front of a packed crowd all dressed in Avril’s favourite colour, purple, at the Cariboo Memorial Complex. Avril was present at this fundraiser. The entire community
grieved with the Chevigny family when Avril lost her fight with cancer in the spring of 1996. “It means a lot in my heart and my guts to give,” says Chevigny, who created the Avril Chevigny Fund shortly after Avril’s death. “When Avril passed away, that’s how I was
somehow able to stay sane, even today she continues to bless people, and she continues to make all of us better people.” And the Avril Chevigny Fund continues to help others. See AVRIL on Page 2
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