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Boy shares heartbreaking last wish
D octors gave 11-year-old Brenden Foster two weeks
to live. Those two weeks were up on Wednesday. On Friday, he shared his last wish. Not yet a teenager, Brenden's time to die has come. "I should be gone in a week or so," he said. Brenden was the kid who ran the fastest, climbed the highest and dreamed of becoming a marine photographer. Leukemia took away all those things, but not his dying wish to help others. "He's always thought about others. Never complained about having to go through this, ever," said his mother, Wendy Foster. When Brenden was first diagnosed with leukemia, he and his mom began a new tradition. Every night they list three positive things that happened during the day, and they have to share a laugh. A chuckle will do, Brenden said, but a fake laugh will never do. In the last days of his life, it was a homeless camp, namely Nickelsville, that captured the boy's heart. View Video at "I was coming back from HomelessVoice.tv one of my clinic appoints and I saw this big thing of Video #119 homeless people, and then
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Too sick to leave bed, Brenden thinks of how he can help the homeless.
I thought I should just get them something," he said. Brenden is too ill to leave his bed and feed the homeless. He walked into an emergency room last December and hasn't walked since. But Brenden's wish will not go unfulfilled. A group planned to gather in his honor on Friday night to make sandwiches and deliver them to the homeless. "We're making 200 sandwiches -- half ham and cheese, and half peanut butter and jelly. He didn't want them all to be peanut butter and jelly in case somebody was allergic to peanut butter," said Jennifer Morrison, one of the participants. "They're probably starving, so give them a chance," said Brenden. (Continued on page 5)
DFY-IT Lend a hand and Feed Hundreds
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he last two months of a year and the first month of the New Year are the times that we all are with family and giving gifts to each other and just spending time with our loved one. Please keep in mind as we all may be able to spend time with our friends and families that there are many who can’t for a number of reasons. Some of the reasons may include not having the funds to do so, not being able to get time off of work, and of course there are many who just don’t have family. Let’s not forget about the couples in retirement that spent the last fifty years with each other and now just this past year their other half, their spouse for all those years in the past might have just died this year. Put yourself in their shoes, after going to bed for fifty years with each other and waking up each and every morning together, and then they will miss that great cup of coffee that their spouse made for them for the last fifty years. To some a cup of coffee may not sound so great but please understand it is what is said to each other while having that cup of coffee with their soul mate that means the world to each of them. This should be the time that we all should reach out to those in need and who need someone to just say “Happy Thanksgiving” or “Merry Christmas” too. This also means that we should find someone special to just give a little help to, whether it is a friendly smile or an invite for dinner for those who will be eating alone, that’s where it all starts. The most important thing we should remember during this time of holiday sharing is, (Continued on page 4)
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aturday, November 22, that was the day that a group of teens attended the Homeless Voice Institution in Broward. Thirty Felix Varela High School DFY-IT members stopped their crazy teen schedule to Cook and Serve a Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner for nearly 200 members of the institution. What was started as a huge can food drive had ended in a delicious menu all cooked and prepared from scratch, by teens. Baked Turkey, Green Bean Casserole, Sweet Corn, Mash Potatoes, Chicken, and different variety Pies, were just some of the dishes prepared. As if that weren’t enough, the dishes were extraordinary to the (Continued on page 5)