Community rallies behind 7-year-old in need of heart transplant
By Daniella Genovese
Paraprofessional at Johnston Elementary School, Makinzie Corley, and 7-year-old Lamere Johnson.
After Lamere Johnson found out that he needed a heart transplant in the midst of the
COVID-19 pandemic, his elementary school helped raise funds to make sure the surgery was possible.
The effort has been dubbed Hearts for Lamere.
However, the 7-year-old from Johnston,
South Carolina, didn't just receive an outpouring of support from his local community. Within days, donations all around the country started to roll in to make sure he would be in line for a new heart when there was a match waiting for him, Makinzie Corley, a paraprofessional at Johnston Elementary School who has been leading the initiative,