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Familyâs $150K donation creates new ACH fund
Mar 15, 2021
A close-knit trio were Emilea, Melina and Klara Edenfield. After Melina lost her battle with a brain tumor, the two remaining sisters felt a void in their lives.
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CANFIELD Melina Michelle Edenfield was an energetic 4-year-old Canfield girl who on May 22, 2020, was diagnosed with a deadly brain tumor.
Her fight with diffuse midline glioma ended just 32 days later.
While her battle was brief, her family wanted to make sure it wasn’t in vain, so the Melina Michelle Edenfield Foundation was established. It recently made a gift of $150,000 to Akron Children’s Hospital to establish the Melina Michelle Edenfield Foundation Fund.
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