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April 5, 2021
The pandemic stopped many fundraising events from happening, but that hasn’t stopped students, teachers and community members in Roscommon from raising money to help a local child fighting cancer.
“It’s a helpless feeling watching somebody go through this, a family and a child go through this,” says Kenda Denlinger.
Ben Mayes was diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer just before he started his junior year at Roscommon High School.
“His first surgery, they removed part of his liver, his gallbladder, and a portion of his diaphragm,” says Denlinger, a family friend.
Mayes continues to push ahead. Even through several surgeries, he made the honor roll with straight A’s.
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