When a youngster achieves something remarkable, it could act as a model for other kids to emulate.

This is among the reasons Virginia’s 12-year-old Jerron Hoffman is dedicating a large portion of his time this year to helping young patients receiving cancer treatment.

While patients receive treatment, he wants to brighten their days and reassure them that others genuinely care about them.

He was motivated to get involved by the courageous 12-year-old California girl Jessie Rees,

who fought cancer from March 2011 to January 2012, and by the idea of supporting other kids battling the same illness.

With her family, she launched an initiative to spread true joy and amusing gifts to others from the bottom of her heart.

Aside from school, swimming, and other activities, Jerron Hoffman’s main objective this year is to treat total strangers with kindness, just as she treated others.

Showing children with cancer that someone cares about them despite medical professionals, scientists, and other healthcare workers searching for a cure is the goal.

Regarding his mission to assist children with cancer, Jerron Hoffman recently said to Fox News Digital,

‘I gave it some thought as to whether I would focus on the ‘cure’ or the ‘care.’ And I made the decision to provide the ‘care’ rather than the ‘cure.’

The young man pointed out that the ‘cure’ aspect of treating cancer is best left to the experts; he

claimed that it ‘would take really long and it’s not necessarily helping any lives at this moment.’

However, the ‘care’ part of the equation permits individuals to ‘donate joy jars to kids in need.’ Now the kids may witness firsthand the generosity and thoughtfulness of that gift.

This autumn, Jerron Hoffman will actively contribute to a worthy cause by raising money, putting his feelings into action.

He will participate in an event at Tyson’s Sport and Health in McLean, Virginia, on October 8.

Along with many other families and attendees, Jerron Hoffman, his father Nathan, and other participants will be filling plastic ‘joy jars’ with

kid-friendly toys and decorating and customizing them to fit the child’s unique preferences and interests.

The Jessie Rees Foundation has received $30,000 from Jerron Hoffman thus far.

Helping those in need is a lovely deed that is made much more inspirational when one thinks back on one’s own recent experiences.

converting one’s sorrow into empathy for other people. Even at his young age, Jerron Hoffman has already known the heartache of losing a loved one to cancer.

His mother, Kim Hoffman, passed away last year, shortly before turning 42. She would have been 42 years old in July 2021.

She gave her everything to the fight against cancer before she passed away, leaving her husband Dan and their two sons to continue as a family.

Dan Hoffman penned a moving essay on his wife’s illness and the legacy she left behind for their family last year.

Hoffman stated, ‘Kim was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer in January 2017 and over the course of three years

underwent a complex Whipple surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from her pancreas, 14 months of chemotherapy, a hernia operation, and two liver resections.’

‘Kim devoted her remaining three months on this earth to our children as faithfully as she had since they were born,’ he wrote while she was in hospice care.

‘After Kim passed away, she ordered their birthday and holiday presents and made sure there was plenty of candy for their baskets when they celebrated Easter with family friends.’

In the spirit of Jessie Rees and her Joy Jars, she, her 12-year-old son, and her whole family are now serving others in her name.