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<\/p>\nWhen a youngster achieves something remarkable, it could act as a model for other kids to emulate.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
While patients receive treatment, he wants to brighten their days and reassure them that others genuinely care about them.<\/p>\n
He was motivated to get involved by the courageous 12-year-old California girl Jessie Rees, <\/p>\n
who fought cancer from March 2011 to January 2012, and by the idea of supporting other kids battling the same illness.<\/p>\n
With her family, she launched an initiative to spread true joy and amusing gifts to others from the bottom of her heart.<\/p>\n
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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.<\/p>\n
Showing children with cancer that someone cares about them despite medical professionals, scientists, and other healthcare workers searching for a cure is the goal.<\/p>\n
Regarding his mission to assist children with cancer, Jerron Hoffman recently said to Fox News Digital,<\/p>\n
\u2018I gave it some thought as to whether I would focus on the \u2018cure\u2019 or the \u2018care.\u2019 And I made the decision to provide the \u2018care\u2019 rather than the \u2018cure.\u2019<\/p>\n
The young man pointed out that the \u2018cure\u2019 aspect of treating cancer is best left to the experts; he <\/p>\n
claimed that it \u2018would take really long and it’s not necessarily helping any lives at this moment.\u2019<\/p>\n
However, the \u2018care\u2019 part of the equation permits individuals to \u2018donate joy jars to kids in need.\u2019 Now the kids may witness firsthand the generosity and thoughtfulness of that gift.<\/p>\n
This autumn, Jerron Hoffman will actively contribute to a worthy cause by raising money, putting his feelings into action.<\/p>\n
He will participate in an event at Tyson’s Sport and Health in McLean, Virginia, on October 8.<\/p>\n
Along with many other families and attendees, Jerron Hoffman, his father Nathan, and other participants will be filling plastic \u2018joy jars\u2019 with <\/p>\n
kid-friendly toys and decorating and customizing them to fit the child’s unique preferences and interests.<\/p>\n
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The Jessie Rees Foundation has received $30,000 from Jerron Hoffman thus far.<\/p>\n
Helping those in need is a lovely deed that is made much more inspirational when one thinks back on one’s own recent experiences.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
His mother, Kim Hoffman, passed away last year, shortly before turning 42. She would have been 42 years old in July 2021.<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Dan Hoffman penned a moving essay on his wife’s illness and the legacy she left behind for their family last year.<\/p>\n
Hoffman stated, \u2018Kim was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer in January 2017 and over the course of three years <\/p>\n
underwent a complex Whipple surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from her pancreas, 14 months of chemotherapy, a hernia operation, and two liver resections.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Kim devoted her remaining three months on this earth to our children as faithfully as she had since they were born,\u2019 he wrote while she was in hospice care.<\/p>\n
\u2018After 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.\u2019<\/p>\n