Cancer Survivor gives 3K toys to children’s hospital where he fought for his Life

  • 12 Oct - 18 Oct, 2019
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A boy from Pennsylvania used his birthday to collect thousands of toys, but the trinkets weren’t for him – they were instead for the other pediatric patients at the hospital that treated him for cancer. When the time came for the five-year-old Weston Newswanger to decide what he wanted for his birthday, he had a simple response, “I don’t want anything. I don’t need anything,” Weston’s mother, Amy Newswanger, recalled to CNN of her son’s answer. After hearing his decision, Newswanger suggested that the family make a donation in lieu of his birthday gifts. That’s when Weston came up with the idea of donating toys to Penn State Children’s Hospital – the same hospital where he began treatment for cancer three years ago. Weston helped to deliver the large collection of toys to the hospital’s Child Life program, which provides toys to children receiving care at the facility. This was Weston’s special way of giving back. During their time there, Newswanger said toys like Play-Doh helped to keep a smile on Weston’s face. Naturally, giving back to the hospital and helping other young patients seemed like the perfect way to celebrate Weston’s birthday, and two years of being in remission.

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