Community Comes Out to Support Boy Fighting Neurofibromatosis

The relatively unknown procedure cost the family over $100,000

Tools

By Megan Edge

Story Created: Apr 26, 2012 at 10:33 AM AKDT

Story Updated: Apr 26, 2012 at 12:16 PM AKDT

CHUGIAK - Hundreds of friends, family and kindhearted strangers went to Chugiak Elementary School Wednesday evening to support one little boy with a very big disease.

Six-year-old Ethan Fleetwood is fighting neurofibromatosis. In March the Fleetwood family made a journey to Chicago to remove parts of tumors in his neck and arm.

The relatively unknown procedure cost the family over $100,000. Ethan's teachers decided to help by throwing a fundraiser that involved everything from face painting to cupcake bingo to both live and silent auctions.

Items ranging from Alyeska passes to a Mustang convertible were auctioned off to help contribute to Ethan's large medical bills.

"It's pretty overwhelming," said father Steve Fleetwood. "I just want to thank everyone involved."

The fundraiser brought in around $9,000, according to Ethan's mom, Lela.

If you would like to help out Ethan's family, you can make a donation to the Key Bank account # 720153000925.

For more about Ethan visit http://ethanfleetwood.wordpress.com/neurofibromatosis.

If you missed Ethan Fleetwood's full story, click here.

Add a comment

Name:

Comment: 1000 Characters Left

KTVA CBS 11 | Anchorage, Alaska News and Weather and its affiliated companies are not responsible for the content of comments posted or for anything arising out of use of the above comments or other interaction among the users. We reserve the right to screen, refuse to post, remove or edit user-generated content at any time and for any or no reason in our absolute and sole discretion without prior notice, although we have no duty to do so or to monitor any Public Forum.
This content requires the latest Adobe Flash Player and a browser with JavaScript enabled. Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player.