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Plainfield 6-Year-Old Honored Today by Leukemia Society
Emilio Ruiz of Plainfield will be recognized at a Chicago fundraising event as the group's 2011 Boy of the Year.
Six-year-old Emilio Ruiz of Plainfield will be honored today as the 2011 Boy of the Year at the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's annual fundraising gala.
Every year the group highlights the stories of two children battling blood cancers to serve as inspiration for the candidates completing in the Man & Woman of the Year campaign, a 10-week fundraising effort. The event is being held at the Hyatt McCormick Place in Chicago.
The Girl of the Year is 5-year-old Hannah Brazendale of North Aurora.
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Emilio was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia in January 2008, when he was just 3 years old. His three-and-a-half-year treatment ended in March.
“Cancer can happen to anyone," Emilio's mother Theresa Ruiz said in a press release on the event. "It is not selective. It does not pick and choose. Please take a moment to think of your family and be appreciative of all the healthy days you have been given.”
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For more information on the 2011 Man & Woman of the Year event, go to www.mwoy.org/il.
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