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3-Year-Old MontCo Girl Dies After Valiant Cancer Battle 3-Year-Old MontCo Girl Dies After Valiant Cancer Battle
3-Year-Old MontCo Girl Dies After Valiant Cancer Battle A 3-year-old Montgomery County girl has died of cancer, her family said.  Anna Lynn Yejin Brunner of Collegeville, daughter of Joseph and Ji Hyun Lee Brunner, succumbed to her illness on Tuesday, Oct. 20 after a nearly two-year battle, according to her obituary. Born in South Korea in 2019, Anna was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer presumed to be neuroblastoma just before Christmas in 2020, her family wrote on a GoFundMe campaign set up to assist with medical costs and raise awareness.  The Brunners, who were living in Japan at the time of the diagnosis, sought care at the Child…

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by Mac Bullock
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Cancer-Fighting Local Bergen Police Departments Unite For Stricken Mom, Young Son Cancer-Fighting Local Bergen Police Departments Unite For Stricken Mom, Young Son
Cancer-Fighting Local Bergen Police Departments Unite For Stricken Mom, Young Son North Jersey single mom Joanne Bastante-Howard has worked tirelessly for years to help provide critical resources for kids who, like her young son, have Down syndrome. Bastante-Howard, a former advertising and marketing whirlwind, is personally responsible for raising more than $100,000 to help obtain critical medical, education and therapeutic services for those in need through the non-profit she founded, America's Special Kidz (A.S.K.). Parents of children with a wide range of circumstances -- including autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, and mitochondrial disease -- have turned t…

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by Jerry DeMarco