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Lemonade stand raises $1,600
Proceeds to help boy with rare form of cancer
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Anna Hays Polk, 4, serves up some fresh lemonade at her home to Charlene Jackson on Wednesday. The Polk family staged a lemonade stand to help raise money for cancer patient Silas Edenfield, 4, of Lyons. Anna Hays met Silas while receiving treatments for leukemia at the Children's Hospital at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah.
Four-year-old Anna Hays Polk did not hesitate when asked why she wanted to host a lemonade stand in her front yard Wednesday.“To help Silas,” she said.On Wednesday, Anna Hays, with help from friends and family, hosted a lemonade stand in her neighborhood, Hunters Pointe, to help out a friend she met in the hospital while undergoing treatment for leukemia. Silas has a rare form of liver cancer, and has been receiving treatment in Savannah. “He is just a very special little boy, and we would love to help their family in any way we can,” said Jody Polk, Anna Hays’ mother.
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