Markham’s Shania Johnston will be honoured posthumously by the Hospital for Sick Children at a gala tonight. The eight-year-old girl, who died of cancer on July 19, was the top individual fundraiser for the hospital this year.After she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a cancer of the nervous system, Shania began to design bracelets that she sold to raise money for the SickKids Foundation.This led her to organize Shania’s Sunflower of Hope, a fun fair at the Markham Fairgrounds in May. All told, she raised $63,230 for neuroblastoma research at SickKids.Another Shania’s Sunflower of Hope fair will be held next year at the fairgrounds.
With files from yorkregion.com
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