THE KSN DREAM HOUSE FOR THE CURE
Young girl honors her aunt with a themed party by Anita CochranKSN News WICHITA, Kansas -- While the KSN Dream House for the Cure is making progress, one young girl is making sure breast cancer awareness does the same by thinking pink for her party. "It started one October morning and I was wearing all pink that day," said 10-year-old Tyler Treat. "I had pink pigtail covers and everything and I told my mom, ‘I know what I want to do for my birthday.’" Birthday party plans are not unusual for a 10-year-old, neither is a theme. But when Tyler decided to celebrate her tenth birthday by honoring her aunt and her buddy at school, the lunch lady, she did catch at least her honorees off guard. "Why would a 10-year-old find me inspiring?" asked Gina Dalmont, who works at Lewis Open Magnet. "What have I done to deserve such a wonderful gift? And it was a lot of pressure too." What Gina didn’t realize during her own struggles is that Tyler struggled in her absence. "One day she just stopped coming and I asked her son what was wrong, and he told me that she had breast cancer and wouldn't be back for a while," Tyler said. So Tyler decided she could use her upcoming birthday party as a way to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. "My plan was to put prizes out because little girls like prizes," she said. Her friends brought quarters, played games and helped design notes to encourage those they didn’t know to get through the chemo. And in the process, they became part of the cure for the two women in Tyler’s life who taught her about breast cancer and how to beat it. "I danced, I bought tickets, I won some prizes," said Dalmont "I just sat back and watched it all happen. It was beautiful." Tyler and her friends raised $175 through her birthday party. It was enough for the Mid Kansas Susan G. Komen affiliate to pay for three more mammograms to detect breast cancer early. |
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