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Miss WRHS Crowned - This year’s pageant was dedicated to the memory of Joanna McAfee, a 6-year-old girl whose life was taken in late December by a rare and aggressive form of childhood cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma. Joanna’s mother, Misty, was a longtime teacher at Warner Robins High School. Turner, a friend of the family, says she can still remember Joanna’s bubbly and bright personality. [more...]
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Houston Home Journal, Warner Robins, GA
Author: Mike George
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1/24/2006
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License plate will help carry Joanna’s Legacy - The Georgia Legislature has approved a law creating specialty license plates to help organizations raise money. One of those tags will feature the outstretched arms of Joanna McAfee - a beautiful, happy little girl, the light of her parents' life, the joy of everyone who met her - who died in December of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive childhood cancer [more...]
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Macon Telegraph Houston/Peach Section
Author: Alline Kent
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5/2/2006
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Teens express spirit of love with haircuts - “That is the one thing that makes it hard this year,: said Collier. “Last year it was in honor of Joanna; this year it is in memory of her.”[more...].
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Macon Telegraph Houston/Peach Section
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5/18/2006
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Relay for Life delivers Hope ...”Last year was a very happy time for us. Joanna was a survivor. Joanna was a special little girl. She had a way of appreciating those little things that those of us take for granted," he said. The McAfees have started the Joanna McAfee Childhood Cancer Foundation, which aims to raise awareness of cancer in children, raise money for research and provide support to families. [more...]
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Macon Telegraph Houston/Peach Section
Author: Jenny Gordon
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5/23/2006
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Pageants with a purpose show off young ladies’ compassion - ...“We heard Jeff McAfee talk on the stage and we were all just standing there crying, we were so moved and touched by his little girl’s story,” said Ray. “When we had our next pageant meeting, someone brought up the idea of having a pageant to benefit their foundation; we thought about little girls helping to raise money for a little girl’s foundation.” [more...]
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Macon Telegraph Houston/Peach Section
Author: Alline Kent
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7/18/2006
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Family that lost child works to help others - It was Mother’s Day, 2004, when 5-year-old Joanna McAfee made her way to the top of a hill at the Cancer Survivor’s Park in Tampa, Fla. It wasn’t easy for her, because she was weak from another round of chemotherapy, but she was determined. When she reached the top, she turned to smile at her parents and hold her arms up triumphantly. Her dad caught the moment with his camera. The picture became a silhouette that thousands of people would one day recognize.[more...]
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Houston Home Journal, Warner Robins, GA
Author: Charlotte Perkins
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10/04/2006
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Group backs Joanna’s Foundation - Jeff McAfee explained to the group how he, his family and others have launched a foundation in memory of his and his wife Misty’s 6-year old daughter, Joanna. Following the talk, the Bonaire-Kathleen team voted unanimously to support the Joanna McAfee Childhood Cancer Foundation. A new name for the team, which is now the Bonaire-Kathleen Connection, was picked.[more...]
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Houston Home Journal, Warner Robins, GA
Author: Staff Reports
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10/04/2006
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