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Yahoo
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Potomac gives Make-A-Wish teen a taste of the islands
POTOMAC, Ill. (WCIA) — One Vermillion County village is banding together, giving a Make-A-Wish recipient a sendoff for her dream vacation. And, they brought the beach theme from more than 4,000 miles away. It was a rainy day in Central Illinois, but you could still find a slice of the island life in Potomac. The village's grade school hosted a sendoff for Aleyah Carley, who was diagnosed with leukemia in 2022. DACC extends contract of interim President amidst search for permanent candidate 'I was scared, anxious, all that because I was going to be gone from my family for a while,' Carley said. 'We weren't really sure what all of it meant.' What followed was more than a year of traveling, treatment and trials. 'It's very exhausting,' said Aleyah's mother, Theresa Carley, 'It's, you know, a lot of sleepless nights wondering what the next day's going to bring.' After a few rounds of chemo and a bone marrow transplant, Aleyah is feeling better. But one social worker gave her a suggestion to give the 16-year-old an extra boost. They suggested applying for the Make-A-Wish program, which the family did in 2023. And last year, she learned that her wish would be granted. 'I was very excited,' Aleyah said. 'It's kind of like a shock … I was like, 'Wow, this is really happening.'' Vermilion Advantage gets grant to create jobs, improve economy In just a few days, Aleyah is going to get to take the trip of a lifetime. But for now, she gets a little taste of the island life. 'I chose Hawaii because I feel like that's like a once in a lifetime type thing that I want to be able to do again,' Aleyah said. The Carley's will be heading to Oahu this Sunday, but her Make-A-Wish sponsors wanted to celebrate with her at home as well. 'Our community has done so much for us over the past couple of years and supported us and encouraged us,' Theresa said. 'And now that we're in a really good spot, we really want to celebrate with them.' Aleyah said her and her family plan visit the Pearl Harbor Museum and explore the island, but what she's most looking forward to is relaxing and resetting after fighting the disease. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Irish Independent
30-05-2025
- Health
- Irish Independent
Kerry mother of two set to for charity skydive to raise funds for mental health awareness
The mother of two girls – Sophie and Emma – has decided that she will donate all of the proceeds from her stomach churning jump to Kerry Mental Health Association. Donations to her fundraiser can be done through the link here: So far, Carley has raised an impressive €3,605, far and above her original target amount of €500. Carley, who works as a mental health staff nurse in Kerry, had this to say about the upcoming jump: 'I hope you can help me by donating whatever you can. Suicide has touched the lives of many families, including mine. Being Father's Day, it's fitting for many reasons, in particular having lost my own father to suicide. Let's get people talking and raise awareness. Every donation will make a difference and I'm encouraging everyone to please share my donation page to help us raise as much as possible. "My husband Dawid and my daughter's Godfather, Oskar, have also decided to make the leap as well to support me or give me a push if needed!' she laughed. Kerry Mental Health supports people in Kerry mental health challenges, their families and carers through befriending, funding community mental health educational and therapeutic activities. The General Manager of Kerry Mental Health Association, John Drummey, said: "We are grateful to Carley for nominating Kerry Mental Health Association for her skydive on Father's Day. Every donation made will contribute to improving the mental health services available in Kerry, making a tangible difference in the lives of those affected by mental health issues. "This Father's Day, join Carley and her family in their mission to foster a supportive community for mental health awareness and recovery.'
NBC News
14-04-2025
- Health
- NBC News
Inside an anti-vaccine autism summit in the age of RFK Jr.
One mom attending with her husband was still taking it all in. It was their first autism conference, suggested by a chiropractor who was treating their 14-year-old autistic son three times a week. 'Some of this is easy to understand. Other stuff? I'm like, 'What are they talking about?'' said the 40-year-old woman from Escondido, California, who spoke to NBC News on condition of anonymity to protect her son's privacy. 'There's a lot of technical terms, medical terms, brain diagrams. I'm like, 'Just tell me what I need.'' Other parents were more practiced. A woman in her 60s from Laguna Beach told me she had healed her daughter in the 2000s with trips to Greece for stem cell transplants. She'd come to the summit to learn whether anything new was out there; her daughter was feeling better from an all-carnivore diet but still had bad days. (Scientific evidence is lacking to support the theory that an all-meat diet benefits people with autism.) There were roughly two dozen sessions over two days. Some were meant as inspiration, to show parents what was possible. Among the first speakers was Collin Carley, a 28-year-old in a neat black suit who spoke about his journey from a toddler diagnosed with autism who threw tantrums, obsessed over trains and insisted on blowing on every dandelion. Carley recounted years of intensive therapies, with 'one biomedical plan after the other.' He got IV infusions and chelation treatments, where pills, sprays or injections are used to 'get the metals out' of the body. He described a childhood stripped of normalcy, a '40-hour workweek' of treatments and regimens. He said it had worked. He now swims and surfs, holds a blue belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu, and has worked jobs from deckhand to pizza delivery driver. Women in the audience whispered to each other, 'Wow.' But it's also the kind of life enjoyed by many on the autism spectrum who never received the biomedical interventions that Carley did. The first day's headliner was Peter McCullough, a cardiologist who now works for a supplement and telehealth company selling alternative treatments and vaccine 'detoxes." He ran through a list of risk factors he said warranted further study: gene mutations, premature birth, parental age, immune system dysfunction and vaccine reactions. He also talked strategy, offering a language shift in the anti-vaccine community, away from suggesting that vaccines 'cause' autism. It would be more palatable to the masses, he argued, if everyone started saying vaccines were a 'risk factor' for autism. He defended Wakefield, comparing him to Ignaz Semmelweis, the 19th-century Hungarian doctor who was institutionalized after suggesting handwashing could prevent infection. And McCullough dared to cast doubt on Kennedy's ability to deliver on his promise by September. 'It's too short of a time to actually do any research study,' he said. The crowd groaned. I sat near the front of the room to hear the final speaker, anti-vaccine activist Del Bigtree, former communications director for Kennedy's presidential campaign and CEO of the movement's newest offshoot, Make America Healthy Again — MAHA, which Bigtree has turned into a nonprofit, a super PAC and an LLC (a limited liability company). Two women at the table asked me if I had an autistic child. I said that I did, but that wasn't why I was there and gave them my business card. They told me about their children. One woman, with white hair and a bedazzled 'Kennedy for President' water bottle, spoke about her 26-year-old son who loved swimming and needed round-the-clock care. The pandemic and California's 'tyrannical' lockdowns, she said, had been devastating — interrupting his routines, closing beaches and cutting off his services. Another described her now-adult son's febrile seizures, which she said had started just days after a diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis shot and landed him in the children's hospital. When the women politely but pointedly asked what I thought about it all, I paused for a minute to think. The conference seemed designed to prey on the fear of autism and the love we all feel for our kids. I told them I hadn't seen convincing evidence presented during the summit that would shake my belief in the mainstream science around autism. Bigtree, meanwhile, was going way past his allotted time to the crowd's delight, recounting his long career in anti-vaccine activism and his intersection with Kennedy's. He described watching Kennedy's swearing-in from the Oval Office, where he'd been invited as one of a handful of close advisers. While Bigtree played the clip of Kennedy's September promise — the third time I'd heard it that weekend — one of the two women I'd been chatting with stood up to leave, touched me on the shoulder and handed me a handwritten note: 'Brandy, I'm glad I got to meet you. I respect people on all sides of the issue. I don't claim to have all the answers. Maybe there are multiple causes of autism. I hope your article goes well, and that you just consider, for a brief space in time—what if there is a chance—even a small chance—that they are right?' Bigtree, from the stage, continued, now with the flair of a revival preacher. 'It'll be cataclysmic,' he said of the answers he said Kennedy would deliver in September. 'For some there will be gnashing of teeth, there'll be great fear and terror, there'll be concern, there'll be lack of trust, there'll be pain — but there will finally be truth.' He wanted parents to know they had a hero fighting for them in Washington 'Robert Kennedy Jr., who stood with you and hugged you and has been here with you this whole time, now has the most powerful position in health in the world,' he told the room. 'God … is … good.' His speech signaled the end of the summit. The crowd shuffled out into the foyer for a reception. A snaking line formed for photos with Bigtree. The inventor of a sensory play tent for kids with autism danced alone to Journey's 'Any Way You Want It.' People sipped cocktails from plastic cups and visited, talked and chased their kids around. Nobody seemed ready to go.
The Independent
15-03-2025
- Sport
- The Independent
France vs Scotland referee: Who is Six Nations official Matthew Carley?
England's Matthew Carley will take charge of the final game of the 2025 Six Nations between France and Scotland, his second appointment of the tournament. Born in Deal, Kent, Carley began refereeing at the age of 16, working his way up through the Kent system either side of a stint at university in Gloucestershire. The official soon made the step up to the Rugby Football Union (RFU) national panel, and became the first referee to officiate a professional game while wearing a body camera during the 2012/13 Championship season. A Premiership debut followed soon after, with Carley soon establishing himself as a regular in the top tier of English rugby. His first international fixture arrived in 2015, with Portugal taking on Spain, and Carley took charge of a first game involving a Tier 1 nation in November 2016, overseeing Scotland against Georgia. The 38-year-old travelled to the 2019 World Cup as an assistant referee, operating as a touch judge throughout the tournament, and was also the reserve referee if injury or illness prevented one of those selected to take the whistle from officiating. He was one of three debutants who stepped up to the refereeing panel for the 2023 World Cup, and one of four English referees in France. Match officials for France vs Scotland Referee: Matthew Carley (Eng)
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Sport
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Carley Hamilton helps Huntington girls' hoops to first state title; named Player of the Week
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — Huntington girls' basketball is coming off a historic season winning the program's first state title. A big reason for the Lady Raiders' success is senior Carley Hamilton. 'Carley is Lady Raiders basketball,' said Huntington girls' hoops head coach Brian Shyne. 'She is what it means to be a Lady Raider.' The senior has been a heartbeat of the Huntington girls' basketball program. 'We've told Carley all year that this team was going to go as she went,' explained Coach Shyne. 'She's heard it time and time again. Some days she didn't want to hear it, but she knew it was the truth. To see her thrive in that moment, she means a lot to this team.' Huntington girls basketball crowned Division I Select State Champions with 61-51 win over Woodlawn-BR The road to being named a state champ was far from easy for Hamilton. Heading into her sophomore year, she dealt with a bad back injury that kept her off the court for a season. 'To go from playing every day, to not being able to do something you love really took a toll on me mentally,' recalled Hamilton. 'That was really probably the hardest thing I've ever experienced in life really.' Hamilton recovered from the back injury and learned how to mentally deal with adversity. It was something she would experience again though when she broke her hand the summer before her senior year. Lakeview crowned Division IV Non-select state champion with victory over Arcadia Carley knew what it would take to overcome that obstacle, and she leaned on the support of her teammates and coaches to get her through it. 'When I was (with the team) they would take everything off my mind, ' reflected Hamilton. 'When I was at home, then I would deal with it, but when I was here it felt like all of that went away.' It's a surreal feeling for the senior to go from sitting on the sidelines a few years ago to winning a state championship. Parkway girls' hoops leaning on Savannah Wilson; named Player of the Week Hamilton put up 27 points, 8 boards, and 4 steals in the state title game which got her the Most Outstanding Player award. 'It made me feel like everything I went through and all the work I put in on the hard days, the good days, all the tears, all of the adversity, was all worth it because I finished on top,' explained Hamilton. 'There's really nothing more you can ask for.' Carley will be heading to Southern Mississippi to play basketball, but her legacy as a Lady Raider will remain etched in Huntington history. 'To know that we just made history,' expressed Hamilton. 'It's not even that we just won state, we made history. To be the first (Huntington) basketball team in boys or girls to win state, I feel like that means a lot.' THE LATEST — High School Sports News There's been a lot of people who have poured into Hamilton's growth both on and off the court over the years. 'I appreciate everybody that has helped me throughout my journey,' Hamilton said. 'And the people who are going to continue to stay there for me.' 'You won't find a bigger Carley Hamilton fan than Coach B and Coach Ricky,' added Coach Shyne. 'We love her to death. We are so proud of her and wish her the best moving forward.' Hamilton will now be eligible for the Player of the Year Award, which comes with a $2,500 scholarship. The Player of the Year Banquet will take place this May. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
