13-04-2025
Naugatuck student fighting cancer gets help from community
NAUGATUCK, Conn. (WTNH) — Dozens of community members showed up to support a second-grade student battling leukemia in Naugatuck on Saturday.
Amare Murphy is a second grader at Maple Hill Elementary School and he's been living with leukemia for a year.
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People were motivated to help Murphy and other kids battling cancer out by donating blood.
The disease treatment often results in low blood counts and a need for transfusions.
'It's been a long journey that's been filled with a lot of blood transfusions that he has needed to honestly survive everything, so we thought this was a great way to give back,' Amare's mother Carissa Roman said.
Roman said supporters have dubbed themselves 'Amare's Army' and encourages everyone to donate blood if they are able.
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