Woodstock Police Department helps out officer whose son was diagnosed with brain tumor
Woodstock police raising funds to help 5-year-old boy with brain tumor
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta first removed a brain tumor when Ezra was about 18-months old. Recently, a second tumor developed and the original tumor surgeons tried to remove has redeveloped. Woodstock police are organizing an event at 1 p.m. at Woodstock First Baptist Church to help take the burden off of Ezra's parents.
WOODSTOCK, Ga. - The Woodstock Police Department is looking to its community to help treat a young member of its law enforcement family who received a life-threatening diagnosis.
Five-year-old Ezra, the son of a Woodstock police officer Travis King, has been hospitalized twice to be treated for brain tumors. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta first removed a brain tumor when Ezra was about 18-months old. Recently, a second tumor developed.
Woodstock police are organizing a car show featuring exotic cars from nearby clubs at 1 p.m. at First Baptist Woodstock to help take the burden off of Ezra's parents. Registration for the car show will begin at 11:30 a.m. and registration will take place on-site. The registration fee is a $25 donation per vehicle. Please enter the church using the Highway 92 entrance.
The Woodstock Police Department is looking to its community to help treat a young member of the law enforcement family who received a life-threatening diagnosis.
A couple of years ago, the police department held a car show and had an "amazing response." The fundraiser was fitting because the five-year-old loves cars.
Once he found out the tumor came back, Woodstock police officer Shane Bonebrake said, "We have to do it again." Bonebrake said he was hired at Woodstock Police Department on the same day as Ezra's father.
"It breaks my heart to see my brother — it really hurts to watch him, to sit there and hold him when he cries, because he doesn't want his son to go through this," Bonebrake said. "To see Ezra come up — this little warrior — it's amazing."
Five-year-old Ezra, the son of a Woodstock police officer, has been hospitalized twice to be treated for brain tumors. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta first removed a brain tumor when Ezra was about 18-months old. Recently, a second tumor developed. (FOX 5 Atlanta)
There is a $25 entry fee for cars but entry to the show is free. There's a bake sale and concessions. If you cannot make it to the event, but would like to donate log onto Woodstock Public Safety Foundation's website for directions on how to make a donation, 100% of which will go to Ezra's family.
"This little guy has been battling his entire life, and this is basically all he knows," Bonebrake said. "I've learned what a true warrior is in a five-year-old."
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