Lai ey
Sc oggs
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C edit:
WTVG)
Whe
a
family
loses
a
child
u expectedly,
the e
is
little
a yo e
ca
say
o
do
to
take
away
the
pai .
But
i
Lambe tville,
Michiga ,
a
g oup
of
child e
fou d
thei
ow
way
to
show
the
Sc oggs
family
that
they
we e
ot
alo e.
Afte
13-yea -old
Lai ey
Sc oggs
died
followi g
a
medical
eme ge cy,
the
child e
decided
to
set
up
a
lemo ade
sta d
i
he
memo y
a d
use
the
mo ey
to
help
he
family,
as
epo ted
by
13
Actio
News(WTVG).
What
sta ted
as
a
simple
eighbou hood
gestu e
quickly
tu ed
i to
somethi g
much
bigge .
The
sta d
b ought
i
mo e
tha
$1,000,
while
a
sepa ate
fu d aise
fo
Lai ey’s
family
aised
a ou d
$74,000
as
do atio s
co ti ued
to
come
i .
hea tb eaki g
loss
Sc oggs
was
13
a d
p epa i g
to
e te
eighth
g ade
at
Bedfo d
Ju io
High
School.
She
was
also
pa t
of
the
school’s
chee leadi g
team
a d
was
k ow
by
f ie ds,
classmates
a d
membe s
of
the
local
commu ity.He
death
came
u expectedly
afte
a
medical
eme ge cy,
leavi g
he
family
a d
those
who
k ew
he
t yi g
to
cope
with
the
sudde
loss.
Fo
Lai ey’s
family,
the
days
followi g
he
death
have
bee
filled
with
g ief.
Fo
the
wide
commu ity,
howeve ,
they
have
also
become
a
time
to
come
togethe
a d
emembe
a
you g
gi l
whose
life
had
touched
ma y
people.
F ie ds,
classmates
a d
eighbou s
bega
looki g
fo
ways
to
suppo t
the
family
a d
show
that
Lai ey
would
ot
be
fo gotte .
sta t
lemo ade
sta dAmo g
those
wa ti g
to
help
we e
child e
f om
Lai ey’s
eighbou hood.
They
decided
to
do
somethi g
they
could
ma age
themselves:
set
up
a
lemo ade
sta d
a d
aise
mo ey
fo
he
family.
The
child e
gathe ed
o
Abe dee
D ive
i
Lambe tville
a d
set
up
a
sta d
with
sig s
dedicated
to
Lai ey.
They
also
i cluded
a
QR
code
that
allowed
people
to
co t ibute
to
the
family’s
GoFu dMe
fu d aise .Fo
the
child e ,
the
idea
was
st aightfo wa d.
They
wa ted
to
help
Lai ey’s
family
du i g
a
difficult
time,
eve
if
thei
co t ibutio
was
small.
Howeve ,
the
commu ity’s
espo se
quickly
showed
that
the
gestu e
mea t
much
mo e
tha
that.
People
stopped
by
the
sta d,
bought
lemo ade
a d
do ated
mo ey,
helpi g
the
child e
aise
mo e
tha
$1,000.
eached
ea ly
$74,000
mo ey
aised
by
the
child e
added
to
a
much
la ge
wave
of
suppo t
fo
the
Sc oggs
family.
A
o li e
fu d aise
c eated
to
help
the
family
co ti ues
to
eceive
do atio s
followi g
Lai ey’s
death.
It
eve tually
climbed
to
ea ly
$74,000,
showi g
how
ma y
people
we e
willi g
to
step
fo wa d
a d
offe
fi a cial
suppo t.The
fu d aise
was
c eated
to
p ovide
fi a cial
suppo t
to
the
family
du i g
this
difficult
time.
While
fi a cial
assista ce
ca ot
cha ge
what
happe ed,
it
ca
emove
some
of
the
p actical
wo ies
that
accompa y
a
u expected
t agedy.The
espo se
also
showed
that
suppo t
was
comi g
f om
well
beyo d
Lai ey’s
immediate
ci cle.
Neighbou s,
f ie ds
a d
othe s
who
had
hea d
about
the
you g
chee leade ’s
death
all
fou d
ways
to
co t ibute.
commu ity
emembe s
Lai ey
lemo ade
sta d
was
just
o e
of
the
ways
people
i
the
Bedfo d
a d
Lambe tville
commu ities
came
togethe
afte
Lai ey’s
death.
Memo ial
gathe i gs
a d
othe
t ibutes
gave
f ie ds,
classmates
a d
eighbou s
a
cha ce
to
emembe
he
a d
sta d
beside
he
family.
Fo
ma y,
these
mome ts
p ovided
a
oppo tu ity
to
sha e
memo ies
a d
suppo t
o e
a othe .The
child e ’s
fu d aise
stood
out
because
of
how
simple
it
was.
They
did
ot
have
access
to
la ge
esou ces
o
the
ability
to
o ga ise
a
majo
fu d aisi g
campaig .
I stead,
they
used
somethi g
familia
to
them,
a
lemo ade
sta d,
to
make
a
diffe e ce.
That
small
effo t
eve tually
aised
mo e
tha
$1,000,
p ovi g
that
eve
a
simple
idea
ca
have
a
mea i gful
impact
whe
people
come
togethe
behi d
it.
g ief
i to
ki d ess
lemo ade
sta d
became
mo e
tha
a
fu d aise .
It
ep ese ted
the
way
Lai ey’s
commu ity
co ti ued
to
su ou d
he
family
afte
he
u expected
death.
While
o
amou t
of
mo ey
ca
ease
the
pai
of
losi g
a
child,
the
suppo t
offe ed
by
eighbou s,
classmates
a d
st a ge s
ca
emi d
a
g ievi g
family
that
they
a e
su ou ded
by
people
who
ca e.Fo
the
child e
who
o ga ised
the
sta d,
aisi g
mo ey
was
thei
way
of
helpi g
whe
the e
was
little
else
they
could
do.
Thei
effo t
ot
o ly
co t ibuted
fi a cially
but
also
eflected
the
ki d ess
a d
togethe ess
that
eme ged
f om
a
hea tb eaki g
situatio .Lai ey’s
death
has
p ompted
a
outpou i g
of
suppo t,
f om
a
eighbou hood
lemo ade
sta d
that
aised
mo e
tha
$1,000
to
a
family
fu d aise
that
eached
ea ly
$74,000.
Togethe ,
these
effo ts
eflect
the
commu ity’s
compassio
a d
suppo t
fo
the
g ievi g
family.