Normandeau, a Saint-Lazare resident, started The Marc Normandeau Fund in 2008 even though he had just found out the acute lymphoblastic leukemia he had successfully battled as a young child was back.
“The story is turning out to be a positive one… It looks like he has beaten this again and is looking forward to getting back to a normal life,” Marc’s father, Pierre Normandeau, said of the treatments his son recently completed.
Marc, an avid hockey and baseball player who maintains an honour roll grade point average at Westwood Sr. High, is spending his days helping his parents organize an Aug. 2 golf tournament and fundraiser.
The family hopes to raise $50,000 at the golf tournament, which will be added to $30,000 already in the fund.
Once enough has been raised, Marc will work with doctors at the Children’s Hospital to identify the top items on their wish-list.
“He wants to sit down with them because he’s seen firsthand how much is needed there,” Pierre said.
Celebrity golf tournament takes a swing at childhood cancers
Marc Normandeau playing softball last summer. (Photothèque)
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Saint-Lazare boy spearheading August event
How does a 15 year-old boy celebrate completing 27 months of chemotherapy treatments? If you’re Marc Normandeau, by holding a celebrity golf tournament to help raise money for the Montreal Children’s Hospital.
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