"Team Anthony" Helps Livingston Boy Fight Leukemia
Anthony Vallejo, 12, got a lot of support from Livingston residents.
When most people think of teams, games or sports come to mind. But in Livingston, “Team Anthony” is a group of children, teachers and adults rallying behind Anthony Vallejo, 12, who is battling acute lymphocytic leukemia. Anthony, a sixth-grader from Mount Pleasant Middle School, was diagnosed with leukemia in December and he has been going back and forth to Newark Beth Israel Medical Center ever since then, his mother, Norma Rubio, said. The chemotherapy treatments and hospital stays have been difficult for Anthony and stressful for the rest of the family, Rubio said. Fortunately, Rubio said her son gets a lot of help from the Livingston community. Five teachers – Susie Ferguson, Julie Nersesian, Ruth Morrison, Katy Quillen and Lydia …
Stacey Rubinstein
6:59 am on Sunday, June 10, 2012
A few weeks ago my children and I bought lemonade at a lemonade stand. The boys selling the lemonade said the money was going to support their friend Anthony who had leukemia. I was so impressed with their wanting to help him and how sincere they were. They had such wonderful things to say about him and really want to help in any way that they could. I am so happy to read how much the community … more ›