Evan Leversage, The Boy Who Moved Christmas
Evan Leversage, The Boy Who Moved Christmas
Evan Leversage developed an inoperable brain tumor before he turned 2. He underwent grueling chemotherapy and radiation, but the tumor keep growing, and in September of 2015 at just 7 years old, Evan and his family ran out of options. He came up with a "bucket list" of everything he wanted to achieve while he was still alive, and one of the top items was "one last Christmas."
His entire town of St. George, Ontario burst into action, decorating Christmas-style on October 24. A movie production company brought fake snow, 25 floats were decorated, even Santa himself came to the parade and took Evan for a ride in his sleigh. Around 7000 people showed up for the parade in his honor, more than double the population of the town. Evan's story became a global phenomenon with people around the world turning their #LightsOnForEvan.
His story has inspired an Indian film, Uma, as well as a children's book, The Boy Who Moved Christmas.
Since then, our town has hosted a yearly toy drive in Evan's honour. We hope to add to this years donation by inviting all teams to participate in the toy drive as well. You can bring your donation to the arena to be collected by our executive members.
We thank you for contributing to this wonderful cause.
We are grateful to be able to honour Evan's life and legacy with the Evan Leversage Memorial U7/U8 Jamboree.
This year the Jamboree will be held on December 5th-7th at the Gaukel Memorial Community Centre.
We look forward to you joining us!