Money raised to help woman with leukemia

Sometimes, the churches in small communities are the ones making the biggest difference.

Evergreen Baptist Church in Evergreen and the New Beginnings Gospel Band worked hard to raise money for Christina Garrett, a mother who is suffering from leukemia, to ensure Garrett obtains her new beginning.

“We helped them because they are our neighbors, and we truly want to show them that we are a community together,” stated Evergreen Baptist Church Pastor Todd Estes.

On Sunday, Jan. 8, Evergreen Baptist Church hosted a cancer fundraiser for Garrett and her two sons to help the Garrett family with the financial, emotional and social stress that suffering from cancer entails.

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