The Jackson cheerleaders held a charity car wash this past Saturday, Sept. 19 at the Goddard School on Fulton to raise money for a baby’s heart transplant.
Twins, Quintino and Giada were born in July. Quintino has been diagnosed with Downs Syndrome and needs a heart transplant. He was scheduled to receive his new heart later this year, but he is losing time. As a result, his transplant has been moved to the first week of October.
The team decided to raise money for the baby because the twins’ aunt is the Austintown cheerleading coach, and a personal family friend of Deanna Theodore, the Jackson cheerleading coach.
The team sold presale tickets the week before the event, and also took donations from people who knew they wouldn’t be able to attend. The Jackson soccer team was amongst the many who donated.
The car wash was held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, and Theodore thinks about 100 people attended the actual event. The event made $1,895 total to donate to Quintino.
“It blew my mind when I counted the money,” said Theodore. “Almost $2,000 from a little corner car wash.”
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