b'Very Inspiring Person Award Recipient:HAYLIE GERACISMALL ACTION, BIG IMPACTHOW AN EXPERIENCE WITH CHILDHOOD CANCER GREW INTO ADVOCACY FOR BLOOD DONATIONSBY KARYN BRODSKY Most people dont know how important blood donations are for kids like me with cancer. I want to help others, so no one has to go through what I did. -HaylieH er mother always said she would one day change the world,OnMay31,2018,atage11,Hayliewasdiagnosedwithan but for 12-year-old Haylie Geraci of Trophy Club, TX, theaggressive form of leukemia. call of duty came at a young age. Shes now on a missionThetypicallyenergeticfifthgraderwasextremelytiredand tocreateawarenessforblooddonationandchildhoodcancer,suffered from a bad stomach ache. A doctor visit included a blood following the diagnosis that she and her family could never, in theirtest and a sonogram, and the results were devastating.worst nightmares, have imagined.They called me at home, said Haylie was critical, and told me to 12GoodLifeFamilyMag.comMAY | JUNE 2019'