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To: sandintoes who wrote (500)	1/9/2004 9:07:19 PM
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N.C. Make-A-Wish Patient Dies Tue Jan 6, 2:05 AM ET By PAUL NOWELL, Associated Press Writer story.news.yahoo.com CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Just shy of being a teenager, Hope Stout was dying of bone cancer. The Make-A-Wish Foundation gave her the chance to do whatever she wanted to do, have whatever she wanted to have. Her request was quite grown-up for a 12-year-old: Fulfill the last wishes of the more than 150 children on the foundation's list. Hope died Sunday, but not before her wish touched more than a few hearts. Make-A-Wish has collected more than $450,000 toward her goal and ABC Sports reported on her story during a Carolina Panthers NFL playoff game last weekend. On Monday, the local branch of the Make-A-Wish Foundation promised to follow through with a Jan. 16 fund-raiser to try and raise the more than $500,000 still needed to send dying children to Disney World, an NFL game or a NASCAR race. The Panthers' Kevin Donnalley, who plays offensive guard, was to have escorted Hope to the "Celebration of Hope" gala. The two met on the sidelines before a Panthers home game in October. Donnalley remembers being "blown away" by Hope's unselfishness as he got to know her. "I came by her house to visit and Hope told me she had just been at the medical center," he said Monday. "She said, `If you have some time when the season's over, instead of seeing me, would you go see some of the kids who don't have a lot of family or friends like I do?' "A 12-year-old girl is supposed to be interested in looks and clothes," he said. "She was so focused on giving to others. She always thinks of other people." Donnalley said he was looking forward to being Hope's "date" to the gala. "Unfortunately, she won't be there, but it's going to be a great night because we're going to raise a lot of money for kids who really need it," he said. Among the donations so far: $100,000 from an anonymous donor and $15,000 bid on a local radio show for four Panthers playoff tickets. In the time he spent with Hope, Donnalley learned that she secretly hoped to appear someday on a TV show or a movie. "I'm sure she could have had that wish granted," he said. "But it was her unselfishness that got her on TV. Millions of people who were watching that football game got to meet Hope for the first time." * * *