Boy holding fundraisers for sick mom starts a GoFundMe
Adrion Mancilla, his mom Amanda Kelly, and Tracy Patterson who let Mancilla borrow her hot dog cart for a fundraiser on Saturday, July 9.
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Adrion Mancilla, 15, who was the subject of a feature story back in July for using a loaned hot dog cart to raise money for his mother’s medical bills, said his mom has entered stage five kidney failure and has been put on dialysis.
“I’m trying to raise money to get my own hot dog cart,” he says. “Someone in Massachusetts, a family member of ours, she’s trying to give me a hot dog cart she has, but I can’t get up there. I don’t have the funds for it and can’t afford the trailer and other things – so I’m just trying to raise money to get it here.”
Mancilla has gotten a part-time job at Hungry Howies to try to save up money for his mom.
“I appreciate all the community help I’ve gotten so far, it helps me and my mom,” he says. “Since she started her dialysis there are a lot of people that cheer her on and help her out. It’s a lot of encouragement. If people could help me get this hot dog cart I could help her way more.”
Mancilla has made a GoFundMe for his mom at https://gofund.me/ebf58c02 and has a cash app at $AmandaHealthFunds.