Here's whats happening in my local area. A girl is fighting cancer and look what the KIDS have done!

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http://www.wicd15.com/news/top-stories/stories/justinmeetmurelle-6791.shtml

Film footage at that link above.

The story:

#JustinMeetMurelle


ST. JOSEPH--Meeting Justin Bieber is the dream of one St. Joseph Middle School student.

Murelle Plotner, 13, is the fourth female in her family to be diagnosed with Myelodysplastic Syndrome.

That's a blood cancer that can only be cured with a bone marrow transplant.

Thousands of Twitter users have tweeted, retweeded and made their message loud and clear ...

They want Justin Bieber to meet Murelle Plotner.

Plotner who was diagnosed with the blood cancer last October, just underwent a bone marrow transplant earlier this month.

However, this soon to be teenager who is suffering from Bieber fever, has more than an entire community behind her.

Plotner is currently recovering in St. Louis.


We reached out to Bieber's publicist, but didn't receive a call or comment back.

The St. Joseph-Ogden 5K is holding a special fundraising 1K called Movin' for Murelle.

All proceeds will go to the family, to help with ongoing medical expenses.


If you're looking to participate, click on Web Watch for a direct link.

If you're just wanting to donate, the family has set up a website to collect monetary donations, which can be also be found on Web Watch.

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What they don't talk about in that news story is that the high school track and cross country team has also been involved in this and the guys' team shaved their heads and sent the picture out on Facebook as well. They are planning to run for Murelle. The Girls' team is also planning to run in that race they mention in the film. Murelle's Tweets were 90,000+ the last I heard...



Laura