BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The family of Nathan Garcia, a boy who died of cancer nine years ago, is keeping his memory alive by fulfilling his dying wish to collect thousands of toys for children in hospitals.
The family will be holding a toy drive at Rosedale Middle School Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon to collect toys for the Ronald McDonald House, Lauren Small Children’s Hospital and Valley Children’s Hospital. This will be a drive-in event.
Nathan Garcia died of a brain tumor on December 18, 2012. Since his death, the Nathan Garcia Childhood Cancer Foundation has organized numerous events to benefit families and children being treated for cancer. Nathan would have turned 22 this year.
Rosedale Middle School is located at 12463 Rosedale Hwy.
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