"One thing, she always got a smile on her face. "She's very strong," Debbie Campanelli said. For now, the family remains close and determined to fight as hard as they can. On July 11, owners of the BP gas station in Tannersville, at the corner of routes 715 and 611, will host a car wash with proceeds going to help the family. Pub 715 in Jackson Township donated food and volunteers to the event and the Tobyhanna Athletic Association helped organizers with securing the fields and electricity. The concert would not have been possible without donations of time and money from a variety of people who all came together to help Elisabeth, Brown said. Music from DJ Complex and bands Think Big, Rejectos Del Diablos, The Doc and Beast Show, and Halflip kept the concert going all afternoon. Musical acts performed during the afternoon at Coolbaugh Township Municipal Park near the Tobyhanna Army Depot. "It's a lot of work, a lot of stress, a lot of things to think about but in the end it's going to be a good time and it's great to be able to do it for Elisabeth," said Mike Brown, one of the event's organizers. With raffles, food, donations and music, organizers of Sunday's concert hoped to raise spirits and money for the family. After already enduring two surgeries, she will receive intravenous chemotherapy treatments every two weeks for the next several months, her mother said. In March, Elisabeth's friends organized a "Light the Way Home" campaign to sell and display luminaries in support of the family while she was treated at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia.Įlisabeth was diagnosed with brain cancer in February. The Campanelli family has been the subject of widespread support before. "The expense of traveling back and forth to Philly every other day for the month of May, it gets to be a lot." "Everyone's been such a tremendous help, trying to help as much as they can," said her mother, Debbie Campanelli. TOBYHANNA - A teenage girl bravely battling brain cancer continues to draw support from her family and friends as she begins months of chemotherapy.įriends, family and supporters joined together on Sunday for a benefit concert to help 15-year-old Elisabeth Campanelli and her family as they battle her cancer together.
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