A huge help to the family of the little Charles

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The Martin family has launched a few weeks ago a campaign sociofinancement in the hope of raising the$ 40,000 missing for their expansion project for Charles, which total at least 130 000$. In mortise, Maurice Tanguay said he was very touched by the story of the little boy.

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Friday, 29 December 2017 00:00

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Friday, 29 December 2017 00:00

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A call unexpected came yesterday to the house of Martin, when the little Charles, very ill, no longer has a chance of survival. Affected by the history of the family of six children of St. Flavian published in The Journal, Tanguay, through the Maurice Tanguay Foundation, will help the couple to achieve their expansion project to provide a nice end-of-life of their boy.

“A family like that, a little man sick like that… It touches me a lot,” expressed to the Newspaper, Maurice Tanguay, a joint yesterday afternoon. By reading and re-reading their story, he wanted to do something for them. “We have a foundation that is there for that. It has the air of a good world, and we will help them the most “, assured the man of 84 years.

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The Journal reported yesterday that Martin tried by all means to achieve the expansion project they have in mind for a moment to allow to Charles, six years, to get to know a nice end-of-life can spend all his time on the ground-floor with the rest of the family.

Charles is suffering from a mitochondrial myopathy, a disease that develops differently in each individual and which proved to be degenerative in his case. It does not work, does not speak almost. It is fed 23 out of 24 hours. He has two brothers who also have the disease.

At least $40,000

These are fine, but the parents live with this sword of Damocles above the head. They were unaware of this disease until the diagnosis falls for Charles, a little before his three years.

“They are guaranteed a minimum of $ 40,000 (NOTE the missing amount to the family budget total of $ 130,000), but we will see that the project is carried out perfectly. We will accompany them until the end and provide all the help they need, ” said Jacques Tanguay to the Newspaper, a few minutes after I joined the mother of Charles.

“At the time, I thought it would not almost, it was surreal ! entrusted Amélie Turgeon, still in shock at the other end of the wire. I looked at the display after to check if I hadn’t dreamt the call. I hung up and I braillais, I shakais. It was like too at the same time ! ” expressed the woman, extremely grateful for this unexpected help that arrives to his family in full Holiday season.

Grateful children

“When I announced to the children, the old were crying. They have jumped in the arms, saying : “it is so very nice of this gentleman !” “Even Charles, she said, seemed to be appeased by the new beautiful.

“It guarantees us that we will be able to do it and succeed, and to do it earlier, because it is one of our fears ; one wants to be that Charles could take advantage of it,” points out the mother of the family, recalling that the total budget of $ 130,000 to the project includes the ” bare minimum “.

“We’re going to put the staff on their folder to be able to complete it as quickly as possible. In addition to providing them money, we are going to try to bring together all these people from Saint-Flavien who want to give them a helping hand to improve their project in the best way possible, ” said Jacques Tanguay.

What they said

“It is the most beautiful of the Christmas gifts that we can not offer me, I have goosebumps. I don’t believe it quite yet !” – Amélie Turgeon, mother of Charles

“The public gives a lot to the Foundation, and this money then serves to causes like this. It touches us at the core. We are spoiled in life, it is necessary to give to the other also.” – Maurice Tanguay