WHAT would you do if you found out
your best buddy had a rare disease?
What would you do if you were six years
old when you found this out?
Dylan Siegel’s response was nothing
short of incredible.
ABC News reports the young boy, now
seven, wrote a children’s book
entitledChocolate Bar , to raise money
for his sick friend, Jonah.
It initially sold 200 copies at his
school for $6000. But before long word
had spread. More books, even T-shirts,
bags and phone cases.
Now he’s raised $400,000 and has his
eye on seven figures.
Jonah contracted a rare liver disease
called glycogen storage disease. It
causes his blood sugar to drop
dramatically, and can be fatal.
Dr David Weinstein, who studies the
disease, is completely blown away.
“Boy, have I been shocked,” he told ABC
News.
“He’s raised more money for this
disease than all the medical
foundations and all the grants
combined. Ever.”
Dylan’s father, who initially suggested
a lemonade stand to help raise money
but was quickly told, “don’t patronise
me”, says he’s learned more about
what’s possible from his son than from
anyone else.
“Kids can change the world just like
any of us,” he said.
“It’s been a blast. It validates a six-
year-old’s vision of what he thought
change could be.”
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