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You maybe asking, "who was Georgie Stevenson?"
Let
me tell you a little about him. Georgie became ill
at a
tender age of six. His leg and foot became weak and
turned
to the side. Georgie made many trips to A.I.Dupont
in
Delaware and Childrens Hospital in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvana. He was in
the hospital from one week to, as long as, six months
at a
time on
some of his trips and had eleven major surgeries and
two
minor
surgerys. Georgie was found to have spinal cancer.
He had
to go two hundred miles a day five days a week for
two
years for
treatment. It was not unusual to see Georgie in the
hospital walking the halls, pushing a stroller with a
child
in it while both of them were attached to I.V. poles,
and
receiving chemotherapy. Georgie's dream was to
become an
Evangelist. All during his six years of illness,
Georgie
helped raise money for ill children and adults. His
favorite saying was, "I might not have what they
have, but
i know what hurting is and i must help those who are
less
fortunate than me." Georgie was on tv, talk radio,
and
numerous newspapers and magazines all over the
country. He
would often come home from the hospital and go out on
his
cane and wearing his braces to pray for older people
and
had many calls from people just for an encourgaing
talk.
Georgie did more good in his short lifetime than most
of us
will do in many years on this good earth.
Georgie
battled cancer for six years before he lost his
battle at
age 12. Before passing, he asked his parents to
carry on
his work. He also, for his work, was named Citizen
of the
Year in 1978 by The Optimist Club and received a
citation
from The House of Representatives. Georgie had one
of the
largest funerals ever in Pottsville. Pennsylvania.
He had
twenynine honorary pallbearers and fortynine cars in
his
funeral. Most of the pallbearers were people he
worked
with in his fund raising efforts, including Mayor and
Council of Palo Alto, Pennsylvania. The Georgie
Stevenson
Memorial has many ways of raising money. Our biggest
event
is The Georgie Stevenson Memorial Stock Car Race held
at
Nascars Big Diamond Raceway in Minersville,
Pennsylvania.
This race is held every July.
There was an elderly lady by the name of
Mrs. Webb, when Georgie was visiting her, he asked if
he could pray for her. You see Mrs. Webb was
confined to a wheelchair. Georgie prayed for her,
then he left for a two week stay in the hospital for
surgery. When he came home, he went to visit Mrs.
Webb. Georgie rang the doorbell and low and behold
when the door was opened, there stood Mrs.
Webb at the door.
"We may be small, but we
do a world of good for our kids."
This site is
dedicated to Georgie and his accomplishments.
The Georgie Stevenson Memorial has many ways
of raising money for our memorial children. bowling
tournaments-golf tournments-shirt sales-auto
racing-auctions-raffles and donations
You can contact Georgie Stevenson Memorial at
George &
Alice Stevenson
101 East Savory Street,
Pottsville, P.A. 17901
Or if you want to e-mail me: George
The Memorial is a reciepient of the Schuylkill Pride Award for caring devotion to young cancer victims
