Kylie Babcock has friends everywhere

Submitted | Nov 19, 2009

When Kim Gould, owner of the Junction Restaurant and store in Sharbot Lake, read about two year old Kylie Babcock's battle with cancer a couple of weeks ago, “the tears just ran down my face” she recalls.

Gould was thinking that she had to do something to help the Babcock's cover some of their costs when she found out that Ralph Babcock, one of her customers, turns out to be Kylie's grandfather.

“You relaise how close to home everything is at times like that,” Gould said, “so I ran over to the dollar store and got some bristol board.”

When Gould came back she pit up a sign advertising that any customer who pays $2 for Kylie will get a free bowl of soup and crackers.

By the time she got back to the store with the bristol board, her emplyee said that a man that had been sitting quietly at a table while the idea was being worked out had donated $20 to the cause as he was leaving the restaurant.

“That's how it's been ever since,” said Gould. “People have been donating money for Kylie in small and larger amounts. Many of them don't care about the soup at all.”

In six days, the Junction has raised over $225, with no more advertising than a bristol board sign.

The Junction has also donated a basket of goodies for the silent auction that will be part of a fundraising dance that will be held this Saturday, November 21st at the Verona Lion's Hall. (See Verona column for details)

There is also a concert at the Verona Free Methodist Church with Crimson River scheduled for November 28.