MD Anderson CancerWise, a printed and online newsletter published by MD Anderson, featured Alyssa and her positive life outlook in it’s recent addition.
You can read the story here.
Category: Alyssa Ferguson Story
U.S. Rep. Pete Olson Updates House Colleagues on Alyssa
Alyssa Helps Throw Prom at MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital
MD Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital recently hosted a prom for teenager cancer patients. Alyssa serves on the the Teen Impact Council of the hospital and served on the committee who helped plan the prom. She also had the joy of attending.
You can read about Prom Night in this Houston Chronicle article.
Singer Matthew West Shares Alyssa’s Story
Man Runs Ironman Texas in Honor of Alyssa
Family friend Troy Clifton ran the Ironman Texas in honor of Alyssa. Alyssa and her family were blessed to attend the race to cheer him on as he has so often has cheered her on in her cancer race.
Troy is a Coach for C4 Endurance. He wrote about the his experience on their website here.
Pen Pal Shaves Head to Support Alyssa and Raise Money for Pediatric Cancer
Anneliese Curry, Alyssa’s pen pal in Rhode Island, shaved her head to support Alyssa’s cancer journey and to raise money for St. Baldrick’s Foundation’s pediatric cancer research.
Since this story came out, Alyssa and Anneliese were eventually able to meet for the first time in summer 2016.
Read about this sweet friend in The Valley Breeze.
U.S Rep. Pete Olson Reads Proclamation Honoring Alyssa on House Floor
Fort Bend Star Shares Alyssa’s Make A Wish Story
The Fort Bend Star ran a story about Alyssa’s Make A Wish for a water well in Africa.
CW39 Shares Alyssa’s Dream to Build Water Wells on NewsFix
CW39 ran a story about Alyssa’s Make a Wish to build a water well on their NewsFix news program.
Watch the story below:
or read about the story on their website.
Make A Wish Water Well Completed
Alyssa was granted a wish from Make A Wish. She could travel anywhere. Do anything. Meet anyone famous. Her choice. She decided to have a well built for a village in Africa. This was inspired by the Matthew West song “Do Something” and the book “A Long Walk To Water” by Linda Sue Park.
Make A Wish generously fulfilled this wish! Now, the village of Murehwa, Zimbabwe has fresh, clean, water flowing from a new well. Thank you, Make A Wish for making Alyssa’s wish come true!
Alyssa's World Changers Fund 