ANN ARBOR — A dying boy who got 1.2 million cards from around the world after saying he wanted to have one more Christmas is being honored with a cancer research fund at the University of Michigan.
Six-year-old Noah Biorkman died Nov. 23, 2009, at his home in South Lyon.
Today, his mother Diana Biorkman gave the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital a check for $75,000 for the Noah's Neuroblastoma Endowment Research Fund.
The money came from the 1,175,752 cards Noah got after his Christmas wish became known.
The neuroblastoma that claimed Noah's life is a juvenile cancer that develops from nerve tissue.
The family also has launched The Power of Noah Foundation, with merchandise sales and fundraisers to support neuroblastoma research. http://bit.ly/aWVO05
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