Group gets $22K donation to support cancer patients

Putnam First Cancer Fund officials stand with the ceremonial $20,000 check that represents the amount the cancer fund, which helps financially support people undergoing cancer treatment, received from the Pink Out Putnam breast cancer awareness fundraiser. (Photo submitted by Loretta Cribbs) Palatka Daily News Putnam First Cancer Fund had plenty to celebrate earlier this week as they accepted a pair of donations that totaled $22,000. Holden Crews, an employee at Beck Chevrolet Buick in Palatka, donated $1,000 to the cancer fund, which provides financial assistance to cancer patients to help cover things like groceries and bills. At the beginning of October, Crews announced he would be donating the commissions he earned in October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Beck Chevy matched Crews’s donation, bringing the amount to $2,000.

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