Rotary Club, Le Bonheur provide gift for children around the world

By , Daily Memphian Published: June 03, 2019 10:56 PM CT
<strong>Nicole Box gives her son, Zanick Masters, a dose of medicine while Gift of Life Mid-South volunteer Joanie Bergstrom tries to entertain the 13-month-old at the FedEx Family House on Friday, May 31. Box, from Jamaica, brought her son to Memphis to get treatment at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital for a congenital heart defect. Zanick's treatment was made possible by Gift of Life Mid-South. </strong>(Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

Nicole Box gives her son, Zanick Masters, a dose of medicine while Gift of Life Mid-South volunteer Joanie Bergstrom tries to entertain the 13-month-old at the FedEx Family House on Friday, May 31. Box, from Jamaica, brought her son to Memphis to get treatment at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital for a congenital heart defect. Zanick's treatment was made possible by Gift of Life Mid-South. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

After doctors in Jamaica told a mother they could not repair her infant son’s heart defect, she took to the internet to make a plea that led her to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis. 

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Michelle Corbet

Michelle Corbet

Michelle Corbet covers business for The Daily Memphian. Prior to, she was a reporter at the Memphis Business Journal. A native Memphian and University of Memphis graduate, Michelle covered business in Conway, Arkansas after college. Michelle got her start covering business as an intern at The Commercial Appeal.


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