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Twelve-Year-Old Devon Melton's Garage Sale For His Mother Goes Viral

A 12-year-old boy from Ferguson, Mo., has blown us away with his courage and sacrifice.
Devon Melton's mother, Christina Craig, was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and his parents are struggling with the financial burden of her illness.


“I overheard her talking on the phone," Devon told KTVI. "I just asked her are you ok, because her tears were running down her face. She said she was failing me as a parent because she's always sick, and I had to help."
That's when Melton decided to step in.
He got the idea of holding a garage sale, but he didn't have much of his own to give away. So he began reaching out to potential donors on Craiglist's 'Free' section with a moving email that soon went viral.
He wrote:

Hi this is Devon. I am the one that messaged you on Craigslist. My mom is amazing she and my dad take care of my two brothers, me and my sister. She has breast cancer and I heard her crying one day after she had her surgery. I thought she was hurt so I went to her door. I heard her say I’m losing everything because I am sick. We are about to lose our home, electric, gas and dad lost his job..I went to my preacher and asked how can I help. He said to do a garage sale. I went to every house on my road getting donations for the garage sale..
My mom deserves the best and I want to help her because she helps everyone. Even with her sick she still works at the food pantry at our church. She says people have to eat and God blessed us to be part of a ministry that can feed people. I just wish it was mom’s turn to be blessed with a timeout like she says she needs. I hope we can get things together and I can really help my mom.

The post inspired a slew of donations from Craigslisters. KTVI reports that he's received over 200 emails from people wanting to help and has recently had to expand the sale to a bigger location.
He's raised $120 so far, and plans to continue holding the sale until all the donations are sold.
"I can give up a couple of my things and.. put the hard work in," he told KDSK. "She takes care of me, so I thought I should take care of her for once."


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