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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A retired Fresno County Deputy is getting much-needed assistance from his hometown community. The Sheriff's Office, on with the Life After The Badge organization, decided to spot successful and big a fundraiser and soundless auction aft uncovering retired astir his encephalon cancer.
“Strengthening and rewarding knowing that coming home, being astir friends, household and members of the assemblage to support, to assistance maine combat my fight,” Austin Herion said.
Austin Herion is simply a begetter of 3 and served Fresno County for much than 2 decades. In July of 2023, helium was diagnosed with encephalon cancer, and paying for aesculapian bills has not been easy.
“I’m not done here. I got to assistance my wife, my 3 kids and, you know, we've had immoderate atrocious luck. My father-in-law was diagnosed with this crab and helium mislaid successful six months, astir astir 15 months ago,” Herion said.
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office and Life After The Badge got upwind of Herion's situation, truthful they jumped into action.
“I called and we had a speech astir 4 weeks ago. And successful that process, I came to observe that helium had tally retired of funds. He could not proceed the treatments. These treatments not lone extended his life, but the prime of his life,” George Ozburn of Life After The Badge said.
Yosemite Falls Cafe is hosting the fundraiser and soundless auction.
“He and his woman some said they felt similar they had been forgotten about, that cipher cared and that yet idiosyncratic listened and stood up to bash something,” Ozburn said.
The extremity is to rise $15,000.
“Before we opened the doors this evening, I had already reached the extremity of $10,000 and truthful that included income and the things that we were getting. And truthful present with the raffle, we cannot perchance cipher it. Right present we haven't had specified a large turnout and I'm truly excited for the household due to the fact that 100% of the nett proceeds spell to him,” Ozburn said.
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