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Wabash Valley patients show Hope in Color

The Hope in Color calendar features the work of two other Wabash Valley Riley patients.

• The artist for June is Parker Timberman of Brazil. Timberman, who has cerebral palsy, has battled through 13 surgeries, yet remains determined. He looks forward to attending Camp Riley each year, where he and his peers enjoy water-skiing, horse-back riding and rock climbing.

• The artist for November is B.J. Yoho of Bloomfield. An early ultrasound showed Yoho had spina bifida, which prepared nurses to rush him to Riley Hospital within minutes of his birth.
Just 24 hours later, he was in surgery. Since then, Riley doctors have treated Yoho for a kidney condition, reconstructed his right ear canal and amputated his right leg. Despite the challenges, Yoho maintains a positive outlook and a giving spirit.

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• Hopeful artwork: Brain tumor survivor Trenton Williams of Terre Haute holds a copy of this year’s Riley Children’s Foundation calendar. His artwork, visible in the background, depicts a pot of gold, a rainbow, a leprechaun hat and a four-leaf clover.

  

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January 19, 2012

Riley Foundation chooses Wabash Valley student's artwork for calendar

Trenton Williams' spring-themed piece will be the art for March

Sue Loughlin The Tribune-Star The Tribune Star Thu Jan 19, 2012, 05:04 AM EST

TERRE HAUTE — Eleven-year-old Trenton Williams has a long history with Riley Hospital for Children.

In 2004, he underwent surgery to remove a benign brain tumor. By 2006, the tumor had grown back, and Williams faced 11⁄2 years of weekly chemotherapy treatment at Riley.

Today, the healthy, Rio Grande Elementary fifth-grader loves to give back to the hospital that saved his life.

The 2010 Riley Champion has organized several fundraisers at his school to benefit Riley, including a Halloween Disco. More recently, he and family members gathered coloring books and crayons to benefit Riley patients.

He’s also been featured in a commercial promoting the Riley license plate, a portion of which is donated to Riley Children’s Foundation.

Now, Williams’ artwork is showcased in the Riley Foundation’s “Hope in Color” calendar. The 2012 calendar includes artwork and stories of 13 Riley children from across the state.

Williams’ artwork for the month of March includes a rainbow, pot of gold, leprechaun hat and four-leaf clover.

The calendar was distributed on a limited basis to 1,300 guests at the Riley Children’s Foundation annual luncheon and as gifts to friends of the foundation who recently have become engaged.

Though the calendars are not currently for sale, it’s something the foundation has discussed doing in the future.

Julie Brown, Trenton’s mother, said her son “is doing fine” and now visits Riley every nine months for an MRI.

The hospital staff “have been wonderful with him. He loves going there. They treat him like he’s their own kid,” she said.

Williams said he likes to draw and he was excited about having his art in the calendar. He and his dad decided on the St. Patrick’s Day theme.

He said he’s feeling good these days and doing the things any other kid his age would do, including “having fun and playing video games.” He recently got a new pet guinea pig.

One thing he can’t do is rough sports such as football because if he took a really hard hit to his head, it might aggravate some of his past health problems.

While Williams is glad to be healthy, he’s a little sad that he doesn’t get to go see his friends at Riley as much. “They helped me out and made me feel good when I was getting surgery,” he said.

Next year, he’ll go to Otter Creek Middle School, where he hopes to continue raising money for Riley “so they can help more kids like they helped me,” he said.

The Hope in Color is a special project the foundation put together for the first time in 2010. “We had such a great response, we decided to do another this year,” said Elizabeth Jacques, Riley Children’s Foundation communications coordinator.

Some of the patients featured in the Hope in Color calendar received art therapy during their Riley stays.

The increased use of art therapy has added an important dimension to care, Jacques said, using creativity as a way for children to communicate and alleviate the emotional symptoms of illness and injury.

Sue Loughlin can be reached at (812) 231-4235 or sue.loughlin@ tribstar.com.

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