Hoops for Hope raises record amount

TIPPECANOE CO., Ind. (WLFI) - Two rivals came together Friday night on the hardwood for a common cause.

It was the 6th annual Hoops for Hope fundraiser between Harrison and West Lafayette high schools.

This edition raised the highest total ever, $28,550.

Much of the money is going to the family of Rachel Cambron, a sophomore at Harrison who has been diagnosed with end-stage kidney failure. She's currently on the National Kidney Registry waiting for a donor.

"I think it's really cool that people are doing this for me and it's amazing," said Rachel.

The rest is being donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation in memory of Maya Getz, an incoming Harrison freshman who was killed from injuries sustained in an ATV crash last August. Her organs were donated to seven people.

"So thankful, I'm just so grateful to everyone, the support that I get from my peers at school and teachers and everybody is just outstanding," said Maya's sister Alex Getz.

The funds raised for the Make-A-Wish Foundation will be used to help make three-year-old Aubrey Deno's wish come true.

In 2010 and 2011, News 18 followed Aubrey's story. When she was just one year old, she was diagnosed with leukemia. Before she was two, she had already undergone chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant.

Some good news to pass along, Aubrey is now in remission.