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Wendy Ransom is the Jefferson Award winner raising $300,000 with her Emily’s Power for a Cure organization. She holds her daughter Molly, 2, at the ceremony at T.C. Thompson Children’s Hospital.They call themselves the “Ransom Six.”
The Ransom family is made up of Johnathon and Wendy and their children Jon Pat, Max, Molly and an angel, Emily.
Five years ago, Emily Ransom lost her battle with neuroblastoma, a primarily infant and childhood cancer that starts in the adrenal glands, which produce hormones that regulate heart rate, blood sugar and blood pressure.
Wendy Ransom explained that her family members call themselves the “Ransom Six” because, if they are out together, people only see five of them.
“We never want others to forget that Emily is a part of our family,” Wendy Ransom said. “She’s always there with us. There are just times we wish we could hug her.”