When the parents of Lucas Gonzalez, a three-year-old with a rare condition called hyper IgM syndrome, found out that a bone marrow transplant could give their son a chance to be a normal kid, they were less than confident that the fundraising website they started would raise the money they needed for the expensive procedure…
When the parents of Lucas Gonzalez, a three-year-old with a rare condition called hyper IgM syndrome, found out that a bone marrow transplant could give their son a chance to be a normal kid, they were less than confident that the fundraising website they started would raise the money they needed for the expensive procedure… until the following post appeared on popular link-sharing website Reddit: "Hi Reddit, I'm Lucas! I'm 3 years old, have a 1 in 1 million disease, and need a bone marrow transplant!" Within 12 hours, the donations from Internet strangers amounted to $44,405! The family actually had to post a message begging Reddit users to stop donating! This sort of altruism isn't uncommon among Reddit users: the site has hosted communities dedicated to reuniting a mother and son who'd been apart 21 years, raising money for Direct Relief International for Haiti, preventing suicide, and more.
Digital Life blog at TODAY.com, 12/5/2011
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