Logan Emmons, a Franklinton Junior High honor roll student who is currently undergoing treatment at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, has designed “Three Poinsettias” which has been selected by M.D. Anderson as one of their official cards for 2008.

Children who are undergoing treatment at the Anderson Children’s Cancer Hospital enter designs through the Children’s Art Project.

Sales from the Christmas cards reportedly benefit the emotional, educational and recreational needs of the young patients. The Children’s Art Project is said to be “making life better for children with cancer”.

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Logan is the son of Dale and Amy Emmons, a teacher at Enon Elementary School.

Earlier this year, the Make-A-Wish Foundation granted Logan’s wish to go to Hawaii with his family.

There they experienced many things, according to the family Christmas newsletter. This included a helicopter ride over an active volcano, which Logan had requested, snorkeling around coral reefs and a parasail over the Pacific Ocean.

The family also enjoyed a luau and hiked down to the black sand beaches, walked along the rocky coral-covered beaches and relaxed in hammocks near the shore, which they all enjoyed.

This school term, Logan was seemingly doing well and tried out for and made the FJHS Falcon football team, which was a thrill for this young man.

Unfortunately, after returning from the Hawaii trip, tests confirmed that he had relapsed and the cancer had returned. He went back to Anderson for a stem cell transplant, where he is presently receiving treatment.

Because of the much more intense chemotherapy and the transplant, the Emmons family, who are residents of the Plainview area, were required to move to Houston at this time.

The doctors are predicting that Logan will need more blood and platelet transfusions. After 10 weeks of chemo, the doctors will try to extract some of Logan’s stem cells, but if this doesn’t work they will start looking for a donor. The hospital stay will last for several months.

There are several fund-raisers being activated at this time on behalf of the Emmons family, as it has been several years since Logan was diagnosed and treatment began.

A turkey shoot was held yesterday to raise funds, weather permitting, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. If rained out, it will be held Dec. 20.

The “Miracle on Ave. B” was also held yesterday at Goodyear Park in Bogalusa. The event featured two tons of snow, a hayride, music, and food. Half of the proceeds raised were to go to help with medical bills for Logan.

On Thursday, Nov. 20, Franklinton Junior High proclaimed the day as Logan Emmons Day, when contributions were made by students, parents, faculty and staff at the school

Churches in the area have also held special offerings for the family and a fund has been set up at Parish National Bank for anyone who would like to make a contribution.

For more information about the Logan Emmons Fund, call FJHS at 839-3501 or Enon Elementary at 839-3976.

The family asks everybody to remember them daily in their prayers. According to Amy Emmons, “prayer is the miracle drug”.

“Although this is a scary time for all of us, we continue to believe that

God will take care of us. We are blessed daily because of your prayers, our

friendships, and the generosity of so many people. Although Logan is just at the beginning of this new fight, we realize that the next year will fly by, just like 2008 did,” Amy Emmons writes in the newsletter.