Boardman Relay for Life brings celebration, determination

BOARDMAN — Hannah Tringhese of Columbiana, a kindergartner at Struthers Elementary School, is a “kind-hearted girl, and she has a love for Jesus.”

“She has a love for other sick kids. She donates her toys and balloons to other people,” said her mother, Sarah, who teaches at the school.

But she also has a tough side, which is going to help her as she battles a rare brain tumor with which she was diagnosed about six weeks ago.

“She gave her tumor a name. She calls it “Captain Barf Brains,’” her mother said.

“I call it that because it’s in my brain, and it makes me barf,” Hannah, 6, said.

“And we’re going to knock it right out of there, right?” her mother asked. “Right,” Hannah said.

The Tringhese family was part of tonight’s kickoff at Center Middle School of the American Cancer Society’s Boardman Relay for Life, a celebration of the lives of people with cancer and a fundraiser for cancer research and other services.

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