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10-year-old Fort Wayne boy fighting brain cancer draws large crowd to lemonade stand

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10-year-old Fort Wayne boy fighting brain cancer draws large crowd to lemonade stand
10-year-old Fort Wayne boy fighting brain cancer draws large crowd to lemonade stand

Kyler Drenning's stand not only brought bikers, but residents from across the community to get a sip and enjoy the treats offered.

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A ten year old receiving overwhelming support after battling brain cancer for more than half of his life.fox 55's mallory beard shows us who showed up to make this weekend one to remember.

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Motorcycles flooded the indian village neighborhood of fort wayne this morning.

But they did originally plan to make this stop.steve flynn says one of his friends wanted them to take a detour on their annual veterans ride.steve flyno i just yclist kind of inquired why and we found out was a young boy who had brain cancer?."kyler drenning was diagnosed with a rare form of stage four brain canc had en was four.

He five surgeries in the last six yearssteve flynn//motorcyclist o it was a no brainer to come to this stop first and support this little boy and hopefully make a dream come true seeing all this.nd kyler ha let sickness stop him from living out his dreams earning extra money while helping other children who are sick mom says he wanted to sell root beer floats but they kept running into weather problems. so they opted for something sweeter.

Kelly drenning//kyler's mom went ahead and suggested a lemonade stand and he was all abou what d that brought hundreds of bikers from the local united auto work rs visited kyler lemonade stand.kyler drenning//hosted first lemo a lot end of people here today so i very excited to make some lemonade and sell some cookies and brownies.

Not only brought the bikers, but residents from across the community to get a sip a have a treat.?nats?jesse leininger//motorcyclist veryone always comes toge needed.

And righ a situation where we need a little support.victoria valentine battled leukemia and went to a camp for cancer patients with kyler when they were younger.

She says his family has always been supportive of her reco her turn.ow it vict ria valentine//kyler frie nice to help support kyler overcome his batthe says, ancer.

Like kyler, e got to go after what you want even under tough conditions.victoria vale friendind r of how kyler is, just live every day to the fullest.?

You neve going to t happen the next day with treatments and everything.nd most importantly...victoria vale friendkyler just get to that point where you e like i can do whatever what i want no matter what i have pretty much what i have to say just try and live your life to the fullest.?in fort wayne....i'm mallory beard fox 55 news kyler plans to donate half of his proceeds from the lemonade stand to saint jude children's hospital where he also receives treatment.for more info on kyler and his story, check out our website at

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