FORT WORTH, Texas — A North Texas nonprofit and a team of volunteers came together to give a 13-year-old girl with terminal cancer a quinceañera celebration she and her family will never forget.
Zoe, who has stage four bone cancer and is paralyzed from the waist down, had one major wish: to celebrate her quinceañera early. Although quinceañeras typically mark a girl’s 15th birthday, her family wanted to honor Zoe’s Mexican heritage while she is able to enjoy the moment.
Earlier this month, her family applied for a small financial gift through Heroes for Children, a Texas nonprofit that supports families facing childhood cancer. They asked for $250 to help with decorations — but that request turned into something much bigger…