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St. Joan of Arc students rally for Kayla and Maddie by Julia Le Oakville Beaver Staff 21 | Thursday, May 12, 2016 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Losing 11-year-old Maddie Costantini to brain cancer was beyond devastating for her family. It was two years ago on the Mother's Day weekend that Maddie, a brain tumour patient in palliative care at Toronto's SickKids Hospital at the time, was with her family taking part in Meagan's Walk in Toronto -- a five-kilometre stroll that raises funds for paediatric brain tumour research at SickKids Hospital. A few weeks later, on June 7, Maddie died -- days after celebrating her 11th birthday on June 3. Maddie had been battling diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), a rare type of brain cancer for about nine months, according to her mom Saundra. Last Friday (May 4), just ahead of Mother's Day, students at St. Joan of Arc Elementary School joined Maddie's younger sister Kayla and did their own rendition of the now 15-year-old Meagan's Walk; they call it Maddie's Walk. Saundra said it's comforting to see Maddie remembered at her sister Kayla' s school as the family members continue to work through their loss. For the walk, students presented a sea of purple and green as they donned Maddie's favourite colours for the event. In the week ahead of the event, the school | photo by Andrew Hiorth | photo by Graham Paine ­ Oakville Beaver Pictured at left, The Costantini Family -- Doug and Saundra with their children Maddie, left, and Kayla. At right, Maddie's sister Kayla Costantini, 10, (right) walks with her friend Kaitlyn Morgado, 10, and other students last Friday as St. Joan of Arc students held their own version of Toronto's Meagan's Walk, in memory of Maddie, to raise funds in support of brain cancer research at SickKids Hospital. helped raise $815 that was presented to the Costantini family as a donation to SickKids. Kayla, 10, thanks her teachers and peers for supporting her family. "I also want to thank everyone that bought bracelets or made a generous donation towards paediatric research," said the Grade 5 student just before the school community, including students from Kindergarten to Grade 8, went out on a walk around the neighbourhood. 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