www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, September 26, 2014 | 14 Local kids give new meaning to helping moms with yard sale MRI technology like you've never seen before An MRI is one of the most sophisticated technologies available in medicine today. New, advanced machines can produce scans with extraordinary image quality enabling doctors to diagnose problems that were a challenge before. It is why it is on the top of our list of equipment needs for our new hospital. Your donation will mean patients won't need to wait as long for access to a painless test that can assist physicians in diagnosing life-threatening illnesses such as cancer, stroke, and kidney disease. A yard sale Saturday (Sept. 27) in Oakville will take on an extra special meaning as it will support two local moms living with multiple sclerosis (MS). Janet Ferguson planned to hold a yard sale to help along a little late spring cleaning at her home when her 10-year-old son, Logan Dewsbury, approached her with idea to use the sale to benefit the MS Society of Canada and in support of her. "He really enjoys getting involved in the planning and the selling of things like this," Ferguson said of her son, who asked to set up a lemonade and cookie stand during the family's yard sale. "Then a couple of days later he came to me and said, `I would like to give the money we make to charity, and the charity should be MS research because you have MS, mom.'" Ferguson said she became emotional when she heard what her son had said. "Logan has always been a very thoughtful, sensitive and caring little boy, but this particular moment made me so incredibly proud," she said. "There aren't enough words to accurately describe how I felt." As for Logan, he says he chose the MS Society | photo by Graham Paine Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) Friends Logan Dewsbury, 10, (left) and Emily Chris, 9, are getting ready for their Refreshment Table this coming Saturday, part of a yard sale put on by Logan's mom, Janet Ferguson. Both Ferguson and Emily's mom Teri Chris has multiple sclerosis (MS). The sale will feature lemonade, coffee as well as a variety homemade baked goods. All proceeds from the refreshments sale are going to the MS Society of Canada. We need $3 million by March 31, 2015. of Canada as the charity to benefit from the sale because his mother has the inflammatory disease of the central nervous system and wanted to do something to help. Ferguson then called her friend of 15 years Teri Chris, who also has MS, to ask her if she and her daughter Emily, 9, wanted to get involved. The pair will help bake sweets for the sale. "What a great way for Emily and Logan to be a part of (the) community by helping raise awareness of Multiple Sclerosis," said Chris. "It affects a lot of lives. It's an awful diagnosis to get, but learning to live day by day is the only way to deal with it. We are so proud of the kids making this effort to support a cause so close to their hearts." "It's really nice to see how excited they are about it, adorable actually , and I have to say it fills me with incredible pride and love," said Ferguson. "Being a parent is the hardest job in the world, but seeing your child involved in something like this makes you feel sure that you definitely have done a good job." The charity sale will be held at 1531 Sixth Line and opens at 7:30 a.m. oakvillehospitalfoundation.com 905.338.4642 $1 MILLION $2 MILLION $3 MILLION European Engineering Combined With Traditional Workmanship "Building on the Brightest Ideas Around Glass" 905.849.0266