5k Fund Raiser

There was a 5k fund raiser held at the Malad Total Gym, April 7 for Chalyce Young, a citizen of Malad Idaho with Melanoma cancer.
More than $3,000 was raised in efforts to help the cost of Young’s medical bills.
“We handed her a check for just more than $3,000 from the 5k but people have given us money since that didn’t participate but still wanted to help,” said Tori Green, co-owner of Total Gym.
The event began at 10:30 a.m. and went till noon. It cost $20 to run in the 5k — about 3.1 miles. The 5k started at the Total Gym and went throughout town.
“I really thought it was cool because there was so many people and so many kids that came out to help support,” said Sadie Sweeten, a runner in the event. “It gave me motivation to go out and run. That’s just the way Malad is. We’re a pretty tight net.”
“For me it was just proof of how much support a small town has,” said Nicona Venable, a runner in the event. “People showed up whether they could run or just walk in it.”
Young has stage four Melanoma cancer. It started in her lymph nodes and spread to her lung where it has worsened. She has had many treatments on her lung to help shrink the cancer, instead the cancer has grown.
She is currently at the intensive-care unit in University of Utah Hospital for a severe chemotherapy treatment. This will be the third type of treatment that has been tried.
“This is kind of the last effort to treat the cancer,” said Amanda Brown, friend of Young.
Young is married to Lon Young and is a mother of two small children — Kason, 5 and Shaylie, 2.
“Chalyce is the kind of person where you go to her house to help cheer her up and you leave feeling cheered up,” Brown said. “She will put a smile on her face and always ask people how they are rather than say how she is. She’s just an amazing person.”