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Navy visit to kids with cancer brings smiles

 
By Kristen M. Daum | Published: June 11, 2008    Comment on this article Leave a comment

Aluminum foil, feathers, ribbons, tinsel and glitter of all colors covered the craft table of the Jimmy Everest Cancer Center at OU Medical Center, as child cancer patients visited Tuesday morning with local Navy servicemen.

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David Haywood of Oklahoma City sprinkled blue glitter across white paperboard, making an artistic American flag.

The 12-year-old smiled gently and, with exhausted eyes, chatted quietly with Navy Cmdr. Robert Dews Tuesday morning in the craft room of the Jimmy Everest Cancer Center at OU Medical Center.

Dews and five other Navy servicemen visited the children receiving treatment at the cancer center as part of the Navy's community outreach during the third annual Oklahoma City Navy Week, which kicked off Friday.

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