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Bret Hundredmark Comes Home
Northeast Cobb and the Lassiter community continue to rally to help the injured lacrosse player from Simpson Middle School.
Good news from the lacrosse program: Injured Junior Trojan Bret Hundredmark is back home.
Bret, a sixth-grader at , during practice March 24 when a ball hit him in the back of the head. He was recovering at in Sandy Springs after four brain operations.
He came home to Northeast Cobb on Thursday “after a seven week journey of miracles,” the Lassiter boys lacrosse program tweeted. “Keep him in your prayers as he continues his rehab treatments.”
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The Bret Hundredmark Foundation, set up to help with medical expenses, said he was resting at home and “being snuggled by his doggie.”
The 12-year-old grew 2 inches while learning to walk again at Scottish Rite, The Marietta Daily Journal reported.
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at raised $2,419.12 to help with Bret’s medical bills Monday, the restaurant announced on its Facebook page.
“Fantastic!! We are blessed to have such a caring and responsive community,” Chick-fil-A said on Facebook.
People made cash donations in addition to putting their receipts into designated boxes; Chick-fil-A .
“If you are at Chick-fil-A right now, you will totally understand what ‘community’ is … ‘lacrosse community’ that is!” Lassiter’s junior boys lacrosse program tweeted, noting that Bret watched news of the fundraiser from his hospital room. “Thank you everyone!”
Donations and good wishes have come in for Bret from across the country. You can donate to his cause online.
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