Bolingbrook Choir Supports Classmate Battling Cancer with Concert

Submitted by Valley View School District 365U

Bolingbrook High School choir members will hold a concert for fellow students May 19 to benefit BHS freshman Jonathan Johnson who has been battling cancer since December.

Attendees will have the option of donating to a fund set up to help the Johnson family with medical costs.

In addition, according to BHS Director of Choirs Lawrence Fisher, the BHS choir members hope to raise additional donations by bringing their beautiful voices to the streets of the Promenade of Bolingbrook in the near future.

Johnson is recovering from a successful bone marrow transplant at the University of Chicago’s Comers Children’s Hospital on April 29 but must spend the next eight weeks in the hospital. His sister, Jada, who will graduate from BHS on June 4 and will pursue a degree in medical research at Benedictine University, served as a bone marrow donor for her brother.

A “Johnathan Johnson Fights Cancer Fund” is being set up through the Bolingbrook branch of the Great Lakes Credit Union. Details on the fund will be forthcoming.