A St. Johns County student is one of this year’s recipients of the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Scholarship.
Julia Dyer graduated from Bartram Trail High school and is set to go to Georgia Southern University.The Jay Fund gives scholarships to childhood cancer patients and survivors. The foundation was established by former Jaguars head coach Tom Coughlin.
She valiantly fought it for two years until she beat it in July 2012. Dyer had a “No more chemotherapy” party to celebrate the triumph. “Even if you are not struggling with money, you are not thinking about paying your bills at that time,” Susan said. “You are using gas money. You are taking time off work. They just kind of give you comfort of saying, ‘Hey let’s pay your mortgage this month,’ because you do not realize how much money you putting out, buying lunches, driving to the hospital, insurance builds up.”
The Dyer family says Julia was a strong fighter during her battle, but her father says it truly became real to him after a harrowing experience during her chemo treatment.
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