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Former Wolf needs support of Island community

Posted in Fundraisers, tagged , , , , on July 22, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Brianna Wells-Watson

Friends and family have launched a GoFundMe to help the daughter of my former landlord after a traumatic health issue.

Brianna Wells-Watson, who attended Coupeville schools, lived right above my Penn Cove-facing duplex for many years, including when her late mom Sandy was my go-to person for paying rent.

Brianna, who has worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant, suffered a heart attack July 16, caused by familial hypercholesterolemia, a genetic condition that causes dangerously high cholesterol and significantly increases the risk of early heart disease.

Emergency surgery to remove a critical blockage in her left anterior descending coronary artery saved her life, but she has lost approximately 10% of her heart function.

Brianna is also dealing with other health challenges, including lupus, Hashimoto’s disease, and adenomyosis, while her husband is epileptic and had major reconstructive surgery just three months ago.

After the heart attack, she “faces a long road of healing that includes cardiology appointments, cardiac rehabilitation, medications, lifestyle changes, and most importantly, reducing stress so her heart has the best chance to recover.”

The GoFundMe was set up in an effort to help the family deal with overwhelming medical costs as well as daily expenses for a family of four.

“Instead of another heartbreaking story, let’s make this one a story of hope, compassion, and neighbors coming together to lift up one of our own just like our wonderful community does!” wrote the creators of the fundraiser.

“For more than 20 years, Brianna has dedicated her life to caring for others. She has spent her career comforting patients, supporting families, and showing up every day with kindness, strength, and compassion.

“Together, we can turn this frightening chapter into a story of hope, love, and a community that refused to let one of its own face this battle alone.”

 

For more info and to help out, pop over to:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/oak-harbor-rallies-for-briannas-healing-journey

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Fundraiser launched to help young football player

Posted in Football, Fundraisers, tagged , , , , on July 17, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Georgie Blaine (center) and family.

A fundraiser has been launched to help a Whidbey family whose 14-year-old son is battling a brain tumor.

Georgie Blaine, a key member of a league title-winning Oak Harbor youth football team which included several Coupeville players this past fall, suffered a seizure while in Florida on vacation.

Doctors performed emergency surgery to relieve pressure on his brain, and the family’s five-day trip turned into a 25-day stay in the Sunshine State filled “with hospital visits, hotel expenses, rental-car charges, fear, and uncertainty.”

Because Georgie was not medically permitted to fly, the family had to return to Washington state by driving.

He is undergoing chemotherapy and treatment at Children’s Hospital in Seattle, requiring the family to rent an apartment in the city for three to four months while “dealing with missed work, food, fuel, parking, transportation, medical expenses, and the cost of maintaining their home in Oak Harbor.”

Georgie’s parents Sara and George have deep roots locally, with mom having worked as a labor and delivery nurse for 20+ years, while dad has been a coach for football, basketball, soccer, and baseball teams.

Friends of the family have launched a GoFundMe with a goal of $10,000 to help Georgie, his two younger brothers, and his parents, and you can read more and donate by hopping over to:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-georgie-fight-his-brain-tumor-and-return-to-football

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Be a big supporter for a lil’ guy

Posted in Fundraisers, tagged , , , , on May 17, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Callum Flack

Fourth-generation Whidbey farmers Kyle and Paige (Mueller) Flack recently added son #3, Callum, to the family, but the future tiller of the land has had a difficult entrance to the world.

Born at 41 weeks after a challenging labor, he has an underdeveloped lower jaw, making it difficult for him to breathe on his own.

Callum has been transferred to Seattle Children’s Hospital, where he is in the NICU.

Fighting dangerously low oxygen levels, he is in a 72-hour protocol to cool his brain and prevent further injury.

Kyle and Paige, a former Coupeville High School basketball player who went on to work as an elementary school librarian in Cow Town, face mounting medical bills.

There is also the cost of transportation between Whidbey and Seattle, and the challenges of being away from their farm and two older sons, who are four and six.

Family friends have launched a GoFundMe to help, and you can read more and donate at:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-baby-callum-and-the-flack-family

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Former Wolf cheerleader faces tough health fight

Posted in Cheer, Fundraisers, tagged , , , , on January 11, 2026| Leave a Comment »

Jessica (Bester) Nelson

Family members have launched a GoFundMe to assist a former Wolf athlete facing a battle with Multiple Sclerosis.

Jessica (Bester) Nelson, 26, attended middle school in Coupeville, playing basketball, and went on to be a member of the cheer squad as a CHS freshman, joining her cousin, Ciera St Onge.

Nelson has spent the past five weeks in the hospital and a rehabilitation facility and has been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and neuromyelitis.

On the GoFundMe page, her mother says her daughter “no longer has use of her legs, and her hands are locked.”

Nelson is in need of “a wheelchair, toiletries, slippers and non-slip socks, belts for lifting, a transfer board, a wheelchair lift for their truck, and numerous other items” and the fundraiser is being launched to “alleviate some of the burden on her wife both financially and physically.”

For more info and to help, pop over to:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-daughter-live-comfortably-with-ms

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Help support wife, daughter of beloved teacher

Posted in Fundraisers, tagged , , , , , on December 2, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Edmundo Corrales and his family.

Several communities are rallying to help the wife and young daughter of a well-loved local teacher killed in a head-on car collision Monday by Deception Pass.

Edmundo Corrales, a 2007 graduate of Oak Harbor High School who lived on Whidbey, taught Spanish and coached multiple sports in the Anacortes School District.

His connections to The Rock were many, as he played on the OHHS state championship football team in 2006 alongside current Coupeville gridiron coaches Bobby Carr and Bennett Richter.

Corrales also worked at Oak Harbor’s Blue Fox Drive-In Theater before becoming a teacher.

After earning his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and exercise science at Whitworth University, the former Wildcat was hired as an assistant football coach at Sedro-Woolley High School, where he worked for his former OHHS coach, Dave Ward.

Corrales has worked for the Anacortes School District since 2018, where he coached golf, wrestling, and trap and skeet shooting.

Friends of the family have launched a GoFundMe to aid his wife, Meghan, and their seven-month-old daughter, Daphne.

For more info and to help, pop over to:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-family-of-mundo-corrales

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