Boy injured in mowing accident to host fundraiser

METAMORA TWP. — Sevenyear old Archer Granger, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals’ 2011 Michigan State Champion, will host a fundraiser to raise money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMNH) and Hurley Children’s Hospital.

The event will be held Feb. 24 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Metamora BP in Metamora Township (on M-24, north of Dryden Road). For a minimum $1 donation, there is a choice of a hot cup of coffee or cocoa and a baked good. There will also be CMNH rubber bracelets for $1, and a “Miracle Maker” instant prize drawing.

Popular local Lapeer country artists R&R Double Take will perform live from noon to 1:30 p.m.

“Richard and Robert Fay are proud supporters of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals,” said Jennifer Granger, Archer’s mom. She’s looking forward to Friday’s event. “It’s going to be quite an amazing thing.”

Proceeds from this fundraiser go straight to CMNH at Hurley, so all the money stays local, helping kids in our community. The event is being held in conjunction with the 102.5 WIOG “Cares for Kids” Radiothon, which will air on Feb. 23-24, and also benefits CMNH at Hurley.

In August 2009, Archer Granger was run over by an industrial zero-turn lawnmower. He was airlifted to Hurley Medical Center, where he was treated for serious, life-threatening injuries to his legs and feet. His right foot was 95-percent severed, and his legs were shattered. It took 19 surgeons, nearly 40 attendants, and four surgeries to reattach his foot and save his life.

Archer spent only 19 days in Hurley’s PICU, and three months in a wheelchair. Today, Archer is a happy, healthy 7-year-old that runs and jumps like any other boy ... on his own two feet.

— Gary Gould