Kiki Bowley's "infectious smile," legacy continues with children's hospital toy drive

By Carly Q. Romalino/ South Jersey Times                         Eleven-year-old Kiarah "Kiki" Bowley smiles after she was awarded a People's Choice Award by teacher Mechell Downing at Williamstown Middle School, May 8, 2012. (Staff Photo by Lori M. Nichols/Gloucester County Times)
Kiarah “Kiki” Bowley, a 12-year-old Williamstown Middle schooler, had three wishes.
Take a Disney Cruise with her family.
Check.
Meet Justin Bieber, and dance in the front row of his concert.
Check.
And be the pint-sized Santa Claus this holiday who delivers toys to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where she underwent treatment for Wilms Tumor, a kidney cancer.
Five days ago Kiki told her mother Terri Fox, and family friend Martino Cartier, that she wanted to give back to the kids at CHOP whose wishes hadn’t yet been fulfilled.
Thirty-six hours later, 1,000 donated toys were piled into Cartier’s Washington Township salon waiting to be delivered by Kiki, whose condition had declined in just a few days...Continue reading...