Archive for the 'Past Recipients' Category

2023 – Halftime 20 Year Reunion!

All previous pig bowl recipients or their families were asked to share an update on their lives as well as attend the event. The below information was read during halftime of the event. If you’d like to read more in depth updates on these families and see additional photos please click the recipients name. . […]

Maleigha Barrett Updates…

November 8th 2021: New van!!   Maleigha was super excited to go for a ride today February 4th 2022: We got Maleigha’s van back! Our first trip was the beach! It’s been two years since Maleigha has been and she loved it! It was a beautiful day  Thank you so much!! August 29th, 2023 Hello fellow […]

Brynlynn Macnab Updates…

Brynlynn is now 4 1/2 years old. Since her discharge from the NICU in June of 2019, Brynlynn has completely weaned off oxygen and her feeding tube by October of 2019.  Brynlynn has been rehospitalized 2 times, which is pretty remarkable considering her extreme prematurity.  She was hospitalized for RSV in late January 2020 and […]

Lei Niko Updates…

This email was received from Faalelei in September 2023 As the new year has come, at this time I am still patiently waiting for a kidney transplant. But with a big THANKS to the Pig Bowl community we had an many people check to see if they were a match! With good news from my […]

Noah Messenger Updates…

The following article was written by Nicole Becerra and was taken from The Goldendale Sentinel May 23rd 2018: The Amazing Spirit of Noah A year has passed since Noah Messenger survived a dangerous fall from a Maryhill cliff on May 15th, 2017.  The accident left him paralyzed from the waist down and nearly claimed his life […]

Ezra Blue Duckwall Updates…

I apologize for not responding earlier, I’ve been procrastinating as it is hard to give these kinds of updates. Since Ezra Blue passed on 11/12/22, we have been slowly healing. We have started a non-profit called “Ezra Blue’s Flight for Cancer” and recently hosted a run/walk fundraiser on what would have been his 6th birthday. […]

Elijah Pishion Updates…

Below is an email from Sonya Pishion in September 2023 Elijah has been doing pretty well. He went off all meds about 2 years ago and has still been doing great. This January Elijah got really sick and had to be admitted to Doernbecher for a little over a week, it was not kidney related […]

Jessy Lyon Updates…

. This following email was received from Jessy Lyon on August 29th, 2023 It’s Jessy Lyon, wanted to give you an update on how things have been going over the last 13 years. Walking talking and still full of sass lol. I graduated high school from Dufur in 2012 with a modified diploma and went […]

Maleigha Barrett

Maleigha Barrett was born November 4, 2006, two weeks early, weighing 5lbs. 7.3oz. She was the first born daughter of James & Kim Barrett.  Kim’s pregnancy was normal aside from extreme nausea. Maleigha’s delivery was fast since she was such a small baby. Soon after birth Maleigha did not pass the newborn hearing screening. She […]

Ezra Blue Duckwall …

full of sunshine and love Ezra Blue is a three-year-old boy who holds the sun in his heart and shares it with others through his smile. In December 2020, Ezra started getting sick on a weekly basis. Over the next few months, Ezra’s health quickly declined. By March, he was throwing up every single day, […]