PHOTO: A Golder Ranch firefighter is giving back to the organization that once gave to him, in the form of intricate metal crosses.
Camden Garcia, who joined Golder Ranch Fire District in 2017, underwent surgery for a brain tumor when he was 5 years old. Doctors discovered the tumor, a pilocytic astrocytoma, on a Friday, and started surgery that Sunday. During his month of recovery in the hospital, the Make-A-Wish Foundation visited and allowed him to achieve one of his earliest goals: to meet NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon the following year.
“It really gave us hope, which was a big thing,” Garcia said. “And we all ended up going to Texas Motor Speedway to meet Jeff Gordon. So after the trip there, we all started thinking of ways to give back.”