By Kyle Coppola
Local Teen Battling Cancer Celebrates 15th Birthday
Local teenager and student at Trinity Catholic High School, Haley Williams, recently celebrated her 15th birthday. Normally, this wouldn’t be news worthy, but Haley has a unique story. She has battling cancer for a last few years, but she has taken the battle head-on and fought hard. If all goes well, she will be ringing the bell next March. Her mother, Lena Williams, provided a recent update on her progress.
“Mom is a little emotional today and filled with gratitude as I look at where we were just a year ago, having a drive-by birthday parade,” Lena says. “We are going through what they call the maintenance cycle of her treatment, and Haley is still on chemo daily at home with infusions every other week, but we are so excited with how well she is doing.”
(Haley Williams along with her mother Lena Williams.)
“Don’t get me wrong, maintenance has thrown us some curveballs, like every part of her treatment,” Lena continued. “As her medical team always says… it’s Haley, and she does everything her own way. Haley will get to ring that bell in March, and we are just counting down the days. She is getting back to some teenage normalcy and is so excited to be on the cheer team at Trinity Catholic High School and made the dance team again. She plans to do her solo and is excited to pour her heart into that. Prayers are so appreciated. God is working through Haley in ways that I cannot even explain. I don’t know if I will ever understand why her, but seeing God’s plan unfold is beautiful. By the way, watch out… she has her learner’s permit! We are forever grateful for you all and for being with us. She is and will forever be the strongest girl I know, and I am so honored to be her mom.”
(Haley is not only fighting cancer but recently got her learners permit.)
Please join us in continuing to pray for Haley. We are so happy to hear about her progress and pray that she will ring that bell in March! Keep up the fight, Haley!
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
