A Florida preschooler who battled cancer had his dream fulfilled when he was made an “honorary deputy.” The 5-year-old’s teachers teamed up with the local sheriff’s office to give the boy an experience that he will never forget. Merrick Lloyd had spent the last seven months undergoing chemotherapy before he recently rang the hospital ward’s bell. “He loved watching ‘Paw Patrol’ as a toddler,” Carlton Palmore Elementary School Pre-K teacher Sandee Jakubik told The Epoch Times via email. “This year he said he wanted to be a sheriff so he could ‘put the bad guys away.'” Merrick, who attends Polk County’s voluntary prekindergarten program, arrived at Polk County Sheriff’s Office for the big surprise in mid-July. Jakubik and her co-teacher Angela Oxley, Sergeant Wozniak, Sheriff Grady Judd, deputies, and office administrators were gathered to greet him. They “split up the fun” so as not to exhaust Merrick, said, Jakubik. On …
5-Year-Old Who Fought Cancer Becomes Honorary Deputy: ‘The Smile on His Face Was Priceless!’
August 2, 2021
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