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Ledger Smith with his mom Caitlin Smith at the Brookhaven Animal Rescue League. Ledger was diagnosed with Leukemia last year. He is four-years old and the family is using the diagnosis anniversary to give back. (Hunter Cloud | The Daily Leader)

Ledger Smith and his family with donations and BARL volunteers Wednesday afternoon. (Hunter Cloud | The Daily Leader)

Ledger Smith unwraps a gift from BARL. (Hunter Cloud | The Daily Leader)

Ledger Smith unwraps a gift from BARL. (Hunter Cloud | The Daily Leader)

Ledger Smith's "P-Paw" Jerry Freeman delivers a trailer of donations to BARL. (Hunter Cloud | The Daily Leader)

Ledger Smith pets a puppy at BARL. (Hunter Cloud | The Daily Leader)

Ledger Smith from Loyd Star its on top of a pallet of dog food donated by Petsense. (Submitted Photo)

BROOKHAVEN — The one year anniversary of a young Loyd Star boy being diagnosed with leukemia is approaching. Ledger Smith, the four year old boy, and his family is using the anniversary to make a positive difference and stopped by Brookhaven Animal Rescue League to drop off donations Wednesday afternoon. 

Caitlin Smith, Ledger’s mother, said they wanted to do three positive things under a campaign called LoveFromLedger. Ledger loves animals and helping the Brookhaven Animal Rescue League was a natural fit. 

Community members and Petsense donated food, toys and treats to the Brookhaven Animal Rescue League. Smith and his family brought a truck load of goodies and visited the shelter on 501 North Park Drive in Brookhaven. 

Ledger seemed to be in good spirits as he pet puppies and said hello to a small orange kitten. The family toured the facilities and loved on the animals. 

LoveFromLedger’s next mission is to collect band-aids for the Cancer Clinic’s room where lumbar punctures and bone marrow biopsies happen. Ledger’s family created a Band Aid Drive Amazon Gift List to collect donations or you can send money over PayPal to caitlingrace8@gmail.com for the family to purchase bandaids. 

He is the son of Caitlin Smith and Reid Smith. 

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