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Colton’s Adventure Features Spaghetti Dinner, Silent Auction On Sept. 17

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The 4th annual Colton’s Adventure fundraiser is set for Friday, Sept. 17. Come out to Kerr Lake Country Club between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. for eat-in or take out, according to Kelsey Maddox, Colton’s mother.

They’ll be serving up a spaghetti meal, complete with salad, bread and dessert. Tickets are $9. Beverages are served for dine-in patrons.

There also will be a silent auction, so come prepared to browse the items available.

Maddox said plate delivery to businesses also is available.

All proceeds go to Colton’s direct medical care, she said.

Last year’s event sold out right at the stopping time, Maddox said, and they were able to purchase a special wheelchair called a Zip Zak.

This year’s goal is to sell 800 plates.

Colton was diagnosed with skeletal dysplasia, and his medical team is still searching for a genetic diagnosis, Maddox told WIZS News Friday.

“The diagnosis he was given is Chondrodysplasia Punctata Tibia Metacarpal type,” Maddox wrote in an email. “It is amazing the words that you learn when having a medical complex child,” she added.

In his short life, Colton has undergone 34 surgeries and endured countless hospital stays. This year alone he has been hospitalized several times – and he turned four years old during one hospital stay. He’s hospitalized now for RSV, she said.

He has been able to resume therapy sessions five days a week, which were put on pause last year during COVID-19 restrictions.

All told, Colton’s medical team consists of 21 physicians in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area, as well as Wilmington, Delaware.

Maddox said about 40 items will be in the silent auction, including a UNC basketball autographed by Coach Roy Williams, a Texas Roadhouse gift basket that includes 2 free dinners every month for one year, and signed sports items from the Carolina Hurricanes and Pittsburgh Steelers.

Kerr Lake Country Club is located at 600 Hedrick Drive, Henderson, NC 27537.

Colton's Spaghetti Fundraiser

Town Talk 08/13/20: Spaghetti Plate Fundraiser Set for Three-Year-Old Colton Maddox

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THIS STORY IS PRESENTED IN PART BY DRAKE DENTISTRY

Angel Hodges, the grandmother of Colton Maddox, appeared on WIZS Town Talk Thursday at 11 a.m.

Hodges announced an upcoming fundraiser for Colton, a local three-year-old boy who was diagnosed with skeletal dysplasia (dwarfism) in addition to multiple other medical conditions.

According to Hodges, Colton has been hospitalized 30 times, been active in five therapies a week, sees 12 doctors regularly and has had many sedated procedures.

Each year, the family, including Colton’s mother Kelsey Maddox, also returns to Wilmington, Delaware to follow up on identifying Colton’s very rare form of dwarfism.

To help cover Colton’s medical and travel expenses, the group Colton’s Adventures will hold the Third Annual Spaghetti Plate and Silent Auction Fundraiser at Kerr Lake Country Club in Henderson on Friday, August 28, 2020. Events will be held from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m.

The $7 meal will include spaghetti, salad, bread and dessert. Plates will be available for takeout, curbside pickup and business delivery.

Tickets can be purchased in advance at Mike’s Barber Shop located at 1702 Parham St. in Henderson or at Skippers BBQ from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Monday-Friday. Plates may also be purchased at the event. For more information, please call LeAnn at (252) 432-2045 or email coltonsadventure@gmail.com.

All proceeds will help pay for expenses that insurance does not cover, including equipment, travel and transportation costs. The family hopes to raise enough money to purchase a “ZipZac” for Colton – a miniature, low-to-the-ground wheelchair made for younger children with mobility issues.

“We were told that when Colton was born that he was probably only going to live for a couple of hours,” said Hodges. “So, we fully went to the hospital not expecting to bring a baby home with us, and now he’s three years old. The good Lord has answered prayers, and his little life has just been so joyous to us.”

To hear the interview in its entirety, go to WIZS.com and click on Town Talk.

Colton Maddox (Photo courtesy Kelsey Maddox)

Colton Maddox (Photo courtesy Kelsey Maddox)