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Reporter: Ashli Kimenker
The Bronson Family Benefit

Posted: March 5, 2009 05:20 PM MST

The Bronson Family Benefit
One community in southeast Idaho is coming to the aid of a local family that is going through some tough times that most people couldn't imagine.

Shane Bronson is a husband and father of 5, but in 2007 this family man received bad news.

He was diagnosed with Thyroid cancer. After a year of treatment and radiation, they thought he had beaten it.

Shane Bronson, Diagnosed with Cancer: "Then a year later, a day before my birthday, I found out that it had spread to my lungs."

Shane received treatment and continues to take chemotherapy medication daily.

But his family is still concerned.

Kindra Bronson, Shane's Wife: "I have a lot of faith that he's going to get better, but we haven't had really good success in getting diagnosis and saying he's better, so I guess I'm still worried."

If that wasn't enough for the Bronsons, their 14-year-old son Morgan has a serious seizer disorder and two years ago it started to get worse.

Kindra: "He has seizures everyday and they're absence seizures where he has some muscle twitching in his face and his hands and he gets confused."

Shane: "It's hard to hear that you've got cancer and then all the things that go through your mind about leaving your family, and it's tough to take that; and Morgan, it's good to be home so I can be with him at this time because I'm not working right now."

It was also hard for the friends of the Bronsons to hear about their situation.

Nicole Robinson, Family Friend: "Shocked! You can't believe a family is having to deal with these kinds of crises all at once and just an outpouring of love for them, and you know, a lot of people want to know what they can do to help."

To help, they decided to hold a benefit dinner for the family. It will be a spaghetti dinner, with a raffle, live band, bake sale, auction, magician, and even a clown. And it's all just 5 dollars.

Robinson: "I think they just see a family who could use a little help, could use a little up lift, and Kindra and Shane are one of those couples that are in love still. They are very affectionate to each other. I've given her a hard time a couple times about it. They're pretty cute together and they are a very close family."

Shane: "We've had such support with the community- people donating items, and friends getting together, and meeting new people, it's been... it's been..."

Kindra: "It's been overwhelming. Extreme gratitude."

Shane: "I mean, it renews your faith in humanity."

The benefit dinner is tomorrow (Friday the 6th) at 6 pm at the Mountain View Middle School in Blackfoot.

If you would like to learn more about the Bronson family and to stay up to date on Shane and Morgan's condition, the family has set up a website- dedicated to that.

The site is updated at least once per week: www.caringbridge.org/visit/shanebronson.

The Bronson family has also set up another website that is a tribute to Shane and his artistic ability for crocheting. This includes a positive message of overcoming challenges he has faced. www.thebronsonblessings.blogspot.com