INDIANAPOLIS — Red wagons have been essential to Riley Hospital for Children for a century, so the hospital decided to pay tribute to them on their special day.
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Wednesday marked National Little Red Wagon Day. The wagons both transport young patients around Riley Children's Health and raise money for the Riley Children's Foundation.
12-year-old Tate Hartzler raised more than $5,000 with his Little Red Wagon. Hartzler was treated for cancer at Riley at only two months old and was declared cancer-free at ten months old.
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Hartzler said he's thankful for Riley's care and hopes to pay it forward with the donations he raised.
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"I'm grateful because I can play all the sports I can right now, such as basketball and baseball," Hartzler said. "I can actually do something because I fought through something really hard to beat."