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Jul 2, 1996 · The story of the baby girl born without a brain was profiled in a Deseret News Family Extra last year. KSL-TV and Fox Television featured stories on the Yorgason family and their "Tattered Angel." Blaine Yorgason wrote a book about Charity, her struggles and her incredible effect on all who met her. The slim paperback is in its fourth printing ...
Charity Afton Yorgason was born on August 30th, 1988,in American Fork, Utah. Charity was adopted by Blaine M. and Kathy W. Yorgason. She passed away after a long illness, on June 26th, 1996. Charity is survived by her parents, Blaine and Kathy, grandparents Gayle and Lucy Yorgason, and Afton Wagstaff, her loving...
- American Fork, Utah County, Utah, USA
- August 30, 1988
Jun 29, 1996 · Our beloved Tattered Angel Charity returned to her heavenly home on June 26, 1996. Born August 30, 1988, Charity came with less than almost any other mortal. Yet her desire was to serve, and so within hours she began giving of her heart, her very soul, to all who came near. With her bright and dancing eyes, her smile that lit the darkest of rooms and days, her serenity-filled spirit, and her ...
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Brief Life History of Charity Afton. Charity Afton Yorgason was born on 30 August 1988, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States. She died on 26 June 1996, in her hometown, at the age of 7, and was buried in Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
- Jordan Runtagh
- “Bangla Desh” by George Harrison (1971) While working together on the documentary Raga in the summer of 1971, George Harrison’s longtime friend and mentor Ravi Shankar informed the former Beatle of a humanitarian crisis unfolding half a globe away.
- “Don’t Drive Drunk” by Stevie Wonder (1984) Stevie Wonder has a long history of using his music for social change, dating back to his achingly earnest 1966 version of Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind.”
- “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” by Band Aid (1984) The age of the celebrity supergroup charity single truly began in October 1984, when Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof watched in horror as footage of the worsening Ethiopian famine played across his television screen as part of a BBC News documentary.
- “We Are the World” by USA for Africa (1985) Quincy Jones is traditionally viewed as the mastermind behind the apex of all charity singles, but it was actually Harry Belafonte who instigated the idea in the wake of Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”
The Foundation was founded by Blaine and Kathy Yorgason in memory of their adopted daughter, Charity Afton Yorgason (1988--1996). Charity was born with the complete absence of a cortex--the two upper hemispheres of the brain. This left her with only spinal fluid where her brain should have been.
Dec 8, 2020 · This October, my dad, my brother, and I went on a quest to find a 100+ year-old pile of rocks, which not only represents my family legacy but has also served...
