Through the efforts of the local community, a Kyle area family received funds needed to help their child battle a form of childhood Leukemia.

On Sunday, hundreds took to Buck’s Backyard in the Buda area for the Emma Strong benefit. The benefit was held to assist the family of Emma Henke, who was diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lyphoblastic Leukemia when she was three years old.

Emma Henke was diagnosed with B-Cell Acute Lyphoblastic Leukemia during a routine doctor’s visit for what seemed...