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Now Jacquez's mother has started the Jacquez Welch Foundation, which she hopes will create a scholarship fund for students and shed light on AVM.
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To raise funds, she is hosts an Annual Flag Football Tournament and also runs a Toy Drive for deserving families for Christmas.
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Now Jacquez's mother has started the Jacquez Welch Foundation, which she hopes will create a scholarship fund for students and shed light on AVM.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The mother of Jacquez "Quez" Welch is working to raise awareness about the condition that took her son's life through the game he loved.
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AVM (Arteriovenous malformation is an abnormal connection between the arteries and veins in the brain.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The mother of Jacquez “Quez” Welch is working to raise awareness about the condition that took her son’s life through the game he loved.
The 18-year-old Northeast High School football player died in September 2019 after collapsing during a game. Marcia Welch, his mother, said he had a brain condition no one knew about called AVM (Arteriovenous malformation is an abnormal connection between the arteries and veins in the brain.)
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On Monday, Welch, 17, was taken off life support. His organs will be donated.
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Welch’s mother, Marcia Nelson, told a congregation full of Northeast faculty and students at Gateway Baptist Church that doctors said seven lives would be saved by her son.
“Quez was a giving person. He would give to anyone and everyone if he had it,” Nelson said. “He wanted to do this.”
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Jacquez's mother has started the Jacquez Welch Foundation, which she hopes will create a scholarship fund for students and shed light on AVM.