Valley Dairy Freeze hosting fundraiser in memory of 9-year-old who died from brain cancer

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A nine-year-old boy who died from cancer in Louisville is being remembered with ice cream.

David Turner Jr. is being honored with the David Junior Ice Cream Day. He died at nine years old from a pediatric brain tumor, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG).

When he was diagnosed with cancer, his family was told most patients only live nine months, but the boy lived more than three years. After the diagnosis, his family set out to give the child a new adventure every day.

WDRB was there in June 2018, when Turner reported for duty at the Kentucky State Police Elizabethtown post to be a KSP trooper for a day.

That adventure included his own pint-sized police uniform, time with the bomb squad, the K-9 Unit and SWAT -- but his favorite moment came when he sat in the firetruck, where he could barely see over the wheel.

Valley Dairy Freeze in Valley Station will donate a portion of sales to the Tough 2 Gether Foundation on May 21st from 4PM -9PM

Valley Dairy Freeze is located at 10300 Deering Road. It's open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday.

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