Jarrett's Joy Cart is a charity organization that gives toys to children in long-term care at hospitals. It is named for Jarrett Mynear, a young boy from Nicholasville, Kentucky, who started the program with his family while receiving treatment for bone cancer. Nicholasville is a city in and the County seat of Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States. Bone tumor is an inexact term which can be used for both Benign and Malignant abnormal growths found in bone but is most commonly used for primary Tumors Inspired by the "Pink Ladies" who gave gifts to children at the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Jarrett and his parents thought they should start similar program at the local UK Children's Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. This article refers to the hospital in Seattle Washington For the hospital in Englewood Colorado see Swedish Medical Center (Colorado. Lexington (officially Lexington-Fayette Urban County is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 68th largest in the United States. The first "Joy cart" appeared at the hospital in March 1999, and was instant success. The event caught the interest of several local TV and radio programs and Jarrett also made four appearances on The Rosie O'Donnell Show and gained sponsorship with Toys R' Us, which brought the idea national attention. The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell. Toys "R" Us ( currently typeset as Toys Я Us in the logo and before as Toys "Я" Us) is a Toy store chain based Jarrett died in 2002 at the age of 13, but many volunteers have kept the legacy alive at the UK hospital and hospitals in several other cities in the US.
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