father and daughter

Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) pneudraulics mechanic Eric Skaggs with his 3-year-old daughter Adalyn. Adalyn was recently diagnosed with embryonal rhabdosarcoma, a cancer that typically develops in children under the age of 5. As a relatively new employee, Skaggs had not accrued enough leave to be able to accompany his family to six weeks of cancer treatments in Philadelphia, until his FRCE coworkers donated more than 400 hours of leave to him through the federal Voluntary Leave Transfer Program.

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