The JT Mestdagh Foundation recently raised over $500,000 for children’s charities. Mestdagh told Fox News Digital his relationship with the Lord is “first and foremost.”
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Despitebeingbornwithrarelife-threateningVATERsyndrome(VACTERLassociation)andundergoing16surgeriesbeforeturning16andcontinuedstruggleswithseveredyslexia,authorJTMestdaghisswimminginphilanthropicendeavorsandstriveseverydaytoapproachlifewithaglass-half-fullattitude.
Recently,Mestdagh,aMichigannative,pennedabooktitled“NoBadDays,”featuringanecdotessharedwithhimbyothers.Hehopesthesestorieswillinspireyoungreadersaged13to19toleveragethemotivationtoovercomelife’sunexpectedadversities.
“Throughstorytelling,I’vebeenabletocopewithmychallenges,”MestdaghtoldFoxNewsDigital.“BeingabletosharewithotherpeersofminewhatI’mgoingthroughallowsthemtoreallyopenupandunderstandme.Also,forthemtoexpresswhat’sgoingonintheirlives.”
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