When The Lake Club’s Jared Hermann and his 13-year-old son, Weston, drove up to the The Lake Club Grande Clubhouse on Sept. 4, they were overwhelmed by the sea of more than 100 white posters stating the names of people and businesses that made a donation to support pediatric cancer research.
Then the cars began driving through for the event and to make donations.
In total, The Lake Club residents raised more than $51,000 for the V Foundation for Cancer research, a charitable organization that funds grants for cancer research and raises awareness for the cause.
Weston Hermann was diagnosed with a glioma brain tumor in 2014. In May, he found out his tumors had returned.
“The level of love and support our neighborhood has shown is remarkable,” Jared Hermann said.
The Lake Club residents Ruth Harshman, Shaina Swan, Bill Mills, Julia Swan and Jay and Marybeth Traverso organize a drive thru fundraiser in support of The Lake Club's Weston Hermann, who has cancer.
The road up to The Lake Club Grande Clubhouse was covered in a sea of white signs with names of people who made donations to the drive thru fundraiser.
The Lake Club's Stephanie Lang and Janet Aspatore view the hand-written signs they created for the fundraiser. Each sign has the name of a donor.
The Lake Club's Penny and Joe Lammert are the first to come through the drive thru fundraiser.
The Lake Club's Jay Traverso accepts a donation from Laurie Rahn, a Robert E. Willis Elementary School teacher who taught Weston Hermann.
Gregory Rahn shares encouraging words with Jared Hermann during the drive thru fundraiser.
Thirteen-year-old Weston Hermann waits with his sister Makenna Hermann and father, Jared Hermann, in front of the clubhouse for the next car to come through the drive thru fundraiser.
The Lake Club's Barbara Najmy talks to Weston Hermann and his father, Jared Hermann, as she passes through the event.
The Lake Club's Pamela Benson holds up her phone so her husband, Brian Benson, can talk to the Hermann family through a video call.
Makenna Hermann, Weston Hermann, Jared Hermann and Grayson Hermann are overwhelmed by the community support for Weston Hermann, who is fighting cancer.
The Lake Club's Stephanie Lang shakes Lake Club's Weston Hermann's hand while Hermann's sister Makenna and father Jared stand by.
The Lake Club's Sue Lelli waves as her husband Kim Lelli drives through the fundraiser in support of Weston Hermann. "We love you guys," Sue Lelli says.
"We're all thinking about you," The Lake Club's Mike Monserez tells Jared Hermann.
University Place's Dawn Barbour and her husband Ryan Barbour talk to Jared Hermann during the drive thru fundraiser.
The Lake Club's Charley Hunn — with her father, Neil Hunn, and brother, Davis Hunn — brings balloons.
The Lake Club's Grayson Hermann holds onto balloons for his brother, Weston Hermann.
The Lake Club's Traci and Mike Smullen are excited to see Lake Club's Weston Hermann and his family.
Julie Hendrix honks her horn as she goes through. fundraiser. She put signs on her car that said, "Hendrix honks for Hermann."
Janet Harmar, Willis Hermann, Jared Hermann (back), Makenna Hermann, Grayson Hermann and Weston Hermann (front) enjoy the drive thru fundraiser to raise money for pediatric cancer research.
