Teen’s wish granted with refurbished pickup following cancer treatment
Tanner Lair smiles as he looks over his refurbished Ford F-250 from Glacier Collision Worx in Evergreen on Tuesday, April 30. The Make-A-Wish foundation provided $10,000 in funding to revamp the truck for Lair, who is in remission from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Tanner Lair smiles as he receives a hug and the keys to his refurbished Ford F-250 from Glacier Collision Worx Production Manager Tim Stoddard after the Make-A-Wish foundation provided $10,000 in funding to revamp the truck for Lair, who is in remission from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Tanner Lair smiles as he looks over his refurbished Ford F-250 from Glacier Collision Worx in Evergreen on Tuesday, April 30. The Make-A-Wish foundation provided $10,000 in funding to revamp the truck for Lair, who is in remission from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Tanner Lair smiles as he looks over his refurbished Ford F-250 from Glacier Collision Worx in Evergreen on Tuesday, April 30. The Make-A-Wish foundation provided $10,000 in funding to revamp the truck for Lair, who is in remission from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Tanner Lair's refurbished Ford F-250 is driven out of a garage bay at Glacier Collision Worx in Evergreen on Tuesday, April 30. The Make-A-Wish foundation provided $10,000 in funding to revamp the truck for Lair, who is in remission from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Tanner Lair with his stepfather Alan Sempf and mother Kayla Caudill in front of his newly-refurbished Ford F-250 outside Glacier Collision Worx in Evergreen on Tuesday, April 30. The Make-A-Wish foundation provided $10,000 in funding to revamp the truck for Lair, who is in remission from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Tanner Lair smiles as he looks over his refurbished Ford F-250 from Glacier Collision Worx in Evergreen on Tuesday, April 30. The Make-A-Wish foundation provided $10,000 in funding to revamp the truck for Lair, who is in remission from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Tanner Lair receives his refurbished 1996 Ford F-250 from the team at Glacier Collision Worx in Evergreen on Tuesday, April 30. The Make-A-Wish foundation provided $10,000 in funding to revamp the truck for Lair, who is in remission from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Tanner Lair smiles as he receives a hug and the keys to his refurbished Ford F-250 from Glacier Collision Worx Production Manager Tim Stoddard in Evergreen on Tuesday, April 30. The Make-A-Wish foundation provided $10,000 in funding to revamp the truck for Lair, who is in remission from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Tanner Lair’s 1996 Ford F-250 before it was refurbished through a Make-A-Wish request. (Courtesy photo)
When Tanner Lair was in the hospital going through chemotherapy thoughts about refurbishing his 1996 Ford F-250 got him through the treatments.
Talking with his mom Kayla Caudill and his stepfather Alan Sempf while at Logan Health Children’s, he would weigh the different options. Selecting a bright blue for the paint to add to the silver of the truck’s original two-tone design was top of the list. He wanted a flatbed for his future welding business and after hitting more than one deer while driving he felt a sturdy front bumper was necessary.
Standing beside his family, Lair, 18, on Tuesday finally got the chance after more than a year to see his completed truck roll out of the garage at Glacier Collision Worx, which led the project. Keeping his back turned until it was completely visible, Lair spun around as a huge grin spread across his face.
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