Special to The Alliance Review
Thirteen-year-old Gavin Clay was awarded the 2021 Inspired Youth Award, for his commitment to supporting research to find cures for childhood cancer.
Clay has been involved in the St. Baldrick's Foundation since his Louisville City Schools classmate DJ Patterson was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma. Clay's efforts over three years have led to more than $32,000 in donations in honor of Patterson, who died in 2019.
Clay is a resident of Louisville who now attends West Branch Middle School, where his mother Krista teaches music. Clay's fundraising team kept his hometown's identity with the name Constitution Cancer Crushers, after Louisville's status as the Constitution City.