T-shirt sales help girl join fight against Crohn's disease

URBANA – Crohn's disease made 11-year-old Nicole Wheatley sick, but she doesn't want to be just another patient. She wants to be part of the cure.

A fifth-grader at Urbana's Wiley Elementary School, Nicole set out to raise money for Crohn's disease research at Carle Clinic by selling T-shirts she and her family designed.

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