St. Jude patient Kenzie honored as FedEx 'Purple Eagle' patient

After being treated at St. Jude for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Kenzie is 'a normal teenager' looking forward to a future helping other cancer patients.

August 05, 2021 • 3 min

For this year’s World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, Kenzie, 17, was honored as the Purple Eagle patient, a program in which a plane features the name of a child or grandchild of a FedEx team member. Kenzie’s father, Michael, is an aircraft mechanic at FedEx Express.

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