A young Medford boy is raising money for a kidney transplant

Medford, Ore. — A group called Team Alejandro is raising money for a young Medford boy who needs a kidney transplant.

Team Alejandro spent 12 hours Monday wrapping gifts for donations at the south Fred Meyer.

Tomorrow from 9am to 9pm they plan to do the very same thing.

“I’m kind of scared, but I’m also not because I’ve heard a lot of people that have had transplants… they’ve always said after the transplant you’ll feel like a brand new kid,” 10-year-old Alejandro said.

Alejandro was born with stage 4 kidney disease.

Now, 10 years later, he’s nearly a year away from getting a life-saving kidney transplant.

“Right now we’re doing the fundraising to get all the financial part out of the way so when his health gets worse we can focus on that,” Alejandro’s mom, Kyndra Boyd said.

Kyndra Boyd is a single mom of three.

She says their goal is to raise 50,000 dollars by February.

Wrapping gifts at the south Fred Meyer is just one of many fundraisers.

Boyd says she’s nervous about Alejandro’s transplant.

But his disease hasn’t stopped him from being his fun, outgoing self.

“Some of the people in the team Alejandro business are all like – they hate wrapping presents – and they’re doing this for me, so that’s what I think is cool about it,” Alejandro said.

Whether they enjoy it or not, Boyd is thankful to have so much help from the community.

“With everybody’s support it’s been crazy. It’s overwhelming feeling. I can’t thank anybody enough,” Boyd said.

Donations can be accepted online at http://www.COTAforAlejandroM.com

You can also follow Alejandro’s journey on the Team Alejandro Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/teamalejandrom/