MOULTRIE, Ga.—Chandler Booth, son of Kim Sumner Booth and Jim Mac Booth, has always received support through his battle with cancer since he received his first diagnosis at a mere 14 months old.

This time, Sunset Elementary School, community members and spectators across the country have rallied around the young cancer survivor, coming together to show their support with T-shirts that carry the hashtag #chandlerstrong.

Kim Booth said her son, who’s now 15, suffers from a brain tumor known as glioblastoma multiforme, which was likely caused by the radiation treatment he received when he was 14 months old, battling stage IV neuroblastoma.

He was diagnosed in May of 2017 and underwent surgery then as well.

The surgery and treatments Booth underwent were unsuccessful during the first attempt so he underwent a second surgery and a tripled dosage of Indoximod, an experimental oral chemotherapy treatment, in January.

Booth receives his experimental treatments at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, one of the only places patients can receive it.

Josh Purvis, principal at Sunset Elementary, wanted to show support and surprise Kim Booth who is a math teacher at Sunset, and her family by organizing the production of the T-shirts.

He worked with Heritage Embroidery to design and produce them.

Faculty at Sunset Elementary were excited to support one of their own and the school decided to wear their shirts on Feb. 23 and every Tuesday after that.

Purvis said 585 shirts were sold to the community and the school bought 100 shirts for the faculty, which equalled to 685 shirts being sold total.

All of the proceeds went to the Booth family for medical and travel expenses.

Kim Booth said she received outreach from social media, particularly on Facebook, with individuals asking how to purchase shirts and get involved.

Supporters on Facebook inquired about ordering shirts and paying for the additional shipping cost after posts with the chandlerstrong hashtag started to circulate.

Sumner said that she mailed shirts to Washington, Arizona, North Carolina, Kentucky, Florida, and several cities in Georgia.

She said that she saw an elderly man walking down the street one day sporting the red shirt, and it made her realize how much the Moultrie community supported her son.

“It was humbling and overwhelming to receive that much support, even from people we don’t know,” Sumner said. “We have been very appreciative.”

“We want Chandler and his family to know they’re not alone in this battle,” Purvis said. “The shirt reads ‘No one fights alone,’ to remind him that we are all here to support him.”

Purvis encourages the community to use the chandlerstrong hashtag when posting anything in support of Booth.

“I have no idea what Chandler is going through,” Purvis said. “But I know it would mean a lot to him if he went onto Facebook and saw how many people were using the chandlerstrong hashtag.”

When Booth was presented with the T-shirt, Sumner said that her son initially said, “I’m not wearing it.”

“He didn’t want to call attention to himself,” Sumner said. “He didn’t want any special treatment but he has been extremely gracious and humbled by it all.”

There are plans to order a second round of T-shirts in support of Booth.

Those interested in ordering a shirt may place and pay for their order at the front dest of Sunset Elementary School.

The shirts are by pre-order only and the cost is $15.

Orders will be taken March 5 through March 16.